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Draven with Gragas

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How to Synergize Draven and Gragas

based on 2,401 Draven with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Draven has been on the same team as Gragas in 2401 recently played, ranked games. By gathering so much great data from the makers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Draven play with Gragas. It is relatively rare for Draven to play with Gragas on the same team. This has only happened in about 2.0% of games with Draven.

Draven Gragas Synergy Summary

Draven has done a decent job of fighting on the same side as Gragas. On average, he wins an acceptable 51.1% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Draven when playing alongside Gragas by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Draven vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Caulfield's WarhammerSerrated Dirk

Core Draven Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeThe CollectorHubris

Optional Items

OpportunityRapid FirecannonBloodthirsterInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Draven's passive ability p
Draven's q ability q
Draven's w ability w
Draven's e ability e
Draven's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Draven and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Draven with Gragas

If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.

If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.

Advice to Understand How Gragas Will Play

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.

Draven Gragas Synergy Stats

Draven Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Gragas Image
8.9
< Kills >
8.4
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
5.6
< Assists >
5.5
2.05
< Killing Sprees >
1.93
177
< Minions Killed >
172
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.48
22,861
< Physical Damage >
21,842
136
< Magic Damage >
125
482
< True Damage >
477
23,480
< Damage Dealt >
22,444
22,714
< Damage Taken >
22,593
14,025
< Gold Earned >
13,671
2.47
< Towers >
2.33
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,022
< Total Healing >
6,845
12,391
< Experience >
12,267
15
< Vision Score >
15
7
< Wards Placed >
7
85
< Time Dealing CC >
86

How to Play with Gragas as Draven in LoL

The Draven Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Draven sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gragas helps Draven perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Draven tries to synergize with Gragas, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Gragas helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played with Gragas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gragas.

Additionally, when Draven plays with Gragas on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Gragas does a poor job of protecting Draven in team fights.

Synergies between Draven and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Draven
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Draven
Gragas

Is Draven better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no top synergy for Draven that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, overall, Gragas is a pretty good companion for Draven. By being on the same side as Draven, he increases their win rate by 1.4% to 51.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Draven and Gragas that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Gragas has a much lower diffuclty than Draven. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Gragas comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to play well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Draven and Gragas together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of magical damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Gragas ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Draven Players

How We Calculated Our Draven Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Draven and Gragas, we analyzed 2,401 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Draven with Gragas comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Draven to work well with Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to focus on in your Draven and Gragas synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Draven included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Gragas than with most other typical builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gragas with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, Draven players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Gragas with Draven are presented for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.