Gragas — LoL Classic counters & build

Who beats Gragas in League of Legends: Classic, who Gragas beats, and the Season 3 items, runes and masteries to run top, jungle. Patch 26.17.

Gragas is weak against

Lee Sin jungle
He out-skirmishes you early and kicks you out of your own engage.
Shyvana jungle
She clears faster and beats you in a straight duel after first item.

Gragas is strong against

Karthus jungle
Body Slam plus cask knocks him out of the Requiem channel.
Nunu & Willump jungle
Explosive Cask interrupts Absolute Zero and displaces him out of every objective fight.
Evelynn jungle
Your drunken rage sustain wins the duel once she commits out of stealth.

Gragas Season 3 build

Start:

Doran's RingHealth Potion ×2

Core:

Rod of AgesRylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's Hourglass

Rod of Ages plus Rylai's: you want to survive the dive-in and keep everyone slowed after it.

Alternative Gragas builds

Tanky Gragas: Rod of Ages → Frozen Heart → Sunfire Cape → Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Warmog's Armor
Body Slam and the ult are disruption, not burst - build to survive walking in first and the barrel still hurts.

Gragas rune page

9× Mark of Magic Penetration9× Seal of Armor9× Glyph of Scaling Ability Power3× Quintessence of Ability Power

Flat magic penetration is the strongest first-blood stat in Season 3 - base MR is only 30 at level 1, so 9 marks strip a fifth of it. Scaling AP glyphs beat flat ones from about level 9.

Gragas masteries

21/9/0 Offense. Archmage multiplies your whole AP curve, and Arcane Knowledge stacks with magic penetration marks.

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