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

Gragas vs Viego

How to Beat Viego as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Viego as Gragas

based on 2,541 Gragas vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL games every week. Within our database, Gragas did battle with Viego 2541 times. Using so many matchups for Gragas vs Viego provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide actionable statistics and a supported build to shatter Viego. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Gragas has to counter Viego in only 3.9% of his rounds.

Gragas vs Viego Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a below average job of beating Viego. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.9% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Gragas vs Viego games, Gragas’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Viego.

Best Gragas vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveVoid StaffRod of AgesLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gragas to level upq
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Second ability for Gragas to level upe
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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
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Q
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Viego as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Viego

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.

Gragas vs Viego Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Viego Image
5.7
< Kills >
7.4
5.7
< Deaths >
6.2
7.1
< Assists >
6.6
1.29
< Killing Sprees >
1.71
109
< Minions Killed >
35
0.52
< Dragons Killed >
1.72
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,437
< Physical Damage >
14,997
17,734
< Magic Damage >
2,207
649
< True Damage >
843
19,820
< Damage Dealt >
18,048
28,718
< Damage Taken >
32,990
11,044
< Gold Earned >
12,210
1.49
< Towers >
1.47
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.39
11,789
< Total Healing >
16,538
13,755
< Experience >
13,743
20
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
5
403
< Time Dealing CC >
229

How to Counter Viego with Gragas in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several valuable Gragas against Viego counter statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viego..

Gragas normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Viego. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Gragas and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Viego

Who is Better, Gragas or Viego?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gragas usually loses when taking on Viego, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes a bad counter for Viego.

While Gragas does have a lower win rate compared to Viego, when they face off with one another, Gragas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gragas into Viego.

Additionally, Gragas also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viego. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Viego matchups, Viego is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Gragas is a garbage counter to Viego. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gragas against Viego.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Gragas, we analyzed 2,541 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 Viego 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gragas in order to counter Viego during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas most often racks up much more CS relative to Viego. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Gragas versus Viego build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Viego than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Viego with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Viego as Gragas, you should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Gragas vs Viego LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.

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