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Gragas with Syndra

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How to Synergize Gragas and Syndra

based on 1,027 Gragas with Syndra pairs
Win Rate
43.5 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Gragas has fought alongside Syndra in 1027 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much great data straight from the hosts of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high quality, usable builds to help Gragas synergize with Syndra. It is relatively rare for Gragas to play with Syndra on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approximately 1.6% of games with Gragas.

Gragas Syndra Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas does a pathetic job of synergizing with Syndra. Usually, he wins a dismal 43.5% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Gragas when playing alongside Syndra by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gragas vs Syndra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveRabadon's DeathcapSeraph's EmbraceZhonya's Hourglass

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

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Gragas and Syndra

Tips for Playing as Gragas with Syndra

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 Syndra Will Play

To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.

After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.

Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.

Gragas Syndra Synergy Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
43.5 %
VS
Win Rate
56.5 %
Syndra Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.9
6.1
< Deaths >
5.8
7.2
< Assists >
7.2
1.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
102
< Minions Killed >
109
0.64
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,486
< Physical Damage >
1,474
17,507
< Magic Damage >
18,364
575
< True Damage >
641
19,570
< Damage Dealt >
20,480
31,064
< Damage Taken >
29,773
11,377
< Gold Earned >
11,274
1.34
< Towers >
1.47
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
13,247
< Total Healing >
12,331
14,212
< Experience >
14,035
22
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
8
434
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Play with Syndra as Gragas in LoL

The Gragas Syndra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Syndra, 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 Syndra. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Syndra helps Gragas perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Gragas tries to synergize with Syndra, he gets a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Syndra does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gragas is played together with Syndra on the same side, 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 synergisticly with Syndra.

Additionally, when Gragas plays with Syndra on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Syndra does a poor job of protecting Gragas in teamfights.

Synergies between Gragas and Syndra

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Syndra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gragas
Syndra

Is Gragas better when played alongside Syndra?

There is no ideal companion for Gragas that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, Syndra is a very bad ally for Gragas. By being on the same team as Gragas, she lowers their win rate by -4.4% to 43.5%. This demonstrates that there is a very bad synergy between Gragas and Syndra that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Syndra has a greater difficulty than Gragas. That means you must be cautious when arranging Syndra allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting together, Gragas players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by pairing Gragas and Syndra together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of AD. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Syndra teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas Syndra Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gragas and Syndra, we analyzed 1,027 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 Syndra 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 truly master Gragas in order to synergize with Syndra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Gragas and Syndra synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Syndra than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gragas boasted an average win rate of 43.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Syndra with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Gragas players should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Gragas and Syndra pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 43.5% win rate overall.

If you need to see Gragas with Syndra collaboration tips and builds for a a specific player tier, please select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are calculated using all rounds played with both champions.