GragasMatchups

Jax is incredibly easy to counter with Gragas, but if played wrong you will fold pretty easily. Always save your E for his Q Leap Strike or E Counter Strike. If Jax leaps on to you with Q, E Body Slam him right away and walk back to avoid his E Counter Strike. If Jax decides to walk into melee range with E Counter Strike, E him quickly and disengage before the stun goes off. If he decides to follow up with a leap after that, W-Q him for trade damage and Phase Rush proc to get out of range. Once you have Lost Chapter poke you should have good kill potential.

Mid-Late Jax has incredible split push, but you should have no issues clearing waves and keeping him off your tower. If you meet Jax in a teamfight you can look to peel him off your carries.

Your kill window will open up once you complete Lost Chapter. Throw down some Q poke and keep him from engaging on you with your E Body Slam. Get him in lethal range, make him waste his abilities, and then combo & R as needed.

Garen is a fairly easy champion to neutralize and even get ahead on if they don't play to perfection. If Garen tries to open with Q Decisive Strike you can W and E Body Slam for a quick trade and disengage. The only thing you need to be cautious of is the fact you need to use your E Body Slam for disengage because if Garen can get a full E Judgment on you he will easily put you in lethal range of R Demacian Justice. Also keep in mind that Garen's W Courage provides Tenacity against your E Body Slam stun if timed correctly.

Mid-Late Garen will be a powerhouse if he managed to get kills & tower gold. However if you went even you should be a much stronger teamfighter than him. Keep him peeled off your carries and look for a good pick with your R Explosive Cask.

Your kill window will entirely depend on if Garen is playing poorly or not. This lane should be a stalemate all the way through but if you have Lost Chapter feel free to test the waters and look for trades with your Phase Rush combo.

Early on you'll want to sit back and stay healthy with W Drunken Rage and grabbing CS wherever you can. Keep track of his passive Deathbringer Stance so you don't give him free chunks of healing. It's very important to avoid Aatrox's Q The Darkin Blade. If you're going for trades you'll need to be very precise and unpredictable in your movements otherwise Aatrox will land all of his Q sweet spots, healing a ridiculous amount, and taking a huge chunk out of your HP bar. Use your E Body Slam to help you avoid Q's or break free from his W Infernal Chains and you should be able to take him down once you have the mana pool to fight back. Oblivion Orb will be a huge advantage once you get a hold of it.

Mid-Late you and Aatrox should be at a stalemate. Focus on wave clearing and looking for roam potential. If you didn't get a significant lead Aatrox will be near impossible to take down alone. When you find yourself in a teamfight wait for Aatrox to burn his R World Ender, CC and kite him out, and then use your R to bring him into your team once it wears off so he can be burst down. Worst case scenario, just use R Explosive Cask when he uses R World Ender to keep him from resetting.

Your kill window will entirely depend on how much poke you can lay down and how well you can avoid his Q The Darkin Blade. If you're confident go for it, but I personally wait for my Jungler before going for a kill.

The more experienced the Riven player the harder this matchup gets. It's very important to keep solid spacing so that Riven can't land her full Q-AA-Q-AA-Q-AA combo. You want to hold your E Body Slam for when she leaps with her Q3 Broken Wings. You can cancel her damage and knock up and return with a full combo before she can react with W or E. If you are inexperienced or otherwise not confident in this matchup you can play defensive, gather CS, and throw return combos if Riven tries to engage on you. W Drunken Rage for damage reduction and E Body Slam her Q3.

Mid-Late Riven can hold her own in a sidelane with Tenacity as long as she has gone even. Riven will have lots of CDR to match yours so you won't have an easy opening at any point unless she whiffs everything. Keep waves cleared, keep mirroring her, and stay alive. In a teamfight you should be able to provide enough CC to disrupt any combo she tries on you or a teammate.

Killing Riven isn't necessary and comes with a lot of risk. If Riven is playing poorly and you are confident you should be able to land kills as early as your Lost Chapter buy. Make sure you grab an early Oblivion Orb to keep trades in your favour.

Riot has nerfed Renekton into the ground over time. Renekton is still able to nuke waves and even put pressure on you, but you can play to disengage with E Body Slam and match his CS. If Renekton is lazy you can get lots of Q Barrel Roll poke once you have Lost Chapter. Use your W Drunken Rage for Damage Reduction if you can anticipate an engage with his empowered W Ruthless Predator. Avoid his Q Cull the Meek so he isn't given extra healing, and respect his all in with R Dominus.

Mid-Late Renekton likes to sidelane and powerfarm jungle camps so make sure you hit those before he can. Use your empowered Q Barrel Roll for waveclear, and if you can actually pressure him, then shove him into tower and look to roam. Renekton provides decent frontline in a teamfight, so you will need to kite his R Dominus if you don't have the DPS to kill him during a CC chain.

Renekton can be hard to kill if they sustain well with their Q Cull the Meek, but if Renekton takes too much poke and takes too many bad trades you should be able to kill. Make sure you have the damage to kill him through a Q heal and R Dominus.

Ornn for the most part is an incredibly easy lane. Early on you want to be avoiding poke from his Q Volcanic Rupture, and avoiding the last tick of his W Bellows Breath so that he can't apply Brittle. If Ornn tries to E Searing Charge you can block it with E Body Slam to avoid the knock up. When Ornn uses his R Call of the Forge God you can avoid getting hit by Body Slamming him if he's in close range or using R Explosive Cask to disrupt his R2. Ornn is another lane you can start Tear of the Goddess and go a scaling CDR build if you want.

Mid-Late Ornn won't have nearly as much strength in a sidelane as you will, but he will be able to provide his team with Item Upgrades and will look to group for teamfights. Keep in mind the tools you have available to cancel his engage from R Call of the Forge God. If you have lots of DPS near you, you can lock up Ornn with CC and take him out quickly.

With quick W-E trades you can get Ornn low pretty quickly. Once you have Lost Chapter you should have enough mana available to threaten a kill onto Ornn. If you're looking to displace him with R Explosive Cask, keep in mind he can cancel CC with his W Bellows Breath.