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Katarina with Gragas

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How to Synergize Katarina and Gragas

based on 1,664 Katarina with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
1.2 %

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. Katarina has been on the same team as Gragas in 1664 recent, ranked matches. By gathering so much relevant data directly from the hosts of LoL, we are sure that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Katarina play with Gragas. It is very rare for Katarina to play with Gragas on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 1.2% of matches with Katarina.

Katarina Gragas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Katarina does a dismal job of playing alongside Gragas. Usually, she wins a dismal 47.2% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Katarina when playing with Gragas by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Katarina vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingVoid StaffLich BaneZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Katarina to level upq
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Second ability for Katarina to level upe
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Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Katarina with Gragas

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.

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.

Katarina Gragas Synergy Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Gragas Image
9.7
< Kills >
9.7
6.9
< Deaths >
6.9
5.8
< Assists >
5.7
2.18
< Killing Sprees >
2.17
158
< Minions Killed >
156
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.35
2,478
< Physical Damage >
2,139
21,010
< Magic Damage >
21,329
977
< True Damage >
975
24,466
< Damage Dealt >
24,444
25,419
< Damage Taken >
24,981
12,385
< Gold Earned >
12,273
1.46
< Towers >
1.48
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,537
< Total Healing >
3,393
14,237
< Experience >
14,170
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
38
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Play with Gragas as Katarina in LoL

The Katarina 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, Katarina sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gragas helps Katarina perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Katarina is an ally to Gragas, she observes a small increase in her complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Gragas helps provide protection for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played alongside Gragas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Gragas.

Moreover, when Katarina plays with Gragas on the same side, she typically takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Gragas does a poor job of covering Katarina in teamfights.

Synergies between Katarina and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Katarina
Gragas

Is Katarina better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no top companion for Katarina that will no matter what be her #1 synergy. However, overall, Gragas is a relatively poor ally for Katarina. By playing on the same side as Katarina, he decreases their win rate by -1.6% to 47.2%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Katarina and Gragas that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Gragas has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Gragas allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing on the same side, Katarina players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by grouping Katarina and Gragas together, you may not be providing your other teammates a lot of utility. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of your Gragas ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Katarina and Gragas, 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 Katarina 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order to work well with Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to have in your Katarina and Gragas synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Katarina combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Gragas than with most other common builds. In fact, Katarina had an average winrate of 47.2% helping carry Gragas with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Katarina players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.2% win rate overall.

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