Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
The Jarvan IV 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, Jarvan IV sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gragas helps Jarvan IV perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Jarvan IV tries to synergize with Gragas, he observes a small increase in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Gragas provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Jarvan IV is played together with Gragas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gragas.
Additionally, when Jarvan IV plays with Gragas on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Gragas does a decent job of covering Jarvan IV during team fights.
There is no top synergy for Jarvan IV that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Gragas is a very typical companion for Jarvan IV. By playing on the same side as Jarvan IV, he increases their win rate by 0.4% to 49.0%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Jarvan IV and Gragas that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Gragas has a lower difficulty than Jarvan IV. That means Jarvan IV players don't need to be careful when finding Gragas comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Together, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by grouping Jarvan IV and Gragas together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of magical damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Gragas teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Jarvan IV to work well with Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to build first in your Jarvan IV and Gragas synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Gragas than with most other typical builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average win rate of 49.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gragas with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, Jarvan IV players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
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