Gragas vs Trundle Counter Pick

Subjugate steals a percentage of its target’s health, armor and magic resistance over four seconds, which normally makes Trundle miserable to face as a resistance-stacking bruiser. Gragas sidesteps part of that problem, because he is classed as a mixed damage threat and Drunken Rage’s magic damage keeps working while his armor is being drained. The lane returns 59.1% for Gragas across 225 games on patch 16.13.1.

The first few levels still belong to Trundle. He attacks from 175 range against 125, opens with 68 attack damage to 64, and moves at 350 versus 330, so trading basic attacks early is not the plan. Barrel Roll is: the cask can be dropped on the wave and detonated on Gragas’s terms, and its explosion grows more potent the longer it sits, which lets him hold the lane without stepping into Chomp’s attack damage sap.

Two interactions matter later. Pillar of Ice creates impassable terrain and Body Slam collides with the first unit in its path, so a predictable charge gets walled off. In return, Explosive Cask launches Trundle out of Frozen Domain, stripping the attack speed, move speed and increased healing he was standing on. Gragas also holds the larger level 18 health pool at 2,595 to 2,520. King’s Tribute heals Trundle for a percentage of maximum health whenever a nearby unit dies, so long trades beside the wave belong to him. Kit details: Gragas and Trundle.