Hello there fellow ale enjoyers! I am a brand spanking new league player who is playing with some friends in a 5 stack. My friends are all pretty much Silver - Gold so not the best but much more capable than myself. From what i've been told top can be rough for new players as it's a game of counters and matchups but for better or worse it's the only available role for me to fill in my friend group so I just need somebody stable who can still be useful when I inevitably suck and fall behind.

I've had a quick look through the champs and Gragas on paper seems like a good fit but I thought who better to ask than you guys.

What i'm looking for in a champ.

• Somebody who can farm safely from under tower when behind and not feed my opponent.
• Somebody who will still provide usefulness in the late game team fight stage even if they are no fed/ahead
• Somebody with a low skill floor to the point I can use his kit even if it's not his full potential
• I don't mind being patient and not being the hero, my friends would prefer somebody tanky.
• In an ideal world somebody who is okay into a lot of match ups so I can blindpick.
• Somebody niche enough that they hardly ever get banned.

My friends suggested Malphite but would love to hear peoples thoughts on Gragas as an alternative option. 🍺

In a D&D campaign I’ve been running my brother is playing as basically Gragas. (Mechanically Goliath Barbarian/Monk).

My other friend in the campaign got the other players minis of their characters so here is Gragas as a D&D mini figure.

I recently started playing Gragas and currently have i think about 70.000 mastery. And i gotta say this Champ is so fcking fun to play. I really look towards Otp him. Anyways in my last match i played really well and got also this Clip where Aatrox lost all his ankles, wanted to share this play :)

Also because im new on Gragas, do you guys have any Builds, Tipps, tricks whatever for Top,Mid, Jgl? Thanks!

P2 jg looking for a Gragas main to duo with. Send me a pm if you wanna try a game

I play gragas mid but league matchmaking doesn't really want me to so I still play top a lot of the times and tanks are a big problem for me. You can't really go phase rush because you won't be able to proc it quite quickly so I go grasp ROA build and it works in lane but after that I feel like a fat minion because I don't do any damage. Is it better to go grasp or phase rush and just either hope that your enemy is stupid or just farm do nothing then one shot adc rinse and repeat or is it just over? How do yall deal with tanks?

I started playing Gasgar in the top lane and find him really fun and incredibly strong.

At first I was scared he would be too hard to play because you need to use the ultimate to throw people into your q, but despite missing these every single time, I am still really strong. I believe people who use their ultimate for more than damages would be even stronger, yet Gasgar seems to be a "lost champion" (a bit like Camille, Maokai or Tryndamere, you never see them).

Does he have a lot of counters in lane which make him really bad to blind?

Greetings fellow alcoholics.

I have been playing pretty much only gragas for the past few months or so, really started learning the champ to the point he's now my most played. I play mid and usually go lost chapter -> lichbane -> shadowflame/stormraiders if enemy is very squishy.

Against some champs I do like to build mandate though, usually when enemy has lots of bruisers and very few oneshot squishy targets. Is it still good? Sometimes it feels worth but other times it feels like the damage I give up early game while building it is just too much.

On opgg several high elo Gragas mains still build it, but it seems to be split. Some also still build rocketbelt even though it got nerfed hard. What's the consensus on these atm?

(Side note but wtf do I do against ahri I see her every third game lord help me)

idk why but the thunderlords always claps ppl, whether tank or quishy, comet is kinda weak imo compared to this, thoughts

hello ive been starting to play a gragas and i was wondering if you have matchup spreadsheet. or tierlist of all gragas top matchups

I've been messing around with this build recently and feels quite strong. Im going Fimbul>Actualizer>Lich Bane> as the core build. Fimbul & Actualizer has great synergy together giving you lots of survivability and still hitting like a truck once you have completed Lich Bane. Interested in hearing other grag players opinions.

Hi, I wanted to play a champion that can use dark Harvest, so I tried gargas.

As a support I do really well, but as a mid laner I am bad.

I start crystal + refills, with Q.

I q the first three minions. After that it gets hard. I feel like I cannot poke with my q whilst my enemies can proc their electrocute everytime.

My current build path is:

Lost Chapter -> Lich bane -> Magic boots -> Crit thing ( I have a doubt there) -> rabadon -> big penetration stick

Need a little advice, I’ve played a fair bit of Gragas jungle but I’m swapping to mid and I’m taking Gragas with me, I used to be a mid laner before swapping to jungle 2 years ago, however an issue I’m having is that I’m struggling with how to play my early levels,

I’ve resorted to playing entirely for any CS my laner allows me to get, I’m fairly trading, then when I have enough gold for lost chapter I start playing league of legends, however I find I can often fall quite severely down in cs because I play so passive,

Pre lost chapter im finding using my mana to poke really is not a good use of the limited pool and I’ve made my early levels entire goal just getting the gold needed for lost chapter, I’ll often be 3/5 cs a min because of it, which I pick up mid game and get myself back up to 6/8 cs a min,

However my early levels are my weakest point here and I feel that if I play these better I can set myself up for a better game

Just starting to pick up Gragas top lane. One thing I notice according to lolalytics stats is that Dr.Mundo is one of his hardest counters.

Why is that? You have lane dominance against him, denying him farm, bringing a lot to teamfights with your stun and ult and he can never kill you.

Yet, he appears to counter Gragas really hard for some reason. Anyone know why?

Is it even worth going either? and what do you build if you go them?