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Gragas with Vladimir

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How to Synergize Gragas and Vladimir

based on 1,297 Gragas with Vladimir pairs
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Gragas has been on the same team as Vladimir in 1297 recently played, ranked games. By gathering so much complete data from the creators of League, we are sure that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Gragas synergize with Vladimir. It is relatively rare for Gragas to play with Vladimir on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 2.0% of rounds with Gragas.

Gragas Vladimir Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas does a poor job of fighting on the same side as Vladimir. Typically, he wins a poor 47.3% of matches the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Gragas when fighting on the same team as Vladimir by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gragas vs Vladimir Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassCosmic Drive

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

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
Q
3
W
4
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 Vladimir

Tips for Playing as Gragas with Vladimir

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 Vladimir Will Play

Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.

Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.

Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.

Gragas Vladimir Synergy Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Vladimir Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.9
6
< Deaths >
5.8
7.2
< Assists >
7.2
1.22
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
98
< Minions Killed >
109
0.63
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,479
< Physical Damage >
1,474
17,122
< Magic Damage >
18,364
609
< True Damage >
641
19,211
< Damage Dealt >
20,480
30,365
< Damage Taken >
29,773
11,058
< Gold Earned >
11,274
1.41
< Towers >
1.47
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
12,806
< Total Healing >
12,331
13,803
< Experience >
14,035
22
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
428
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Play with Vladimir as Gragas in LoL

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

When Gragas plays on the same team as Vladimir, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This change could signal that Vladimir does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gragas is played together with Vladimir on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Vladimir.

Moreover, when Gragas plays with Vladimir on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Vladimir does a poor job of covering Gragas during team fights.

Synergies between Gragas and Vladimir

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Vladimir
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gragas
Vladimir

Is Gragas better when played alongside Vladimir?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Gragas that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, Vladimir is a very typical companion for Gragas. By being on the same team as Gragas, he lowers their win rate by -0.6% to 47.3%. This proves that there is a weak strategic relationship between Gragas and Vladimir that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Vladimir has a greater difficulty than Gragas. That means Gragas players need to be cautious when finding Vladimir teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Playing alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by bringing Gragas and Vladimir together, you will not be giving your other allies much sustained damage output. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Vladimir ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 Vladimir Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gragas and Vladimir, we analyzed 1,297 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 Vladimir 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 Vladimir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to focus on in your Gragas and Vladimir synergy build consist of Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Vladimir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 47.3% helping carry Vladimir with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.3% winrate overall.

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