Gragas vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Gragas
based on 1,504 Gragas vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gragas vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Gragas vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Gragas
Tips for Playing as Gragas against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Gragas vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Gragas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several influential Gragas versus Talon matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Talon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..
Gragas typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Talon. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gragas and Talon
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Who is Better, Gragas or Talon?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually fairs equally well when facing off against Talon, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes an ok counter to Talon.
While Gragas does have a higher win rate than Talon, when they face off with one another, Gragas also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gragas into Talon.
Additionally, Gragas has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Talon matchups, Gragas is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gragas is a decent counter to Talon. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gragas to counter Talon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gragas often gets a similar amount of CS as Talon. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Gragas versus Talon build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Talon than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gragas had an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Talon with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Talon as Gragas, Gragas players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Gragas vs Talon fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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