Jarvan IV vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Jarvan IV
based on 1,048 Jarvan IV vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Gragas Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Gragas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Gragas
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Advice to Win Against Gragas
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Jarvan IV vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some significant Jarvan IV against Gragas matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gragas. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gragas. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Gragas
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Gragas?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gragas, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter to Gragas.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate than Gragas, when they face off with one another, Jarvan IV also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Gragas.
Furthermore, Jarvan IV has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Gragas matchups, Gragas is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter to Gragas. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV in order to counter Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Gragas. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Jarvan IV versus Gragas build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Gragas than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Gragas with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Gragas as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Jarvan IV vs Gragas battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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