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How to Synergize Gragas with Irelia on the Same TeamGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas with Irelia

How to Win With Gragas and Irelia Paired TogetherGragas is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Gragas and Irelia

based on 1,670 Gragas with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Gragas has gone into battle with Irelia in 1670 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much complete data from the hosts of League of Legends, we are confident that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Gragas synergize with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Gragas to play with Irelia as teammates. This has only occurred in about 2.5% of rounds with Gragas.

Gragas Irelia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a dismal job of synergizing with Irelia. On average, he wins an acceptable 49.1% of games the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Gragas when playing alongside Irelia by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gragas vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Rod of AgesLuden's CompanionCosmic DriveZhonya'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

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
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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W
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Q
3
E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Gragas and Irelia

Tips for Playing as Gragas with Irelia

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 Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Gragas Irelia Synergy Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Irelia Image
5.8
< Kills >
5.9
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
7.1
< Assists >
7.2
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
86
< Minions Killed >
109
0.75
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,323
< Physical Damage >
1,474
17,643
< Magic Damage >
18,364
693
< True Damage >
641
19,659
< Damage Dealt >
20,480
29,623
< Damage Taken >
29,773
11,124
< Gold Earned >
11,274
1.37
< Towers >
1.47
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
12,974
< Total Healing >
12,331
13,576
< Experience >
14,035
22
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
405
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Play with Irelia as Gragas in LoL

The Gragas Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Irelia helps Gragas perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Gragas is an ally to Irelia, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Irelia does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gragas is played together with Irelia on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Irelia. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Irelia.

Additionally, when Gragas plays with Irelia on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Irelia does a decent job of covering Gragas during team fights.

Synergies between Gragas and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gragas
Irelia

Is Gragas better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Gragas that will always be his best synergy. However, overall, Irelia is a good companion for Gragas. By playing on the same side as Gragas, she improves their win rate by 1.2% to 49.1%. This signals that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Gragas and Irelia that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.

Irelia has a lower difficulty than Gragas. That means Gragas players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Irelia allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing cooperatively, Gragas players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by bringing Gragas and Irelia together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of crowd control. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Irelia teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gragas and Irelia, we analyzed 1,670 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 Irelia 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gragas to work well with Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to have in your Gragas and Irelia synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Irelia than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Irelia with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, Gragas players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Gragas and Irelia pairings, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Irelia with Gragas are presented for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.