How to win lane as Illaoi against Gragas · 53.21% win rate over 624 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gragas | Gragas-favoured: level 1 Barrel Roll poke and Drunken Rage sustain outvalue you before W. |
| Level 2 | Illaoi | Illaoi-favoured: at level 2 W Harsh Lesson lets you dash on and punish his Body Slam cooldown. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | Illaoi-favoured: your tentacle count climbs and short W trades beat his sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Illaoi | Illaoi-favoured: levels 4-5 you can reliably pin E and chunk him inside the field. |
| Level 6 | Gragas | Gragas-favoured: level 6 R Explosive Cask knocks you out of tentacles and cancels your Leap. |
| First item | Illaoi | Illaoi-favoured: first item, a landed Test of Spirit turns a static brawl in your favour. |
| Two+ items | Gragas | Gragas-favoured: at 2+ items his displacement and disengage let him dodge your all-in and win skirmishes. |
Gragas edges level 1 — Barrel Roll poke and Drunken Rage sustain let him whittle you before your W is online, so farm safe and don't walk into his empowered auto.
The full Illaoi vs Gragas 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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