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Gragas vs Brand

How often does Gragas beat Brand in Top?

Gragas into Brand in Top: 50% observed win rate across 44 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Gragas behind by 16 gold.

Gragas at 15:00

Typical gap to Brand, from 43 games that reached 15:00.

Does Gragas counter Brand?

No counter here: Gragas sits at 50% over 44 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Brand: the Gragas game plan

Someone usually dies here around 6:42 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:33. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Gragas's Top build, with receipts

The most-finished Gragas core is Rod of Ages, Winter's Approach, Cosmic Drive: 52.7% across 763 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Hextech Rocketbelt (6,382 games).

Skill plan: Gragas players max Q first and take Q at level 1.

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