Talk:Gragas/@comment-98.215.220.195-20110828195536

He's flagged as a fighter/melee with hints of it in his kit, but he is primarily advantaged when using his long range and high AP ratios.

He does well in lane since he can level his Q and turn out decent damage, but while other casters level up their other damage skills past the laning phase, Gragas only continues to have the one since W and E are utility, and E likes to break on minions. Unlike Malz/Annie, he has no hard CC and his ult is inconsistent being a delayed knockback effect. Unlike Anivia/Brand, he simply doesn't have shear firepower to melt teams since his only range are his Q and R. Unlike Morde/Rumble, he doesn't have the benefit of being a manaless character with near-instant abilities - even Q needs to be thrown, then manually detonated without being stunned in that time. His W, his only mitigation, has a short duration and long, preemptive channel.

He lanes great, but his mid-late game are plagued by his delayed damage, lack of damage combos, inconsistent CC and synergyless melee/caster hybridization.