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

Gragas vs Xayah

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

based on 1,042 Gragas vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our database, Gragas fought Xayah 1042 times. Having so many games with Gragas vs Xayah provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare informative statistics and a supported build to suppress Xayah. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Gragas has to counter Xayah in only 1.6% of his rounds.

Gragas vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Gragas has done a decent job of countering Xayah. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.5% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Gragas versus Xayah matches, Gragas’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Xayah.

Best Gragas vs Xayah 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 DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLuden's CompanionShadowflameCosmic Drive

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

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
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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Guide to Countering Xayah as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Xayah

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 Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Gragas vs Xayah Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Xayah Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.4
5.7
< Deaths >
6.1
7.3
< Assists >
6.6
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.43
109
< Minions Killed >
187
0.64
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,458
< Physical Damage >
19,672
18,840
< Magic Damage >
398
649
< True Damage >
371
20,948
< Damage Dealt >
20,442
29,735
< Damage Taken >
20,615
11,460
< Gold Earned >
12,161
1.62
< Towers >
2.39
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
12,554
< Total Healing >
4,727
14,289
< Experience >
12,896
21
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
408
< Time Dealing CC >
54

How to Counter Xayah with Gragas in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some important Gragas vs. Xayah matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xayah..

Gragas normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Gragas and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Xayah

Who is Better, Gragas or Xayah?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually wins when taking on Xayah, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes a good counter to Xayah.

While Gragas does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Gragas into Xayah.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Xayah matchups, Gragas is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Gragas is a decent counter to Xayah. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gragas against Xayah.

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

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Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Gragas, we analyzed 1,042 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 Xayah 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 Xayah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gragas to counter Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas typically gets less CS compared to Xayah. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Gragas versus Xayah build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Xayah than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 51.5% when playing against Xayah with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Xayah as Gragas, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Gragas vs Xayah battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Xayah as Gragas are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.