Talk:Gragas/@comment-15562896-20121213013725/@comment-4105539-20121219171247

If you are doing well its very advantageous to go straight from double Dorans to the dfg. Mid-game is when that is really going to shine. Nobody is tanky enough to survive a full gragas dfg combo mid game.

Everything else is so conditional. Its really just whatever you need to build to deal that damage without dying. One thing I will say is I don't see Zhonyas on late game Gragas builds nearly enough. It makes you tough to kite, tough to focus down, it can let you run in and finish that guy safely (assuming you have a team that can collapse afterwards) and it gaurantees you a good chunk of time for your cooldowns to reset.

Ultimately Gragas is an early-mid game champion, so you either want to finish the game by mid game or take so many objectives that your team is significantly ahead. You are far from useless late game though, you just have to play to your strengths and adapt to the enemy team comp