Gragasvs Talon
Gragas vs Talon is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Talon wins with a 63.6% win rate (+27.3%) over Gragas based on 11 games. Gragas wins the early laning phase while Talon scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Gragas build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Gragas vs Talon matchup.
Gragas Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Gragas performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Gragas vs Talon?
Gragas wins 47.6% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 28.3% and 67.6% (95% range).
- Expected
- 49.8% From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
- Matchup effect
- −2.2 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 21 games Lane: Jungle
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Mid): 7 games, Gragas won 42.9%.
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Talon, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Gragas wins 47.6% of 21 games (95% range 28.3–67.6%).
- Both champions' overall Jungle win rates predict 49.8% for Gragas; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Gragas players pick Zhonya's Hourglass far more often against Talon: 30.1% of their other Jungle games, 57.1% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Gragas and Talon played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Gragas's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Gragas vs Talon Laning Stats
Only 21 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Gragas vs Talon Win Rate by Game Length
Gragas's win rate against Talon by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Gragas's results against Talon in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Gragas vs Talon Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Gragas Changes Against Talon
Choices Gragas players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Jungle games.
Usually30.1%vs Talon57.1%+27.0 pts
Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsually8.6%vs Talon23.8%+15.2 pts
Manaflow BandRuneUsually4.7%vs Talon19.0%+14.3 pts
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually1.5%vs Talon14.3%+12.8 pts- Scorchclaw Pup + Health PotionStarting itemsUsually3.1%vs Talon14.3%+11.2 pts
ScorchRuneUsually3.4%vs Talon14.3%+10.9 pts- W > E > Qthe W > E > Q skill orderSkill priorityUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Talon9.5%+9.5 pts
Biscuit DeliveryRuneUsually1.5%vs Talon9.5%+8.0 pts
Best Gragas Build vs Talon
Usual Gragas build (Jungle)
74.2% win rate · 31 games
Against Talon
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 3 of 13 Gragas games against Talon carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Gragas's standard build instead.
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Gragas Runes vs Talon
Usual Gragas runes (Jungle)
Dark Harvest
54.7% win rate · 258 games
Against Talon
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Gragas draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Gragas matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Gragas's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Gragas build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Gragas Matchups
Hardest for Gragas
Easiest for Gragas
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Gragas vs Talon FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Gragas vs Talon?
Current data slightly favors Talon, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Gragas wins 47.6% of 21 games (95% range 28.3–67.6%).
What is Gragas's win rate against Talon?
Gragas wins 47.6% of 21 Jungle games against Talon on patch 26.19 (95% range 28.3–67.6%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 49.8% would be expected.
Does Gragas counter Talon?
Not clearly. Gragas wins 47.6% of 21 games against Talon, and the 95% range (28.3–67.6%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Gragas or Talon?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (21) to say who wins lane.
Does Gragas outscale Talon?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Talon strongest against Gragas?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Talon is ahead of Gragas beyond the margin of error.
What should Gragas build against Talon?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Gragas's usual Jungle core: Shadowflame, Lich Bane, Rabadon's Deathcap. The biggest change against Talon: Zhonya's Hourglass (30.1% usually, 57.1% here).
What runes should Gragas use against Talon?
Use Gragas's usual Dark Harvest page (Domination + Sorcery); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Talon: Manaflow Band (4.7% usually, 19.0% here).