Shaco vs Gragas Counter Pick

Gragas is built to absorb exactly the damage Shaco wants to deliver. He climbs from 640 base health and 38 armor to 2,595 and 123 at level 18, Happy Hour heals him periodically on ability casts, and Drunken Rage layers damage reduction on top. The burst window that ends most squishy targets simply never closes.

Body Slam is why fights start on his terms. It charges into the first enemy it meets and stuns, so a Shaco caught mid-approach or standing over a box loses initiative immediately, and Explosive Cask then knocks him away from whatever he was trying to reach. Barrel Roll grows in potency the longer the cask sits, which also clears Jack In The Box placements before a contest even begins.

Both champions deal mixed damage and both run on mana, but Gragas carries a difficulty rating of 5 to Shaco’s 9 — the harder champion is the one behind. The record reads 45.6% for Shaco over 180 games on patch 16.13.1. That sample is modest, though the stat gap underneath it is not, with Shaco’s 98 armor and 2,313 health at level 18 sitting well below his opponent’s numbers. The single stat pointing the other way is movement, 345 against 330, and it only pays when the clash is declined rather than accepted.