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How to Win Orianna vs Gragas Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Gragas

How to Beat Gragas as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gragas as Orianna

based on 947 Orianna vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League games every week. Within our database, Orianna did battle with Gragas in 947 games. Having so many games with Orianna versus Gragas gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce informative stats and a pro build to shatter your foe. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Orianna has to counter Gragas in only 1.8% of her rounds.

Orianna vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Orianna does a dismal job of countering Gragas. Typically, she wins a lowly 48.0% of games the champs face off with one another in. In Orianna versus Gragas matches, Orianna’s side is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood against Gragas.

Best Orianna vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Orianna to level upq
>
Second ability for Orianna to level upw
>
Last skill for Orianna to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Gragas

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

Advice to Win Against Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Orianna vs Gragas Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Gragas Image
5.3
< Kills >
5.9
5.9
< Deaths >
5.7
9.1
< Assists >
7.3
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.37
171
< Minions Killed >
106
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.65
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,081
< Physical Damage >
1,484
19,586
< Magic Damage >
18,292
293
< True Damage >
607
20,960
< Damage Dealt >
20,384
19,335
< Damage Taken >
29,739
11,275
< Gold Earned >
11,328
2.12
< Towers >
1.56
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
1,818
< Total Healing >
12,645
14,334
< Experience >
14,067
21
< Vision Score >
22
10
< Wards Placed >
8
342
< Time Dealing CC >
419

How to Counter Gragas with Orianna in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several influential Orianna versus Gragas matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gragas..

Orianna usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Gragas. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Orianna and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Gragas

Who is Better, Orianna or Gragas?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when trying to fight Gragas, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Orianna makes a poor counter to Gragas.

While Orianna does have a lower winrate compared to Gragas, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Orianna into Gragasas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Orianna has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Gragas matchups, Gragas is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Orianna is a bad counter for Gragas. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Orianna against Gragas.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Orianna, we analyzed 947 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 Gragas as Orianna 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 truly master Orianna to counter Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna on average gets more CS relative to Gragas. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Orianna versus Gragas build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Gragas than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Gragas with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Gragas as Orianna, Orianna players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Orianna vs Gragas matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gragas as Orianna are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.