Who counters Gragas in Wild Rift?

Gragas's strongest Jungle counters in Wild Rift are Zed, Nunu & Willump, and Diana. For example, Zed: Zed swaps away from your telegraphed Barrel Roll (1st) and Body Slam (3rd) with his shadow, then pokes you with shuriken from a range your combo cannot answer. He refuses the trade you win and takes the one you do not.

Who is Gragas good against in Wild Rift?

Gragas is a favorable matchup into Master Yi, Kindred, and Warwick in the Jungle role. For example, Master Yi: Master Yi cannot do much to you until he has items, and your cask, slam, and ult form a full lockdown chain that interrupts his Alpha Strike (1st) and flings him out of the fight.

Jungle · Wild Rift Guide

Gragas Jungle

Gragas Jungle Guide

Jungle Baron Lane Support

Updated for Patch 7.3E

A Tier

Best Build

Quick snapshot of the default setup for this guide.

How to play

Gank from a clear angle Slow the enemy with your 1st ability, then hit your 3rd ability to stun them. Approach from the side so minions cannot block your dash.
Choose where your ultimate sends enemies Throw it behind a target to knock them toward your team, or push divers away from an ally.
Attack after using your damage reduction Your 2nd ability briefly reduces damage and strengthens your next attack. Use that attack before moving away or casting more spells.

Guide author

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Strengths

Elite engage and pick threat: the cask zones the ground and the ult flings any priority target into your team.
Fast clears with a built-in heal, so he holds tempo into every early skirmish.
A tanky AP bruiser who survives dives and counter-ganks, making him miserable to fight in the dragon pit.

Weaknesses

Cooldown-reliant: once the cask and Body Slam (3rd) are down he has no follow-up and gets punished in the gap.
Single-target damage fades late, leaving him a utility engager rather than a carry once enemies stack health.
A misfired ultimate can save the enemy carry or scatter your own setup, since the knockback cuts both ways.

ITEM BUILD

Best Wild Rift build for Gragas Jungle, including items, runes, summoner spells, and skill order.

STARTING ITEM

Amplifying Tome

Early ability power, since his clear and his ganks both run entirely on casts.

BOOTS

Spellslinger's Shoes

Magic penetration keeps his burst lethal before his items arrive, which is when his ganks decide games.

CORE BUILD

Lich Bane

His W (2nd) is already an empowered attack in the middle of his combo, so Spellblade triggers on a hit he was taking anyway.

Hextech Rocketbelt

A second gap closer next to his E (3rd), so he can reach a target and still keep the E (3rd) for the knock-back.

Infinity Orb

Crits against low health targets, which finishes the ones his cask and slam chunk but do not kill.

Rabadon's Deathcap

Multiplies his ability power. His damage lands in one rotation, so all of it goes up at once.

Void Staff

Cuts the magic resist that lets a laner survive his combo and walk away. Choose it over Cryptbloom when enemies are stacking magic resist and maximum personal damage matters more than ability haste and team healing.

SITUATIONAL ITEMS

Cryptbloom

The alternative to Void Staff. Less penetration, but the ability haste and healing on takedown help in the fights his cask starts. Choose it when enemies have not built much magic resist, so trading Void Staff's extra damage for more ability haste and an area heal after takedowns is worthwhile.

Oceanid's Trident

Build this when the enemy has shields that keep absorbing the burst he set his engage up for.

Morellonomicon

Build this when enemies heal through Gragas's ganks or teamfight combo. Barrel Roll (1st) and Explosive Cask (Ult) can apply Grievous Wounds across a group before his allies follow up; Oblivion Orb is enough early.

Banshee's Veil

Build this when the enemy has crowd control ready for his E (3rd), which is the one thing that stops an engage he has committed to.

Zhonya's Hourglass

Build this for after his E (3rd) and cask land him in the middle of their team. Buy Seeker's Armguard early for the armor and ability power.

RUNES

KEYSTONE

Phase Rush

His E (3rd), cask and empowered attack are three quick hits, and the move speed is how he leaves a fight he just opened.

PRIMARY

Sudden Impact

His E (3rd) is a dash, so the bonus true damage triggers as Body Slam (3rd) connects.

