Xerath with Gragas
How to Synergize Xerath and Gragas
based on 1,947 Xerath with Gragas pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Gragas Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Gragas
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Gragas
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Gragas Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gragas as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gragas helps Xerath perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Gragas, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change could indicate that Gragas does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Gragas 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 with Gragas.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Gragas on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Gragas does a poor job of protecting Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Gragas
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Gragas?
There is no ideal companion for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Gragas is a terrible teammate for Xerath. By playing on the same team as Xerath, he lowers their win rate by -4.7% to 45.9%. This demonstrates that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Xerath and Gragas that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Gragas has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Gragas teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing alongside, Xerath players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Xerath and Gragas together, you probably will not be granting your other allies very much AD. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Gragas ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xerath to synergize with Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Xerath and Gragas synergy build consist of Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Gragas than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 45.9% when playing alongside Gragas with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Xerath and Gragas pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.9% winrate overall.
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