How to win lane as Zac against Gragas · 44.6% win rate over 139 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gragas | Gragas's Barrel Roll and Drunken Rage out-trade your short-range level-1 Q. |
| Level 2 | Gragas | At level 2 his poke and Body Slam harass keep you pinned and farming from range. |
| Level 3 | Gragas | Level 3 gives Gragas his full Q-E-W trade pattern that beats your kit. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gragas | Levels 4-5 he still out-damages you and can peel any all-in you attempt. |
| Level 6 | Gragas | At 6 Explosive Cask lets him displace your engage, keeping the lane his. |
| First item | Even / skill | By first item your tank stats blunt his poke, making the trade even skill. |
| Two+ items | Zac | With two items your R engage and tankiness outlast Gragas's falling burst. |
Gragas out-trades you from level 1 — Barrel Roll poke and Drunken Rage make every exchange his, and your Q range is too short to punish, so give ground and farm safely.
The full Zac 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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