Buff Gragas

I play Gragas in all possible and impossible roles and now after preseason-patch I feel that Gragas is weaker than ever. I know he wasn't touched in the patch notes, but of course all those masteries and item changes affects him aswell. It's not like I'm not able to good with him anymore, he just seems to be so underpowered and has a low winning potential. Can't tell exactly why, but I want to share some of my thoughts about his abilities' current state.

Gragas' Passive: (4% max hp restored when an ability is being used)

• Good for jungling, since there Gragas doesn't have problems with mana

• Feels to be more like of a burden than a strenght, since Gragas' base health regens are nerfed

Let's compare it to some others: Brand's Passive: (8% of enemy max hp dps with an ability hit) Okay, 8%>4% Kindred, Darius, GP among many others own a better source of healing than Gragas, it makes me jealous and feels unfair too

Gragas' Q:

• ... Really can't see any power in this ability

• No-rewarding damage even if the barrel has cooked especially in late game, shitty amount of slow, not allowed to be a strong farming tool, the range also feels a bit short and clumsy sometimes etc. when trying to roll over the wall of the dragon pit, and overall the missile speed is pretty slow making it easy to dodge for those who are ranged or have high mobility

Meanwhile GP's E:

• Very strong damage, strong slow, movementspeed buff, passive-reset, low cooldown and the most irritating thing: no mana cost

• Can be disabled, not that hard to dodge This spell reminds of the time when Gragas was able to twoshot and get the best creepscores in the game... So, Gragas the Cask Master ------> Congrats, Gangplank, you're the Cask Master now

Gragas' W:

• Good for clearing jungle monsters and big minions, low mana cost

• Not so strong for fighting anymore, because the max hp damage were recently reduced, the damage reduction is almost useless, since it lasts just 2,5 seconds, after all, it's easy to deny Gragas getting the empowered attack if the enemy has a knock or stun

Gragas' E:

• Strong basic ability for cc, good for flashy plays

• Thin hitbox, even Gragas is supposed to be fat Actually, this is the ability I like the most! However, I'm annoyed that other champions have dashes with lower cooldowns than Gragas so he's not able to use this much in teamfights. Get's worse, if missed.

Gragas' R:

• Gamechanging ability, combomaker

• Needs accuracy, if not used just for the damage Not the best cc tool in the game since it's much based on the enemies' moves where they finally will fly

All in all, I'm happy enough with W, E and R. Just the Q seems to need something more to it. I know you fat Americans are not big fans of Gragas, but I would like to see him buffed in some way. I enjoyed very much playing him at the end of season 5, but currently it's just so unrewarding to pick Gragas, for me at least. I would like to follow my name, and be able to choose Gragas to be my best champion for season 6 ranked.