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Graves Tips
Here are the top tips for Graves in League of Legends patch 25.21. These tips are provided by MetaBot from Graves gameplay analysis, and also include gameplay tips recommended by Riot Games when available. These Graves tips will help you climb the elo ladder in ranked matches.
New Destiny
Graves' shotgun has some unique properties. He must reload when he runs out of ammo. Attacks fire 4 bullets, which cannot pass through units. Non-champions struck by multiple bullets are knocked back.
End of the Line
Graves fires an explosive shell that detonates after 1 second, or after colliding with terrain.
Cost:- 80
Cooldown:- 13/
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- 6
Range:- 925
Smoke Screen
Graves fires a smoke canister at the target area creating a cloud of smoke that reduces sight range. Enemies caught in the initial impact are dealt magic damage and have their Move Speed reduced briefly.
Cost:- 70/
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- 80/
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- 90
Cooldown:- 26/
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- 18
Range:- 950
Quickdraw
Graves dashes forward gaining an Armor and Magic Resist boost for several seconds. If Graves dashes towards an enemy champion, gain two stacks of True Grit instead. Hitting enemies with basic attacks lowers the cooldown of this skill and refreshes the resistance boost.
Cost:- 40
Cooldown:- 16/
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- 12
Range:- 425
Collateral Damage
Graves fires an explosive shell dealing heavy damage to the first champion it hits. After hitting a champion or reaching the end of its range, the shell explodes dealing damage in a cone.
Cost:- 100
Cooldown:- 100/
- 80/
- 60
Range:- 1000
- Marksman
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Graves Tips
- Graves has less crowd control than most champions. This can make locking down kills or ganking for other players more difficult.
- Graves tends to have a lower vision score than other champions. Make sure you are working to place wards and clear enemy wards.
- Graves has a high rate of healing compared to other champions. They may be good at exchanging hit trades in lane or before teamfights since they can recover through self-healing.
- Graves has a much higher late game win rate than their early game win rate. Take advantage of this by spending the early game farming and avoiding unneccessary fights.
- Graves has more health regen than most champions, making their playstyle optimal for aggressive trades in lane.
- Graves has more base attack damage than most champions, so they should be trading autos aggressively in lane.
- Graves has a low base attack speed, which can make last hitting in the early game more challenging. It can also make percentage attack speed items scale less effectively than they do on other champions.
Playing Graves
- Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
- Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
Playing Against Graves
- Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
- Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
