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Gragas

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.3%#109 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.5%picked in 841 of 18,797 games
Ban: 1.8%326 bans over 17,789 games, against 0.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Top49.8% between 46.7% and 52.9% over 687 gamesSoloQ 49.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 26.2 min

Amateur: 19,023 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 348,503 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Cosmic Drive: 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 Xayah in amateur play: +14.4 pts over 40 games, range above zero.+14.4 pt40 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.9%
SoloQ
1.5%
1.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.8%
SoloQ
0.2%
1.8% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 0.2% in soloQ over 162,170 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
26.2 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 26.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Stormraider's Surge, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Cosmic Drive: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge60% · 6,023

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport94% · 9,510

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 80% · 115 games

Core (3 legendaries)7% · 152

7%of soloQ games

Rod of Ages
Archangel's Staff
Cosmic Drive

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 Xayah in amateur play: +14.4 pts over 40 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.

Against

Topgap to expected

Jax52.0% · expected 49.1% · 50 g+2.9 ptSoloQ -1.3

Ambessa54.1% · expected 49.9% · 37 g+4.2 ptSoloQ -2.9

K'Sante54.0% · expected 52.2% · 50 g+1.8 ptSoloQ +3.7

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin51.4% · expected 50.9% · 72 g+0.5 ptSoloQ 0.0

Wukong46.0% · expected 45.3% · 63 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +1.3

Midgap to expected

Syndra53.5% · expected 49.2% · 43 g+4.3 ptSoloQ -0.3

ADCgap to expected

Xayah62.5% · expected 48.1% · 40 g+14.4 ptSoloQ -1.1

Caitlyn59.3% · expected 47.7% · 54 g+11.5 ptSoloQ +0.6

Jhin61.7% · expected 53.8% · 60 g+7.8 ptSoloQ +0.5

Kai'Sa55.4% · expected 49.3% · 56 g+6.0 ptSoloQ +0.5

Supportgap to expected

Leona53.1% · expected 49.4% · 49 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +0.7

Braum53.1% · expected 47.3% · 32 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +0.2

Rell50.0% · expected 45.5% · 32 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -0.6

Thresh48.6% · expected 48.2% · 37 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +1.1

With

Junglegap to expected

Graves56.7% · expected 50.1% · 30 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +1.8

Xin Zhao53.8% · expected 50.8% · 39 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -0.2

Midgap to expected

Sylas58.1% · expected 47.7% · 31 g+10.3 ptSoloQ -2.5

Syndra56.3% · expected 50.4% · 32 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +2.0

ADCgap to expected

Jhin54.0% · expected 45.7% · 50 g+8.3 ptSoloQ -2.3

Miss Fortune60.0% · expected 49.9% · 30 g+10.1 ptSoloQ +2.3

Jinx60.0% · expected 53.6% · 45 g+6.4 ptSoloQ 0.0

Aphelios48.6% · expected 45.7% · 37 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -0.4

Kai'Sa50.9% · expected 50.2% · 55 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +1.2

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus52.9% · expected 48.2% · 68 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -0.1

Rell58.8% · expected 54.0% · 34 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -3.9

Thresh52.9% · expected 51.3% · 51 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +0.9

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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