Chain Assault

His combo lands on whoever he barrels into, and this rewards committing all of it to that target.

Eyeball Collector

His ganks convert into kills through the knockback setup, and each takedown adds damage to the next one.

SECONDARY

Transcendence

Ability haste means more casks and more dashes, which is his clear speed and his gank frequency.

SITUATIONAL RUNES

Legend: Haste

Take this over Transcendence for repeated skirmishes and frontline disruption. More frequent Body Slam (3rd), Barrel Roll (1st), and Drunken Rage (2nd) casts let Gragas keep interrupting enemies while cycling his defensive tools.

SUMMONER SPELLS

MAIN SPELLS

Flash

Must take. Flash into his body slam (3rd) is how he lands the knock back on a target who saw the barrel coming.

Smite

You are playing Jungle, you always take Smite. Monster damage upgrades from 600 to 1000 after 8 consumed Eco-system Protection stacks and to 1400 after 20 total.

SKILL ORDER

Skill Priority Order

1
Q
1st Ability
2
E
3rd Ability
3
W
2nd Ability

Wild Rift matchup guide for Gragas Jungle, covering favorable lanes and difficult counters to prepare for in ranked.

Good Matchups

These champions are favorable matchups for this pick in Wild Rift. You have advantages against them and can play more aggressively.

Gragas Counters

These champions counter this pick in Wild Rift and can be difficult matchups. Learn how to play against them or consider banning them.

Wild Rift game strategy for Gragas Jungle, from early lane control through mid and late game map play to final teamfights.

Early Game

Levels 1-8

Gragas can choose between a stable full clear and an early Body Slam (3rd) gank. After three camps, check for a lane where the target has crossed the midpoint or allied control can guarantee the slam. Lead with Barrel Roll (1st) to slow the escape, hold Body Slam (3rd) until the target commits to a direction, and use Happy Hour (Passive) to leave the play healthy. If the angle is weak, keep farming toward Explosive Cask (Ult) rather than showing on the map for nothing. At scuttle, fight around your cooldowns instead of trading basic attacks with a dedicated duelist. Body Slam (3rd) can interrupt an approach or secure space for Smite, but missing it leaves you exposed. Track the enemy start, keep a ward on the entrance they are likely to use, and make your first move toward the lane that can actually convert the displacement.

Mid / Late Game

Levels 9+

Tight river spaces amplify every part of the Gragas displacement kit. Set vision early and look to flip a dragon or Herald fight with one good ultimate that knocks their tank off the pit or their carry into your front line. That swing is worth contesting whenever your team is winning the early skirmishes. In an even game take Herald, since it becomes a tower without asking your team to hold the fight, and save the dragon priority for a comp that genuinely wants soul. This is also your window to invade the weaker clearers, because you out-sustain and out-bully many junglers once your resists come in. Steal their camps, push them off scuttle, and keep clearing between plays so you never fall behind on levels. Late game your job changes from killing enemies to moving them. The burst that deleted squishies earlier now only chunks them, so stop hunting solo kills and start hunting positioning. You are the one who walks up, takes the first wave of crowd control on stacked resists, and throws their carry over the wall into your waiting team. Body Slam (3rd) becomes as much an escape as an engage now, so save it for when you are out of position instead of spending it on poke. Around Baron you are the best disengage on your team: a cask onto a stacked enemy, or an ult that flings their initiator off the pit, can turn a lost objective into a clean reset. That disruption is worth more than any damage you would have added.

Teamfights

5v5 Combat

You start the fight or you ruin theirs, and most games it is the former. The clean opener is a flash-ult or a deep Body Slam (3rd) that drops their carry inside your team, then you sit on top of them while everyone collapses, soaking damage on your resists. If their engage comes first, flip it: knock their initiating tank or assassin straight back out of the fight with your ult and the whole thing falls apart before it starts. Cask (Ult) the chokepoint to split their group or zone the backline off the objective, and keep Body Slam (3rd) in your pocket as an escape once the ult is spent. The mistake that loses Gragas fights is a greedy ult that knocks an enemy toward safety, so pick the target and the direction before you press the button.

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