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How to Win Gragas vs Rengar Counter MatchupGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rengar as Gragas

based on 2,507 Gragas vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL games that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Rengar as Gragas resulted from an examination of 2507 ranked games where both champions clashed against each other. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Gragas is forced to battle against Rengar in only 3.8% of his matches.

Gragas vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas does a pathetic job of countering Rengar. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.5% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Gragas vs Rengar games, Gragas’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Rengar.

Best Gragas vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapCosmic DriveRod of AgesLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gragas to level upq
>
Second ability for Gragas to level upe
>
Last skill for Gragas to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Rengar

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

Advice to Win Against Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Gragas vs Rengar Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Rengar Image
6
< Kills >
8.2
5.8
< Deaths >
6.9
7
< Assists >
6.2
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.89
111
< Minions Killed >
42
0.59
< Dragons Killed >
1.32
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,500
< Physical Damage >
17,687
18,107
< Magic Damage >
1,330
583
< True Damage >
1,112
20,190
< Damage Dealt >
20,130
29,148
< Damage Taken >
34,289
11,293
< Gold Earned >
13,025
1.5
< Towers >
1.42
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
11,941
< Total Healing >
16,682
13,973
< Experience >
14,151
20
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
5
409
< Time Dealing CC >
237

How to Counter Rengar with Gragas in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Gragas against Rengar counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rengar..

Gragas often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Rengar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Rengar

Who is Better, Gragas or Rengar?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually loses when taking on Rengar, with a 46.5% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes a poor counter for Rengar.

While Gragas does have a lower win rate compared to Rengar, when they face off with one another, Gragas also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gragas into Rengar.

Moreover, Gragas also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rengar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Rengar matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Gragas is a terribly counter for Rengar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Rengar.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Gragas, we analyzed 2,507 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rengar as Gragas comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gragas in order to counter Rengar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas most often picks up more CS as Rengar. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Gragas versus Rengar build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Rengar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 46.5% battling Rengar with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Rengar as Gragas, Gragas players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Gragas vs Rengar matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.5% winrate overall.

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