Graves vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Graves
based on 6,431 Graves vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Graves vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Graves against Blitzcrank matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Graves often has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Blitzcrank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Graves or Blitzcrank?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually loses when playing against Blitzcrank, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Graves makes a poor counter to Blitzcrank.
While Graves does have a lower win rate than Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Blitzcrank.
Moreover, Graves has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter for Blitzcrank. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves often gets more CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Graves versus Blitzcrank build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Graves bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Blitzcrank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when playing against Blitzcrank with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Blitzcrank as Graves, Graves players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Graves vs Blitzcrank counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
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