Talk:Gragas/@comment-78.142.128.108-20120727080449/@comment-5162027-20120727095053

Gragas isn't always going to be useful lategame simply because his damage is nearly 100% burst oriented, rather than sustained damage- this is the reason why late game traditional mages tend to fall off compared to mages like Karthus, Ryze, and Cassiopeia.

You can always attempt to build some CDR on him, since his main barrel does have a pretty low CD with the cdr cap reached, but that sacrifices some of his damage, generally speaking.

On the plus side, Gragas is always going to be helpful in a teamfight simply because of his ult's displacement- spreading out a team to the extent that it does, if your team isn't braindead, can result in someone being nuked into oblivion instantly due to being waaay out of position without any trouble. Just make sure to never bring someone into your team that wants to be there, like Alistar, because if you do, your team is a lot more likely to lose the teamfight and you WILL be blamed.

He's like Janna, in a way. Good ult use can win games, bad ult use can lose them. Just be careful not to be bad, and your team will appreciate it just fine.