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

Gragas vs Trundle

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

based on 4,206 Gragas vs Trundle matchups
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
6.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League matches that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Trundle as Gragas came out of an examination of 4206 ranked matches where both champions faced off against each other. This particular counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Gragas fights Trundle in only 6.4% of his games.

Gragas vs Trundle Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas does a awful job of beating Trundle. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.3% of the time the champions face one another in. In Gragas against Trundle matches, Gragas’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Trundle.

Best Gragas vs Trundle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSapphire Crystal

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapCosmic DriveRod of AgesSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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
W
3
Q
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Trundle as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Trundle

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 Trundle

Trundle is very powerful at location-based combat. Try to draw him off of his Frozen Domain.

Make sure to get out of his Pillar of Ice as quickly as possible, as it significantly slows you down.

Gragas vs Trundle Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
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5.8
< Kills >
4.9
5.4
< Deaths >
6.3
7.1
< Assists >
5.4
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
115
< Minions Killed >
149
0.56
< Dragons Killed >
0.46
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.84
1,490
< Physical Damage >
15,143
18,764
< Magic Damage >
2,341
602
< True Damage >
516
20,857
< Damage Dealt >
18,001
28,390
< Damage Taken >
36,351
11,207
< Gold Earned >
12,351
1.48
< Towers >
3.44
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
11,874
< Total Healing >
16,759
14,149
< Experience >
14,690
20
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
420
< Time Dealing CC >
338

How to Counter Trundle with Gragas in LoL

The stats provided here show several important Gragas versus Trundle matchup statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Trundle’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Trundle..

Gragas usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Trundle. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and Trundle

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Trundle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Trundle

Who is Better, Gragas or Trundle?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually loses when facing off against Trundle, with a 46.3% win rate. As a result, Gragas makes a poor counter for Trundle.

While Gragas does have a lower win rate than Trundle, when they face off with one another, Gragas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Gragas into Trundle.

Additionally, Gragas also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Trundle. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Trundle matchups, Trundle is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Gragas is a garbage counter for Trundle. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gragas against Trundle.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Trundle Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Trundle as Gragas, we analyzed 4,206 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 Trundle 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Gragas to counter Trundle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Trundle. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Gragas versus Trundle build include Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Gragas included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Trundle than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 46.3% when playing against Trundle with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Trundle as Gragas, you should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Gragas vs Trundle counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.3% winrate overall.

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