Graves vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Graves
based on 7,909 Graves vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Hwei
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 Hwei
After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.
Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.
Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.
Graves vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Graves in LoL
The stats shown here feature some important Graves vs. Hwei matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Hwei..
Graves usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Hwei. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate 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 Hwei
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Who is Better, Graves or Hwei?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when playing against Hwei, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a great counter to Hwei.
While Graves does have a higher win rate than Hwei, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Graves into Hwei.
Furthermore, Graves has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Hwei 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Graves is a great counter for Hwei. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to counter Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves typically picks up less CS as Hwei. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Graves versus Hwei build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Graves used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Hwei than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 53.2% when playing against Hwei with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Hwei as Graves, Graves players should use 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 runes players picked for Graves vs Hwei LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.
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