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Gragas with Zilean

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How to Synergize Gragas and Zilean

based on 695 Gragas with Zilean pairs
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.34
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Gragas has gone into battle with Zilean in 695 recent, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Gragas play with Zilean. It is very rare for Gragas to play with Zilean on the same side. This has only occurred in approximately 1.1% of rounds with Gragas.

Gragas Zilean Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a below average job of fighting on the same side as Zilean. Typically, he wins an acceptable 48.9% of rounds the champions try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Gragas when playing with Zilean by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gragas vs Zilean Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassLuden's CompanionHextech Rocketbelt

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
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Last skill for Gragas to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
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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E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Gragas and Zilean

Tips for Playing as Gragas with Zilean

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 Zilean Will Play

Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.

Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.

You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.

Gragas Zilean Synergy Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Zilean Image
6.2
< Kills >
5.9
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
7.4
< Assists >
7.2
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
117
< Minions Killed >
109
0.58
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,574
< Physical Damage >
1,474
19,627
< Magic Damage >
18,364
682
< True Damage >
641
21,884
< Damage Dealt >
20,480
31,224
< Damage Taken >
29,773
11,531
< Gold Earned >
11,274
1.48
< Towers >
1.47
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
12,972
< Total Healing >
12,331
14,554
< Experience >
14,035
20
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
433
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Play with Zilean as Gragas in LoL

The Gragas Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zilean helps Gragas perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Gragas is paired with Zilean, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Zilean supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gragas is played with Zilean on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zilean.

Moreover, when Gragas plays with Zilean on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Zilean does a poor job of covering Gragas during teamfights.

Synergies between Gragas and Zilean

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Zilean
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gragas
Zilean

Is Gragas better when played alongside Zilean?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Gragas that will always be his top teammate. Yet, Zilean is a pretty good ally for Gragas. By playing on the same team as Gragas, he improves their win rate by 1.0% to 48.9%. This signals that there is a somewhat important bond between Gragas and Zilean that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Zilean has a greater difficulty than Gragas. That means Gragas players need to be very careful when enlisting Zilean teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by aligning Gragas and Zilean together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates very much sustained damage output. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Zilean teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas Zilean Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gragas and Zilean, we analyzed 695 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 Zilean 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 truly master Gragas in order to work well with Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to focus on in your Gragas and Zilean synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Zilean than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 48.9% helping carry Zilean with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.

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