Where does he stand in S3 with all the new items. Is he still a decent AP MID? Haven't seen one in a long time.

becomes useless against warmog

lets just say if you cant dodge his q you will be in trouble.

i did very well as gragas in season 1 and part of season 2. in season 3 i cant seem to get him to work. within 30 ish games this season i easily have under a 30% win rate.

some people can make him work, but i must adjust my playstyle some more before he becomes useful to me.

He's a pretty safe laner.

He has a lower winrate than he used to. He's viable, but not a strong/the strongest pick for AP mid.

I personally think he's totally underrated.

i've played him a few times and have done well. Did so against a not so good syndra.

He's tricky to play. He's sort of like a tanky ziggs. Lots of AoE poke and an absolute monster if he can land his skillshots. That ult can be gamechanging.