Gragas·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Gragas Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Overgrowth 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 Lich Bane as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 59.2% winrate over 461 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Gragas Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hextech Rocketbelt, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Lich Bane as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Cryptbloom. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.5% win rate over 359 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch 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 Luden's Echo as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 52.4% win rate across 307 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Gragas Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, 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 Luden's Echo as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Hextech Rocketbelt as third item. The last 3 options are Lich Bane, Rabadon's Deathcap and Cosmic Drive. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 60.3% win rate over 58 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.