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 Zhonya's Hourglass, Frozen Heart and finish with Morellonomicon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 53.3% winrate over 2 468 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Gragas Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Cosmic Drive, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Winter's Approach as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Frozen Heart and Randuin's Omen. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 55.5% win rate over 696 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet 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 Cosmic Drive as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Winter's Approach as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Frozen Heart and Shadowflame. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 57.8% win rate across 455 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, Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Archangel's Staff as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Cosmic Drive as third item. The last 3 options are Lich Bane, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.0% win rate over 314 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.