Gragas ARAM Mayhem Build

The Rabble Rouser. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #88 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21FighterMageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 49.4%
Pick rate: 5.1%
Rank: #88 of 173
Games: 1,178,938
Patch: 26.21

How to play Gragas in ARAM Mayhem

Gragas is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #88 of 173 champions, with a 49.4% win rate over 1,178,938 games.

82% of Gragas's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It soaks 48,691 damage per game and mitigates another 60,499, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. With 50 seconds of crowd control per game it is one of the team's main sources of lockdown.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Shadowflame, Lich Bane and Rabadon's Deathcap, with a 49.9% win rate over 524,654 games. On this build 48% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Gragas are Mad Scientist, The Boom and the Bass and Hand of Baron. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Divine Intervention and Pat On The Back when you can: they do worst on Gragas. A pair to look for: Hand of Baron with Weapon of Destiny.

Take Flash and Mark (94% of players). Max Q (Barrel Roll) first, then E, then W. Players who max Q first instead win a little more often, so it is worth trying.

Gragas ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Gragas game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

49.9% win rate · 53% of Gragas games · 524,654 games

Start

Needlessly Large Rod

Core items, in buying order

Shadowflame
Lich Bane
Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots on the AP build for Gragas, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	48%
Gluttonous Greaves	11%
Sorcerer's Shoes	37%

Situational, after the core

Luden's Echo4% buy it
Stormsurge25% buy it
Void Staff49% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass14% buy it
Archangel's Staff2% buy it
Malignance5% buy it

Other build paths

Other Gragas build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
TankHeartsteel, Unending Despair, Warmog's Armor		19.8%	46.7%

Games: the share of all Gragas games that went this way.

Most bought items

Shadowflame59% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap43% of games
Luden's Echo41% of games
Stormsurge32% of games
Heartsteel27% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes27% of games
Lich Bane27% of games
Void Staff18% of games
Unending Despair17% of games
Malignance14% of games

Best augments for Gragas

Every card with enough Gragas games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Gragas's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Gragas

11 S tier and 30 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Gragas in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier S	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier S	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Ethereal Weapon	Gold	Tier A	Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Chain Reaction	Gold	Tier A	If a champion you Knock Back with selected ability hits another champion, they are Knocked Up for 0.5 seconds and are dealt 100–400 (by…
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
FireFox	Silver	Tier A	Autocast: Gain 25% movement speed and conjure three flames that orbit you every 9 seconds, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and…
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Upgrade Zhonya's	Silver	Tier A	Reduce Zhonya's Hourglass Cooldown to 45 seconds. You can now move when in Zhonya's Hourglass, Seeker's Armguard, or Wooglet's Witchcap…
ADAPt	Silver	Tier A	Convert Bonus Attack Damage to Ability Power, and gain (15%) Ability Power. Converts at a rate of 1.67 Ability Power per point of Attack…
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Jeweled Gauntlet	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Abilities can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance (25%+4.5% Ability Power) Crit Chance.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Upgrade Sheen	Gold	Tier A	Your Spellblade effects deal additional damage equal to 4% of the target's health and heal you for 3.5% of the target's health…
Cruelty	Prismatic	Tier A	On Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion, summon a comet above them. The comet lands after 1 second, dealing (50–150 (by level) +40%…

Average on Gragas
53 cards, best first

Below average on Gragas
40 cards, best first

Weakest on Gragas
8 cards, best first

Best first augment for Gragas

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Gragas's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Back To Basics and BEES!!! come out on top.

The best augments for Gragas in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	Back To BasicsTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Giant SlayerTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
3	BEES!!!Tier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Giant SlayerTier S
4	Mad ScientistTier S	EurekaTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
5	Wooglet's WitchcapTier S	Shrink EngineTier S	EurekaTier S	EurekaTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Gragas, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark94% of players · 49.6% win rate
Flash + Ghost5% of players · 47.9% win rate
Flash + Clarity0% of players · 46.6% win rate

Skill order

QBarrel Roll
EBody Slam
WDrunken Rage

Max Q first. 60% of players use this order (50.0% win rate); put points in R whenever you can. Maxing Q first (13% of players) wins 51.0%.

Gragas in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 9.8 / 10.4 / 25.9
KDA: 3.90
Damage to champions: 37,602
Damage taken: 48,691
Self-mitigated: 60,499
Healing on allies: 15
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 50 s
Kill participation: 64%
Game length: 16:50

Damage type

Physical 12%Magic 82%True 6%

Questions and answers

What is the best Gragas build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Gragas: Shadowflame, Lich Bane and Rabadon's Deathcap. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Gragas in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Gragas, best first: Mad Scientist, The Boom and the Bass, Hand of Baron, Giant Slayer and Wooglet's Witchcap. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Gragas good in ARAM Mayhem?

Gragas is tier B on patch 26.21, #88 of 173 champions, with a 49.4% win rate over 1.2 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Gragas in ARAM Mayhem?

For Gragas's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Back To Basics, BEES!!!, Mad Scientist and Wooglet's Witchcap, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
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ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Gragas counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
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Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.