Tank Gragas Build

Tank Gragas Build.

Tank Gragas build with runes and items. Tank Gragas guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Tank Gragas build in League of Legends Patch 25.09!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Guardian's Horn should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Gragas ability Body Slam should be leveled first.
E
Gragas ability Drunken Rage should be leveled second.
W
Gragas ability Barrel Roll should be leveled third.
Q
Final items
Mercury's Treads should be final item in your build.
Jak'Sho, The Protean should be final item in your build.
Unending Despair should be final item in your build.
Hollow Radiance should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Aftershock from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Tank Gragas Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How to play

General

  1. You start with Guardian's Horn. Your #1 rush should be item that counters enemy team most (MR or Armor item). Get Jak'Sho as #2 item. Then adapt.
  2. Triumph is better overall (heal + gold), but if you want to have easier time with your mana, go Presence of the Mind.
  3. Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for very long time (or even have it as 6th item).
  4. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
  5. Be careful to not waste Aftershock. Try timing it and keeping it for going in.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. You can Body Slam (E), then Flash to do cool combo and catch unsuspecting enemies!
  2. You can Body Slam (E), then Flash forward, backward or even sideways, and you will still hit the enemy at the end of animation.

Riot

  1. The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
  2. Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
  3. Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

Skill Order

  • Gragas [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Barrel Roll
  • Gragas [object Object] ability.
    W
    Drunken Rage
  • Gragas [object Object] ability.
    E
    Body Slam
  • Gragas [object Object] ability.
    R
    Explosive Cask

Items

Starting items
Guardian's Horn item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Good tank items
Warmog's Armor item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Good MR items
Abyssal Mask item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Spirit Visage item.
Force of Nature item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Good Armor items
Randuin's Omen item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Frozen Heart item.
Thornmail item.
Unending Despair item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Situational items
Knight's Vow item.
Trailblazer item.
Zeke's Convergence item.
Situational DMG items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Wit's End item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Mercury's Treads item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Unending Despair item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Spirit Visage item.
Thornmail item.