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Illaoi with Gragas

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How to Synergize Illaoi and Gragas

based on 779 Illaoi with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
45.8 %
K/D/A
1.47
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Illaoi has gone into battle with Gragas in 779 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data from the publishers of LoL, we are confident that we can provide you with high quality, accurate builds to help Illaoi synergize with Gragas. It is very rare for Illaoi to play alongside Gragas as allies. This has only happened in approximately 1.1% of games with Illaoi.

Illaoi Gragas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Illaoi has done a awful job of synergizing with Gragas. Normally, she wins a poor 45.8% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Illaoi when fighting on the same team as Gragas by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Illaoi vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverSundered Sky

Optional Items

HullbreakerIceborn GauntletSpirit VisageSpear of Shojin

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Illaoi to level upe
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Second ability for Illaoi to level upq
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Last skill for Illaoi to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Gragas

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Advice to Understand How Gragas Will Play

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.

Illaoi Gragas Synergy Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
45.8 %
VS
Win Rate
54.2 %
Gragas Image
5.5
< Kills >
5.3
6.8
< Deaths >
6.7
4.5
< Assists >
4.4
1.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
196
< Minions Killed >
190
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.57
25,993
< Physical Damage >
24,827
842
< Magic Damage >
835
443
< True Damage >
407
27,278
< Damage Dealt >
26,070
37,038
< Damage Taken >
35,928
12,361
< Gold Earned >
12,040
2.82
< Towers >
2.79
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,300
< Total Healing >
8,841
15,621
< Experience >
15,333
17
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
456
< Time Dealing CC >
432

How to Play with Gragas as Illaoi in LoL

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

Overall, Illaoi sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gragas helps Illaoi perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Illaoi is an ally to Gragas, she sees a little increase in her total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Gragas helps provide protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played together with Gragas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Gragas.

Additionally, when Illaoi plays with Gragas on the same team, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Gragas does a poor job of protecting Illaoi in teamfights.

Synergies between Illaoi and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Illaoi
Gragas

Is Illaoi better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no perfect synergy for Illaoi that will always be her top ally. However, Gragas is a very bad ally for Illaoi. By locking into the same team as Illaoi, he decreases their win rate by -3.8% to 45.8%. This proves that there is a terrible bond between Illaoi and Gragas that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Gragas has a greater difficulty than Illaoi. That means you must be very careful when lining up Gragas allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions will be a great protective duo.

Although, by grouping Illaoi and Gragas together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates enough crowd control. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's potential.

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

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Illaoi and Gragas, we analyzed 779 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 Illaoi with Gragas 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 Illaoi to work well with Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to use in your Illaoi and Gragas synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi used at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Gragas than with many other common item sets. In fact, Illaoi had an average win rate of 45.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Gragas with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Illaoi and Gragas pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.8% winrate overall.

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