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How to Synergize Gragas with Hwei on the Same TeamGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas with Hwei

How to Win With Gragas and Hwei Paired TogetherGragas is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Gragas and Hwei

based on 2,356 Gragas with Hwei pairs
Win Rate
42.7 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Gragas has been on the same team as Hwei in 2356 recently played, competitive matches. By accumulating so much great data straight from the makers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Gragas play with Hwei. It is relatively rare for Gragas to play alongside Hwei on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 3.6% of games with Gragas.

Gragas Hwei Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas does a pathetic job of playing alongside Hwei. Usually, he wins a dismal 42.7% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Gragas when playing alongside Hwei by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gragas vs Hwei Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapCosmic DriveSeraph's EmbraceVoid Staff

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
>
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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W
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E
3
Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Gragas and Hwei

Tips for Playing as Gragas with Hwei

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 Understand How Hwei Will Play

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

Gragas Hwei Synergy Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
42.7 %
VS
Win Rate
57.3 %
Hwei Image
5.7
< Kills >
5.9
6
< Deaths >
5.8
6.9
< Assists >
7.2
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
104
< Minions Killed >
109
0.65
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,490
< Physical Damage >
1,474
17,840
< Magic Damage >
18,364
636
< True Damage >
641
19,967
< Damage Dealt >
20,480
30,744
< Damage Taken >
29,773
11,218
< Gold Earned >
11,274
1.37
< Towers >
1.47
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
13,020
< Total Healing >
12,331
14,003
< Experience >
14,035
21
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
426
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Play with Hwei as Gragas in LoL

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

Overall, Gragas sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hwei. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Hwei helps Gragas perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Gragas tries to synergize with Hwei, he sees a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Hwei does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gragas is played together with Hwei on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Hwei. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Hwei.

Additionally, when Gragas plays with Hwei on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Hwei does a poor job of covering Gragas in team fights.

Synergies between Gragas and Hwei

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Hwei
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gragas
Hwei

Is Gragas better when played alongside Hwei?

There is no top synergy for Gragas that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Hwei is a terrible companion for Gragas. By playing on the same team as Gragas, they lowers their win rate by -5.2% to 42.7%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Gragas and Hwei that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Hwei has a much greater difficulty compared to Gragas. That means Gragas players must be very careful when lining up Hwei allies to play with, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, Gragas players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by pairing Gragas and Hwei together, you probably will not be granting your side a lot of tankyness. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Hwei ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas Hwei Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gragas and Hwei, we analyzed 2,356 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 Gragas with Hwei 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Gragas to work well with Hwei during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to build first in your Gragas and Hwei synergy build include Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Gragas combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Hwei than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 42.7% helping carry Hwei with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, 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 sets we have analyed for Gragas and Hwei pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 42.7% win rate overall.

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