Jayce vs Gragas Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Jayce, the Defender of Tomorrow, meets Gragas, the Rabble Rouser, in the jungle. The sample behind this page is 107 games from patch 16.13.1, and Jayce wins 59.8% of them. That is 9.8 points above even, so Gragas is one of the matchups Jayce can lean on.
Both sides lean physical, meaning Gragas and Jayce shop from the same defensive shelf. Starting health splits 640 to 590 in Gragas’s favour, with armour at 22 against 38. Gragas starts 16 armour ahead, which is felt before either buys anything. At full build levels the gap widens to 2595 HP versus 2443, favouring Gragas. Gragas also hits harder before items — 64 AD to 59. Base movement favours Jayce — 335 versus 330.
Watch the cooldowns that swing it: Jayce’s To the Skies! / Shock Blast (Q) against Gragas’s Body Slam (E). Then it becomes Mercury Cannon / Mercury Hammer against Explosive Cask, and the one still holding it sets the terms.
With both sitting in melee range (125 against 125), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Jayce players logged 107 of these games to produce the 59.8% figure. Stats for Gragas in this matchup are recalculated automatically for Jungle.
FAQ
Yes — Jayce holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Jayce wins 59.8% of the recorded games.
59.8% from Jayce's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
107 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Jayce build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Jayce build page.