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How to Win Graves vs Ashe Counter MatchupGraves is in the a tier of champions

Graves vs Ashe

How to Beat Ashe as Graves in LoLGraves is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ashe as Graves

based on 10,707 Graves vs Ashe matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
2.47
Pick Rate
6.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League games each and every week. Within our data, Graves faced off against Ashe in 10707 rounds. Having so many matchups for Graves vs Ashe provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare useful stats and a supported build to smash your opposition. This counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Graves has to counter Ashe in only 6.4% of his matches.

Graves vs Ashe Matchup Summary

Graves has done a good job of countering Ashe. Typically, he wins a terrific 52.3% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Graves versus Ashe matches, Graves’s side is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't get first blood versus Ashe.

Best Graves vs Ashe Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRectrix

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
The CollectorVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeGuardian AngelInfinity EdgeBloodthirster

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Graves to level upq
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Second ability for Graves to level upe
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Last skill for Graves to max outw

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactEyeball Collection
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Graves's passive ability p
Graves's q ability q
Graves's w ability w
Graves's e ability e
Graves's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Ashe as Graves

Tips for Playing as Graves against Ashe

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 Ashe

Ashe has very few defensive options, and she's a good target to gank.

Be wary of moving around the map alone if Ashe has not recently cast her Enchanted Crystal Arrow.

Graves vs Ashe Counter Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Ashe Image
7.3
< Kills >
5.4
5.8
< Deaths >
6.4
7
< Assists >
9.1
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.25
55
< Minions Killed >
142
1.54
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.46
17,496
< Physical Damage >
15,200
843
< Magic Damage >
2,638
1,600
< True Damage >
581
19,940
< Damage Dealt >
18,419
29,940
< Damage Taken >
19,479
12,811
< Gold Earned >
11,128
1.75
< Towers >
2.1
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
13,979
< Total Healing >
3,815
14,532
< Experience >
12,214
23
< Vision Score >
31
6
< Wards Placed >
13
491
< Time Dealing CC >
621

How to Counter Ashe with Graves in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some critical Graves against Ashe matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ashe’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ashe..

Graves usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Ashe. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Graves and Ashe

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Ashe
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Graves
Ashe

Who is Better, Graves or Ashe?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when taking on Ashe, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Graves makes a good counter for Ashe.

While Graves does have a higher win rate compared to Ashe, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Graves into Ashe.

Moreover, Graves also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ashe. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Ashe matchups, Graves is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Graves is an above average counter for Ashe. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Graves against Ashe.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves vs Ashe Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ashe as Graves, we analyzed 10,707 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ashe as Graves comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Ashe during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Graves usually accumulates less CS compared to Ashe. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Graves versus Ashe build include The Collector, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Graves combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Ashe than with many other common item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 52.3% battling Ashe with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Ashe as Graves, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Eyeball Collection runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Graves vs Ashe LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.

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