Gragas · ultimate ability preview
A short official gameplay demonstration of the champion’s ultimate ability.
the Rabble Rouser
Gragas
Gragas searches the Freljord for ingredients worthy of his brewing ambitions. His enthusiasm for drink and celebration tends to bring both companionship and destruction to the places he visits.
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Gragas on screen
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- Freljord
Biography & reading · THE RUNE
Riot Games · Complete Universe biography
Gragas’s story
The only thing more important to Gragas than fighting is drinking. His unquenchable thirst for stronger ale has led him in search of the most potent and unconventional ingredients to toss in his still. Impulsive and unpredictable, this rowdy carouser loves cracking kegs as much as cracking heads. Thanks to his strange brews and temperamental nature, drinking with Gragas is always a risky proposition.Gragas has an eternal love of good drink, but his massive constitution prevented him from reaching a divine state of intoxication. One night, when he had drained all the kegs and was left wanting, Gragas was struck by a thought rather than the usual barstool: why couldn't he brew himself something that would finally get him truly drunk? It was then that he vowed to create the ultimate ale.
Gragas' quest eventually brought him to the Freljord, where the promise of acquiring the purest arctic water for his recipe led him into uncharted glacial wastes. While lost in an unyielding blizzard, Gragas stumbled upon a great howling abyss. There he found it: a flawless shard of ice unlike anything he had ever seen. Not only did this unmelting shard imbue his lager with incredible properties, but it also had a handy side effect - it kept the mixture chilled at the perfect serving temperature.
Under the spell of his new concoction, Gragas headed for civilization, eager to share the fermented fruits of his labor. As fate would have it, the first gathering to catch Gragas' bleary eyes would shape the future of the Freljord. He blundered into a deteriorating negotiation between two tribes discussing an alliance with Ashe. Though Ashe welcomed a break in the tension, the other warriors bristled at the intrusion and hurled insults at the drunken oaf. True to his nature, Gragas replied with a diplomatic headbutt, setting off a brawl matched only in the legends of the Freljord.
When the fallen from that great melee finally awoke, Ashe proposed a friendly drink as an alternative to fighting. With their tempers doused in suds, the two tribes, formerly on the brink of war, bonded over a common love of Gragas' brew. Although strife was averted and Gragas hailed a hero, he still had not achieved his dream of drunken blissfulness. So once more, he set off to wander the tundra in search of ingredients for Runeterra's perfect pint.
A place in Runeterra
Freljord
The Freljord’s demanding climate shapes its tribal societies, but its history also reaches into conflicts among the Three Sisters, old gods and powers preserved in ice.
Ashe’s Avarosans seek a more unified future, while the Winter’s Claw survives through raiding and the Frostguard guards its own traditions. Legends and political history overlap here. Accounts of gods, yetis and ancient wars should retain the uncertainty their narrators give them.
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Gragas, in detail
Their part in the world
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Ashe
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Sources & further reading
Biography by Riot Games; reading notes and contextual chapters by The Rune. Official illustrations and videos are credited to Riot Games; development art depicts the design process.