Graves vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Graves
based on 4,621 Graves vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Ahri
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.
Advice to Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Graves vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Graves versus Ahri matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ahri..
Graves normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Ahri. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Ahri
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Who is Better, Graves or Ahri?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when trying to fight Ahri, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a good counter to Ahri.
While Graves does have a higher winrate compared to Ahri, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Graves into Ahri.
Furthermore, Graves has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Ahri matchups, Graves is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Graves is an above average counter to Ahri. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves to counter Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves often picks up a lot less CS compared to Ahri. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Graves versus Ahri build consist of Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Ahri than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 52.8% battling Ahri with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Ahri as Graves, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Graves vs Ahri matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.
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