Gragas·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Gragas Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Cosmic Drive as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Winter's Approach. For your last 3 items, you should build Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.7% winrate over 899 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Phase Rush as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Archangel's Staff as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Cosmic Drive as a third item. You want to finish the build with Lich Bane, Shadowflame and Bloodletter's Curse. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.4% win rate across 339 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Gragas Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Rod of Ages as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Winter's Approach as third item. The last 3 options are Cosmic Drive, Frozen Heart and Abyssal Mask. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.1% win rate over 235 matches played.

Situational Gragas Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Gragas build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.