How to win lane as Gragas against Pantheon · 48.86% win rate over 350 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | Pantheon is a top-tier level-1 bully: his W point-click stun into Q spear punishes you before Drunken Rage and Happy Hour are even online. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At 2 you take Q+W for a real sustain trade and Happy Hour ticks his spear poke back, pulling the level roughly even. |
| Level 3 | Pantheon | His full combo, W stun into empowered Q spear, out-damages you at 3 because his Aegis passive eats your first empowered auto and your cooldowns are still long. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | W-max and Happy Hour let you out-sustain his Q poke in extended 4-5 trades, neutralizing his early edge. |
| Level 6 | Gragas | At 6 your E-stun into W-auto, Q-sweetspot and Explosive Cask is a genuine all-in he can't escape, while his R is only a global roam. |
| First item | Gragas | Riftmaker/Rocketbelt is your spike as his Q spear damage falls off, so your empowered-auto trades become oppressive. |
| Two+ items | Gragas | Post-item your durability and Happy Hour out-scale his combo entirely, so any extended fight from here goes to you. |
Pantheon owns the first three levels and you have to respect it: his point-click W stun guarantees an empowered Q spear, and his Aegis passive blocks your first W-empowered auto, so your Drunken Rage trade comes back lighter than you'd like. Don't walk up to last-hit when his W is off cooldown; take Q first point and detonate the cask on him from range to farm safely. At Level 2 grab W and look for one clean sustain trade, drink to empower the auto, eat his spear, and let Happy Hour tick the poke back, but if his W stun is up, just farm with Barrel Roll.
The full Gragas vs Pantheon report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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