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How to Synergize Irelia with Gragas on the Same TeamIrelia is in the b tier of champions

Irelia with Gragas

How to Win With Irelia and Gragas Paired TogetherIrelia is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Irelia and Gragas

based on 1,670 Irelia with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
1.84
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Irelia has gone into battle with Gragas in 1670 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much complete data straight from the developers of League, we are totally sure that we can provide you with robust, accurate builds to help Irelia synergize with Gragas. It is relatively rare for Irelia to play alongside Gragas as teammates. This has only occurred in about 1.6% of rounds with Irelia.

Irelia Gragas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Irelia has done a dismal job of playing alongside Gragas. On average, she wins an acceptable 49.1% of games the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Irelia when playing with Gragas by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Irelia vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Ravenous HydraSundered SkyTitanic HydraWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Irelia and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Irelia with Gragas

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

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.

Irelia Gragas Synergy Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Gragas Image
7.7
< Kills >
7.3
6.9
< Deaths >
7
5
< Assists >
5
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
210
< Minions Killed >
206
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,760
< Physical Damage >
16,208
6,278
< Magic Damage >
6,139
790
< True Damage >
751
23,829
< Damage Dealt >
23,099
31,798
< Damage Taken >
31,302
13,111
< Gold Earned >
12,894
2.35
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
11,142
< Total Healing >
10,768
15,147
< Experience >
15,027
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
113
< Time Dealing CC >
113

How to Play with Gragas as Irelia in LoL

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

Overall, Irelia sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gragas helps Irelia perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Irelia is an ally to Gragas, she sees a marginal improvement in her full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Gragas supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Irelia is played alongside Gragas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Gragas.

Additionally, when Irelia plays with Gragas on the same team, she often takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Gragas does a poor job of covering Irelia in teamfights.

Synergies between Irelia and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Irelia
Gragas

Is Irelia better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no one best companion for Irelia that will 100% of the time be her ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Gragas is a very typical teammate for Irelia. By playing on the same team as Irelia, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 49.1%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Irelia and Gragas that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Gragas has a lower difficulty than Irelia. That means Irelia players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Gragas teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by grouping Irelia and Gragas together, you may not be granting your team enough utility. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Gragas ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Irelia and Gragas, we analyzed 1,670 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 Irelia 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to work well with Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to build first in your Irelia and Gragas synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when paired up with Gragas than with most other common builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 49.1% helping carry Gragas with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Gragas with Irelia are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.