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Gragas

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

7.9%#88 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.1%picked in 288 of 6,991 games
Ban: 3.8%133 bans over 3,461 games, against 0.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Top47.1% between 41.8% and 52.6% over 227 gamesSoloQ 51.5%: no clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 346,746 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 96% of top laners.Lets allies carryCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Wukong in amateur play: +16.5 pts over 33 games, range above zero.+16.5 pt33 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.0%
SoloQ
0.8%
3.0% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 0.8% in soloQ over 139,864 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Stormraider's Surge, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge85% · 10,739

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport79% · 9,962

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 97% · 34 games

Core (3 legendaries)11% · 440

11%of soloQ games

Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 96% of top laners.

Crowd control (CC)top4%1.7 · top laners: 0.8
Lets allies carry killstop9%rank 91 of 100

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Lets allies carry
CC

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Team damage

What it is not

Few duels
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 69 in lane, 53 in mid game and 52 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

638+39 vs 599

873+5 vs 868

1,083+3 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Gragastop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 91% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 69 of 100 among top laners638 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 53 of 100 among top laners873 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 52 of 100 among top laners1,083 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 14 of 100 among top laners-419 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 9 of 100 among top laners-716 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 62 of 100 among top laners1,095 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 74 of 100 among top laners55% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 16 of 100 among top laners24% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 91 of 100 among top lanersrank 91 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 96 of 100 among top laners1.7 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 51 of 100 among top laners20% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Wukong in amateur play: +16.5 pts over 33 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.