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Gragas with Ryze

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How to Synergize Gragas and Ryze

based on 350 Gragas with Ryze pairs
Win Rate
42 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Gragas has fought alongside Ryze in 350 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much great data straight from the makers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can showcase high-quality, usable builds to help Gragas synergize with Ryze. It is very rare for Gragas to play with Ryze as allies. This has only occurred in approximately 0.5% of games with Gragas.

Gragas Ryze Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas does a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Ryze. On average, he wins a dismal 42.0% of games the champs play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Gragas when playing with Ryze by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gragas vs Ryze 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

Hextech Rocketbelt

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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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Gragas and Ryze

Tips for Playing as Gragas with Ryze

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 Ryze Will Play

Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.

Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.

Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.

Gragas Ryze Synergy Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
42 %
VS
Win Rate
58 %
Ryze Image
5.5
< Kills >
5.9
6.4
< Deaths >
5.8
7.1
< Assists >
7.2
1.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
93
< Minions Killed >
109
0.72
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,451
< Physical Damage >
1,474
16,982
< Magic Damage >
18,364
622
< True Damage >
641
19,055
< Damage Dealt >
20,480
31,244
< Damage Taken >
29,773
11,087
< Gold Earned >
11,274
1.21
< Towers >
1.47
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
13,136
< Total Healing >
12,331
13,705
< Experience >
14,035
23
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
8
424
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Play with Ryze as Gragas in LoL

The Gragas Ryze synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ryze, 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 Ryze. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Ryze helps Gragas perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Gragas is an ally to Ryze, he gets a little drop in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Ryze does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gragas is played alongside Ryze on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ryze.

Moreover, when Gragas plays with Ryze on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Ryze does a poor job of covering Gragas in teamfights.

Synergies between Gragas and Ryze

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Ryze
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gragas
Ryze

Is Gragas better when played alongside Ryze?

There is no ideal synergy for Gragas that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, Ryze is a terrible companion for Gragas. By locking into the same side as Gragas, he lowers their win rate by -5.9% to 42.0%. This shows that there is a very bad bond between Gragas and Ryze that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Ryze has a greater difficulty than Gragas. That means Gragas players must be careful when finding Ryze allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Working together, Gragas players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by bringing Gragas and Ryze together, you probably will not be giving your side enough sustained damage output. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Ryze teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas Ryze Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gragas and Ryze, we analyzed 350 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 Ryze 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 in order to work well with Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to prioritize in your Gragas and Ryze synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Ryze than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gragas had an average winrate of 42.0% when playing alongside Ryze with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you 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 rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 42.0% win rate overall.

If you need to view Gragas with Ryze cooperations tips and stats for a a particular skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using all matches run with both champions.