Talk:Gragas/@comment-84.111.140.23-20120621155751/@comment-4105539-20120622042409

umm, because most mages don't have 3.5 AP Ratio burst? The only champion who is really bursting at that level is Leblanc, and her spells are single target. You could argue that Brand and Ahri have high burst, but their spells need to go off without a hitch (Brand needs maximum bounces, Ahri needs no other target to take aggro from her foxfire or spirit rush). The same is true for his base damages. 1100 isn't low for anyone.

A lot of mages have higher total ratios, but their damage is over considerable time, allowing for any number of things to happen, like escapes, Team interference, etc. On top of this Gragas' AoE are massive, so even scaling at 1:1 his ult it going to hit many enemies.