Gragas vs Pantheon TOP Matchup Guide | LaneStomp

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Gragas vs Pantheon

Updated Jun 3, 2026

Overview

Gragas should control short trades and punish Pantheon’s predictable engage pattern to deny his early snowball potential.
Focus on lane control to prevent Pantheon from leveraging his early empowered trades and roaming pressure.

Trading pattern

Take compact trades by slowing Pantheon with (Q), empowering damage with (W), then engaging with (E) when Pantheon commits.
Punish Pantheon immediately after he uses (W) or (E), as his engage and damage block cooldowns are down.
Avoid missing (E) as it costs both engage and escape; only commit when passive sustain and wave state favor short trades.

Danger windows

Be cautious when Pantheon’s (W) stun and empowered (Q) are available; avoid extended trades during this window.
After missing (E), Gragas loses both engage and escape, making him vulnerable to Pantheon’s follow-up burst.
Pantheon’s level 6 (R) enables roams; hard push the wave to punish his absence and secure plates safely.

Early game

Use (E) to interrupt Pantheon’s (W) engage and punish his cooldowns before level 6.
Avoid extended fights after Pantheon’s empowered abilities are spent to minimize burst damage risk.
Maintain passive sustain by taking short trades and avoid losing health unnecessarily to Pantheon’s early aggression.

Power spikes

Respect Pantheon’s level 2-3 empowered (Q), (W), and (E) burst window by playing cautiously and avoiding all-ins.
Use Gragas’s level 3 full kit to execute short trades with (E) stun and (W) damage reduction.
At level 6, leverage (R) displacement to isolate Pantheon or disengage his all-ins, forcing him to respect your positioning.

Win conditions

Win by controlling short trades around your passive sustain and (W), punishing Pantheon’s cooldowns and predictable engages.
Use (R) to disrupt Pantheon’s all-ins or knock him into your team to secure kills.
Deny Pantheon’s early snowball by managing wave control and punishing his roam attempts post-level 6 to maintain lane pressure.