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Zilean with Gragas

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How to Synergize Zilean and Gragas

based on 695 Zilean with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
3.31
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Zilean has fought alongside Gragas in 695 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data from the developers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Zilean synergize with Gragas. It is relatively rare for Zilean to play alongside Gragas as teammates. This has only happened in about 1.6% of matches with Zilean.

Zilean Gragas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Zilean does a poor job of synergizing with Gragas. On average, he wins an acceptable 48.9% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Zilean when playing with Gragas by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Zilean vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Zilean Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongZaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceMorellonomiconCosmic DriveSolstice Sleigh

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceWaterwalking
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Zilean's passive ability p
Zilean's q ability q
Zilean's w ability w
Zilean's e ability e
Zilean's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Zilean with Gragas

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.

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.

Zilean Gragas Synergy Stats

Zilean Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Gragas Image
2.5
< Kills >
2.5
4.9
< Deaths >
4.9
13.7
< Assists >
12.9
0.51
< Killing Sprees >
0.51
55
< Minions Killed >
59
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,039
< Physical Damage >
1,021
9,755
< Magic Damage >
10,272
773
< True Damage >
726
11,567
< Damage Dealt >
12,021
18,738
< Damage Taken >
18,569
9,097
< Gold Earned >
9,033
2
< Towers >
1.94
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,120
< Total Healing >
6,946
12,185
< Experience >
12,132
56
< Vision Score >
52
24
< Wards Placed >
23
177
< Time Dealing CC >
180

How to Play with Gragas as Zilean in LoL

The Zilean 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, Zilean 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 decrease shows that Gragas helps Zilean perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Zilean is an ally to Gragas, he sees a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Gragas doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Gragas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Gragas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gragas.

Moreover, when Zilean plays with Gragas on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Gragas does a poor job of covering Zilean in teamfights.

Synergies between Zilean and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Zilean
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Zilean
Gragas

Is Zilean better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Zilean that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Gragas is a below average ally for Zilean. By playing on the same side as Zilean, he decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Zilean and Gragas that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Gragas has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Gragas allies to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

When playing alongside, Zilean players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by pairing Zilean and Gragas together, you may not be providing your other allies a lot of AD. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their abilities.

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

Additional Information for Zilean Players

How We Calculated Our Zilean Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Zilean and Gragas, 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 Zilean 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 Zilean in order to synergize with Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to get in your Zilean and Gragas synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Gragas than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gragas with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.

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