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 Rod of Ages as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Archangel's Staff. For your last 3 items, you should build Cosmic Drive, 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 55.1% winrate over 889 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 Arcane Comet 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 Rod of Ages, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Archangel's Staff as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Cosmic Drive, Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 54.4% win rate over 500 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being 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, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Rod of Ages as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Archangel's Staff as a third item. You want to finish the build with Cosmic Drive, Frozen Heart and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.0% win rate across 353 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, First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, 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 Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass and Rabadon's Deathcap. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 58.3% win rate over 72 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.