User blog comment:Megames1/Grievances With Champions/@comment-5234801-20120626213819/@comment-5234801-20120626215141

Well, I'm not really not much of a ranked person (I try to get to about 600 wins before I start playing more ranked), but if your opponent picks a caster without gap closers for mid, you might pull it off. On the other hand even champs like Kassadin, Talon or LeBlanc tend to be pretty predictable, so a bit of creativity might help you even out the scores against such mage killers. Not sure about Gragas though, he's a beast. I try to max W after Q first so I have the least CD possible on it. And practice with hitting the Q with W on in lane for a nice poke from a safe distance. The damage can be pretty scary that most will back off after 2 or 3 Qs and try not to pull any tricks on you. He's pretty team dependant, though, and that kind of factors into the luck part of situational. I go by gut feeling to decide if I pick him or not in that regard.