How to Play Gragas Mid: Tips & Power Spikes (26.20)

Max order: Q > E > W
First item: Lich Bane13.1 min
Gold vs lane at 15: −77
Win rate 1k gold ahead: 68.7%
Win rate 1k gold behind: 38.8%

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Gragas Power Spikes (Patch 26.20)

Mid

When Gragas Mid gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Gragas wins most.

Lv 3
All three basic abilities at level 3
Gragas's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
Lv 6
Ultimate rank 1 at level 6
The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Gragas hits it.
Lv 11
Ultimate rank 2 at level 11
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Gragas can start or win.
Lv 16
Ultimate rank 3 at level 16
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Gragas can start or win.
13.1 min
First item at 13.1 min
Lich Bane is done — Gragas's first real damage or durability spike.
21.7 min
Two items at 21.7 min
Lich Bane + Shadowflame: the window to group and take objectives.
25 min
Strongest in games of about 25 minutes
Gragas wins 64.2% of games that end around this point.

Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.

Gragas Mid Laning Plan

Gragas recovers well from behind: a lost lane is not a lost game, so keep farming and wait for teamfights. On average Gragas Mid is 77 gold behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in only 47% of games. A 1,000-gold lead at 15 turns into a 69% win rate; a 1,000-gold deficit leaves 39%. Gragas averages 1.00 solo kills by 15 minutes.

Gragas win rate by gold at 15

1,000+ gold ahead68.7%
Ahead64.2%
Behind44.3%
1,000+ gold behind38.8%

Gragas Mid and Late Game

What Gragas does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.

Play to these strengths

Gragas brings crowd control (percentile 81): start the fight or follow up on a teammate's engage.
Gragas heals a lot (percentile 75): extended fights and sieges favor Gragas.
Gragas wins 3.0 points more in short games than long ones: group, take objectives and end before the enemy scales.

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Gragas is able to soak a lot of damage, making them much more viable in the frontline taking damage to protect less tanky teammates.
Gragas has a high rate of healing compared to other champions. They may be good at exchanging hit trades in lane or before teamfights since they can recover through self-healing.
Gragas has more base armor than most champions, which makes them excellent in the early game against attack damage type enemies.
Gragas has more base attack damage than most champions, so they should be trading autos aggressively in lane.

Playing Gragas

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
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.

Playing Against Gragas

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

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How to Play Gragas FAQ - Patch 26.20

When does Gragas power spike?

Gragas's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16; First item at 13.1 min.

Can Gragas come back from behind?

Gragas wins 44% of games when behind in gold at 15 minutes (over 174 games), against 64% when ahead — so a lost lane costs Gragas games, but it is not decisive.

What is Gragas's first item?

Most Gragas players finish Lich Bane first, at a median of 13.1 minutes.

How do you play Gragas Mid?

From this patch's ranked data, Gragas wins by playing to these strengths: start fights with crowd control; take long fights and sieges; end the game early.

Gragas How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes