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Gragas with Anivia

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How to Synergize Gragas and Anivia

based on 658 Gragas with Anivia pairs
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Gragas has gone into battle with Anivia in 658 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much complete data from the hosts of LoL, we are confident that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Gragas synergize with Anivia. It is very rare for Gragas to play alongside Anivia as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 1.0% of games with Gragas.

Gragas Anivia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a below average job of teaming up with Anivia. Usually, he wins a poor 47.1% of matches the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Gragas when playing alongside Anivia by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gragas vs Anivia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLuden's CompanionHextech RocketbeltZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite 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 ForceArmor
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Gragas and Anivia

Tips for Playing as Gragas with Anivia

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 Understand How Anivia Will Play

Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.

It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.

Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.

Gragas Anivia Synergy Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
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5.8
< Kills >
5.9
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
7.3
< Assists >
7.2
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
99
< Minions Killed >
109
0.7
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,547
< Physical Damage >
1,474
17,878
< Magic Damage >
18,364
613
< True Damage >
641
20,039
< Damage Dealt >
20,480
30,892
< Damage Taken >
29,773
11,307
< Gold Earned >
11,274
1.38
< Towers >
1.47
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
13,448
< Total Healing >
12,331
14,152
< Experience >
14,035
21
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
426
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Play with Anivia as Gragas in LoL

The Gragas Anivia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Anivia, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Gragas sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Anivia. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Anivia helps Gragas perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Gragas plays on the same team as Anivia, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Anivia does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gragas is played alongside Anivia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Anivia.

Additionally, when Gragas plays with Anivia on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Anivia does a poor job of protecting Gragas in teamfights.

Synergies between Gragas and Anivia

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Anivia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gragas
Anivia

Is Gragas better when played alongside Anivia?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Gragas that will always be his ideal ally. However, overall, Anivia is a very typical companion for Gragas. By locking into the same side as Gragas, she drops their win rate by -0.8% to 47.1%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Gragas and Anivia that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Anivia has a much greater difficulty compared to Gragas. That means Gragas players need to be careful when lining up Anivia allies to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to do well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by aligning Gragas and Anivia together, you probably will not be providing your team a lot of AD. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Anivia ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas Anivia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gragas and Anivia, we analyzed 658 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Gragas with Anivia comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Gragas to work well with Anivia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to use in your Gragas and Anivia synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Anivia than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gragas had an average winrate of 47.1% when playing alongside Anivia with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, Gragas players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Gragas and Anivia pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.1% winrate overall.

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