Gragas Wild Rift Guide, Build and Strategy

Gragas is a mage / tank champion who specializes in dealing burst magic damage through skillshots. He has a melee range normal attack but has a low cooldown dash skill to compensate for it so he can easily catch up to enemies. He also has high sustain through his passive making him a little more tanky compared to other mages.

How to Play Gragas

• Use Barrel Roll to poke enemies
• Use Barrel Roll to clear minion waves faster
• Barrel Roll can also be used to check enemies hiding on bush
• Use Drunken Rage when you see damage coming your way
• Drunken Rage can also be used to clear minion waves
• Use Body Slam to engage or escape from enemies
• Body Slam can also pass through most walls and terrains
• Explosive Cask can be used to bring enemies closer to you
• You can also knock Enemies near your tower using Explosive Cask
• You can also use Explosive Cask to escape from enemies
• Gragas has high sustain due to his passive
• Gragas is versatile and can act as the tank for your team

Skills

Passive / Happy Hour: Casting an ability restores health.

Skill 1 / Barrel Roll: Rolls a ask to target location that explodes upon re-casting or after 3 seconds, enemies hit take magic damage and are slowed by 40% for 2 seconds. The cask ferments over the first 1.5 seconds, increasing the damage and slow amount by up to 150%.

Skill 2 / Drunken Rage: Gizzles down artisanal brew, reducing damage taken by 10% for 2.5 seconds. The next attack within 5 seconds after drinking is empowered to splash nearby enemies for bonus magic damage plus 8% of their max health.

Skill 3 / Body Slam: Charges forward, colliding with the first enemy hit to deal magic damage to nearby enemies. Enemies hit are also bumped backwards, stunning them for 1 second. Body Slam’s cooldown is reduced by 3 if it successfully collides with an enemy.

Skill 4 / Explosive Cask: Hurls a potent cask that explodes when it lands, dealing magic damage and knocking enemies away from the explosion’s center.

Item Build

Rod of Ages, Lich Bane, Ionian Stasis, Morellonomicon, Rabadon’s Deathcap, Void Staff

Runes

• Electrocute – Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3 seconds deal bonus adaptive damage.
• Champion – Gain 10% damage against champions. Lose 5% each time you die until the bonus disappears.
• Hunter Titan – Gain 20 max health. Unique champion takedowns grant 20 max health and 4% tenacity.
• Sweet Tooth – Increases Honeyfruit healing by 25%. Each fruit also provides 20 gold.

Spells

• Smite (or Ignite)
• Flash

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