Yone vs Gragas — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Gragas · 52.04% win rate (1,693 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Yone is slightly favoured — 52.04% win rate over 1,693 games.

At a glance

Dodge his E-Q — Q3-W trade, E-reset.

Track: Gragas's E — Body Slam (14–12s cooldown). His engage. Dodge it.

Do

  • Dodge his E-Q burst
  • Q3-W trade when his E is down
  • E-reset after

Don't

  • Eat his E-Q combo
  • Fight in his Q puddle
  • Get R-knocked into his team

Runes & build vs Gragas

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike)
Then
Infinity Edge
Boots
Mercury's Treads
Runes
Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Magic Resist

Favour timeline — the windows in Yone's game plan

Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Gragas.

This is Yone's own plan; across 1,693 pooled games the lane is leaning Yone.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YoneYour Q trades beat Gragas's short-range early kit at level 1.
Level 2YoneLevel 2 you keep the trade advantage before he has combo tools.
Level 3YoneAt 3 your full Q chain plus W-shield out-damages his Body Slam engage.
Levels 4-5YoneLevels 4-5 you can dive his squishy no-items frame freely.
Level 6YoneYour E negates his level-6 Cask knockback, so 6 stays yours.
First itemYoneFirst-item Yone bursts Gragas before his long cooldowns return.
Two+ itemsYoneYone out-scales and R-flanks past Gragas's weak late kit.

How to beat Gragas as Yone: the early game

You control levels 1-3 completely: Gragas has no reliable early damage that beats your Mortal Steel trades, his Barrel Roll (Q) is a telegraphed lob you walk out of, and his Body Slam (E) all-in gets punished by your W-shield and Q knockup.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yone in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Yone 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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Common questions

Who wins Yone vs Gragas in top lane?

Yone, slightly — a 52.04% win rate edge over 1,693 games; execution can flip it.

Is Yone vs Gragas a skill matchup?

Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (52.04% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yone counter Gragas?

Not a hard counter — Yone has a slight edge (52.04% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Yone take vs Gragas?

Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Gragas.

What should Yone build vs Gragas?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads.

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