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Pantheon vs Gragas

Updated Jun 3, 2026

Overview

Pantheon is the early lane bully aiming to snowball by using empowered trades and point-and-click stun to deny Gragas a calm scaling lane.
Use high lane pressure to force short burst trades and crash waves for roam windows before Gragas can leverage his sustain and disengage tools.

Trading pattern

Start trades by stunning with (W) and follow up with empowered (Q) for burst damage.
Use (E) to block Gragas's main burst damage, especially when he commits with (E) or (Q).
Punish Gragas when his (E) misses or is on cooldown by stepping forward for short trades or wave control.

Danger windows

Respect (E) stun and (R) displacement as windows where your engage can be interrupted or punished.
Avoid engaging immediately after using (W) since your engage pattern becomes predictable.
Be cautious trading when (E) is down, as Gragas can retaliate with burst damage more effectively.

Early game

Aggressively use empowered (Q) and (W) stun at levels 2-3 to force trades and build a health lead.
Avoid wasting (E) before Gragas commits his main damage to block his counterburst effectively.
Crash waves after winning trades to open roam opportunities with (R) and deny Gragas safe farming.

Power spikes

Level 2-3: Use empowered (Q), (W), and (E) to force strong early trades and build lane dominance.
Level 6: Crash waves and roam with (R) to impact other lanes before Gragas can respond.
Respect Gragas's level 6 (R) displacement; avoid committing when it's available and punish once it's spent.

Win conditions

Use early empowered trades and (W) stun to establish lane control and deny Gragas scaling.
Crash waves to create roam windows with (R) and extend pressure to other lanes.
Maintain cooldown discipline on (W) and (E) to avoid punish windows and convert early leads into map pressure.