Gragas vs Jayce Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the jungle: Gragas the fighter/mage hybrid, Jayce the fighter/marksman hybrid. Over 112 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Gragas closes out 42.9% of them. Sitting 7.1 points below the 50% line marks Jayce as a genuine problem pick for Gragas.
Both Gragas and Jayce threaten mainly mixed damage, so one resistance covers the matchup. Before items it is 640 HP, 38 armour, 32 MR for Gragas; 590, 22, 30 for Jayce. Gragas can afford to take the first exchange, sitting on 16 extra armour. At full build levels the gap widens to 2595 HP versus 2443, favouring Gragas. Base attack damage is 64 against 59, so Gragas wins the raw auto-attack exchange. Movement speed: Gragas 330, Jayce 335.
Both champions are melee (Gragas at 125, Jayce at 125), so the matchup is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Gragas threatens Explosive Cask; Jayce counters through Lightning Field / Hyper Charge. Then it becomes Explosive Cask against Mercury Cannon / Mercury Hammer, and the one still holding it sets the terms.
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FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Jayce has the statistical edge. Gragas wins 42.9% of the recorded games.
42.9% from Gragas's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
112 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Gragas build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Gragas build page.