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How to Win Gragas vs Pantheon Counter MatchupGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas vs Pantheon

How to Beat Pantheon as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Pantheon as Gragas

based on 2,977 Gragas vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Pantheon as Gragas came out of an evaluation of 2977 ranked games where both champions battled one another. This particular matchup is relatively uncommon. Gragas fights Pantheon in only 4.5% of his games.

Gragas vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a awful job of countering Pantheon. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.8% of games the champs face one another in. In Gragas versus Pantheon rounds, Gragas’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Pantheon.

Best Gragas vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffLiandry's TormentRod of AgesCosmic Drive

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gragas to level upq
>
Second ability for Gragas to level upe
>
Last skill for Gragas to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Pantheon

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

Advice to Win Against Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Gragas vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Pantheon Image
6
< Kills >
7.4
6.2
< Deaths >
7
7.5
< Assists >
7.4
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.72
110
< Minions Killed >
108
0.53
< Dragons Killed >
0.27
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,461
< Physical Damage >
19,885
18,725
< Magic Damage >
800
633
< True Damage >
1,240
20,820
< Damage Dealt >
21,925
30,434
< Damage Taken >
26,687
11,415
< Gold Earned >
11,463
1.46
< Towers >
1.72
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
12,171
< Total Healing >
5,227
14,167
< Experience >
13,199
21
< Vision Score >
32
9
< Wards Placed >
14
413
< Time Dealing CC >
72

How to Counter Pantheon with Gragas in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several vital Gragas versus Pantheon counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between these two champions. As an example, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pantheon..

Gragas often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Pantheon. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Pantheon

Who is Better, Gragas or Pantheon?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually loses when playing against Pantheon, with a 46.8% win rate. As a result, Gragas makes a poor counter to Pantheon.

While Gragas does have a lower winrate than Pantheon, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gragas into Pantheon.

Moreover, Gragas has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Pantheon matchups, Pantheon is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Gragas is a trash counter to Pantheon. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Pantheon.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gragas

Gragas Loses Against

SingedSinged43.2% winrateLeonaLeona43.5% winrateNilahNilah43.8% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench43.9% winrate

Gragas Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee53.5% winrateYuumiYuumi53.3% winrateAkshanAkshan52.6% winrateKarthusKarthus52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Master YiMaster Yi+ 52.2% 2152 GamesDr. MundoDr. Mundo+ 52.4% 787 GamesTaricTaric+ 52.5% 602 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.7% 2056 Games

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Pantheon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Gragas, we analyzed 2,977 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Pantheon as Gragas comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Gragas Build Pantheon Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gragas in order to counter Pantheon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Gragas versus Pantheon build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Pantheon than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when playing against Pantheon with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Pantheon as Gragas, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Gragas vs Pantheon LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Gragas are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.