Rod of Ages Gragas Build

Rod of Ages Gragas Build.

Rod of Ages Gragas build with runes and items. Rod of Ages Gragas guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Rod of Ages Gragas build in League of Legends Patch 14.24!

Updated: 2024-12-18 ()

TLDR

Starting items
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Sapphire Crystal should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Gragas ability Barrel Roll should be leveled first.
Q
Gragas ability Body Slam should be leveled second.
E
Gragas ability Drunken Rage should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Mercury's Treads should be final item in your build.
Rod of Ages should be final item in your build.
Zhonya's Hourglass should be final item in your build.
Lich Bane should be final item in your build.
Heartsteel should be final item in your build.
Rabadon's Deathcap should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Dark Harvest from Domination tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Rod of Ages Gragas Runes

Domination
Domination major tree Electrocute rune.
Domination major tree Dark Harvest rune.
Domination major tree Hail of Blades rune.
Domination major tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination major tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination major tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination major tree Zombie Ward rune.
Domination major tree Ghost Poro rune.
Domination major tree Eyeball Collection rune.
Domination major tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Ultimate Hunter 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 it works

General
  1. You rush Rod of Ages.
  2. You play as Mage with more emphasis on sustain and mana.
  3. You buy AP items and adapt to an enemy team.

How to play

General
  1. Playing Rod of Ages Gragas, your default rush is of course - Rod of Ages. You want to stack its passive as early as possible.
  2. Since you have HP synergy with your abilities, you can get Heartsteel as first item. You will play more like AP Tank with lots of health.
  3. Rod of Ages gives sustain with its second Passive. It recovers both health and mana.
  4. You can play this build very safely. Sustain from Rod of Ages alone is very powerful in ARAM. If you want to sustain even harder, you can get Kaenic Rookern (anti poke), Spirit Visage (more sustain) or even get Second Wind rune from Resolve.
  5. In cases, when an enemy team is full of tanks and HP stackers and you need to counter them, go Liandry's Torment.
  6. Adapt to an enemy team. They full of tanks and they rush MR? You rush Void Staff as #2 or #3 item. Their team is Soraka, Mundo or champs with healing? Rush Oblivion Orb as #2 item (upgrade to Morellonomicon as 4th or 5th item). They stack HP? You buy Liandry's Torment.
  7. Somebody is going after you each fight? Their assassins are focusing you on sight? Always getting R by Fizz? Rush Zhonya's Hourglass.
  8. Good MR item that works well with Rod of Ages is Spirit Visage and Kaenic Rookern.

Tips and Tricks

General
  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
Tear of the Goddess item.
Sapphire Crystal item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Rush this
Rod of Ages item.
Optional #1 rush
Heartsteel item.
Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good items
Lich Bane item.
Stormsurge item.
Blackfire Torch item.
Heartsteel item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Shadowflame item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Luden's Companion item.
Seraph's Embrace item.
OK items
Banshee's Veil item.
Lich Bane item.
Horizon Focus item.
Against high MR
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Void Staff item.
Cryptbloom item.
Sustain even harder
Warmog's Armor item.
Spirit Visage item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Counter enemy
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Liandry's Torment item.
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Mercury's Treads item.
Rod of Ages item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Lich Bane item.
Heartsteel item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.