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Gragas with Katarina

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How to Synergize Gragas and Katarina

based on 1,664 Gragas with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Gragas has gone into battle with Katarina in 1664 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much complete data straight from the developers of LoL, we are confident that we can present to you robust, usable builds to help Gragas synergize with Katarina. It is relatively rare for Gragas to play alongside Katarina on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 2.5% of rounds with Gragas.

Gragas Katarina Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a below average job of playing alongside Katarina. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.2% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Gragas when fighting on the same team as Katarina by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gragas vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Void StaffRabadon's DeathcapCosmic DriveRod of Ages

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite 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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W
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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 Katarina

Tips for Playing as Gragas with Katarina

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 Katarina Will Play

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Gragas Katarina Synergy Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Katarina Image
5.2
< Kills >
5.9
5.7
< Deaths >
5.8
7.3
< Assists >
7.2
1.2
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
98
< Minions Killed >
109
0.67
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,430
< Physical Damage >
1,474
17,019
< Magic Damage >
18,364
608
< True Damage >
641
19,057
< Damage Dealt >
20,480
29,975
< Damage Taken >
29,773
11,078
< Gold Earned >
11,274
1.46
< Towers >
1.47
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
13,093
< Total Healing >
12,331
13,898
< Experience >
14,035
21
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
434
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Play with Katarina as Gragas in LoL

The Gragas Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, 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 Katarina. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Katarina helps Gragas perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Gragas is an ally to Katarina, he observes a small decrease in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Katarina does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gragas is played alongside Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Katarina.

Additionally, when Gragas plays with Katarina on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Katarina does a poor job of protecting Gragas during teamfights.

Synergies between Gragas and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gragas
Katarina

Is Gragas better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no top champion pairing for Gragas that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, Katarina is a very typical ally for Gragas. By being on the same side as Gragas, she decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 47.2%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Gragas and Katarina that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Katarina has a greater difficulty than Gragas. That means Gragas players should be very careful when lining up Katarina allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.

Working on the same side, Gragas players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by aligning Gragas and Katarina together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a lot of support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Katarina ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gragas and Katarina, we analyzed 1,664 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 Katarina 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 pair well with Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to prioritize in your Gragas and Katarina synergy build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Gragas included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Katarina than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gragas boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when playing alongside Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, 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 Gragas and Katarina pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Katarina with Gragas are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located above.