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How to Win Rammus vs Gragas Counter MatchupRammus is in the a tier of champions

Rammus vs Gragas

How to Beat Gragas as Rammus in LoLRammus is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gragas as Rammus

based on 1,009 Rammus vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
54.8 %
K/D/A
2.8
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our database, Rammus faced off against Gragas in 1009 games. Including so many games with Rammus versus Gragas provides us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare useful stats and a solid build to suppress your opposition. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Rammus fights Gragas in only 1.4% of his rounds.

Rammus vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Rammus does a great job of countering Gragas. Normally, he wins a fantastic 54.8% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Rammus against Gragas matches, Rammus’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood against Gragas.

Best Rammus vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBramble Vest

Core Rammus Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanKaenic RookernHollow RadianceForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningUnflinching
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Rammus's passive ability p
Rammus's q ability q
Rammus's w ability w
Rammus's e ability e
Rammus's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Rammus

Tips for Playing as Rammus against Gragas

Powerball can be used as an effective escape mechanism.

Tremors and Defensive Ball Curl can be used late in the game to obliterate towers. If you're bogged down in a team fight, it is often valuable to break off and attack the buildings.

Using taunt on a champion by your tower can cause the tower to attack your enemy.

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.

Rammus vs Gragas Counter Stats

Rammus Image
Win Rate
54.8 %
VS
Win Rate
45.2 %
Gragas Image
4.1
< Kills >
6.2
5.6
< Deaths >
5.9
11.6
< Assists >
7.4
0.93
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
33
< Minions Killed >
108
1.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.65
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.42
2,447
< Physical Damage >
1,488
11,747
< Magic Damage >
19,552
769
< True Damage >
736
14,964
< Damage Dealt >
21,776
32,534
< Damage Taken >
31,099
10,815
< Gold Earned >
11,544
1.24
< Towers >
1.52
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.13
12,871
< Total Healing >
12,907
13,387
< Experience >
14,225
21
< Vision Score >
22
7
< Wards Placed >
9
609
< Time Dealing CC >
426

How to Counter Gragas with Rammus in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some significant Rammus against Gragas matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Rammus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rammus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gragas. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Rammus normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gragas. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rammus and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Rammus
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rammus
Gragas

Who is Better, Rammus or Gragas?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rammus usually wins when taking on Gragas, with a 54.8% win rate. Therefore, Rammus makes a great counter to Gragas.

While Rammus does have a much higher winrate compared to Gragas, when they face off with one another, Rammus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rammus into Gragas.

Additionally, Rammus also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rammus vs Gragas matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Rammus is a great counter for Gragas. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rammus against Gragas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rammus

Rammus Loses Against

LilliaLillia40.7% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.3% winrateSwainSwain44.2% winrateBrandBrand45.6% winrate

Rammus Wins Against

QuinnQuinn59.5% winrateKindredKindred57.6% winrateGnarGnar57.2% winrateYuumiYuumi57% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

RengarRengar+ 55.2% 422 GamesAurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.3% 1217 GamesLilliaLillia+ 56.2% 596 GamesShyvanaShyvana+ 57.1% 238 Games

Additional Information for Rammus Players

How We Calculated Our Rammus vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Rammus, we analyzed 1,009 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 Rammus 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.

Other Useful Resources

Rammus Build Gragas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Rammus in order to counter Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rammus typically accumulates a lot less CS as Gragas. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Rammus versus Gragas build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Dead Man's Plate. When Rammus used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Gragas than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Rammus had an average winrate of 54.8% when playing against Gragas with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Gragas as Rammus, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Rammus vs Gragas battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.8% winrate overall.

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