Graves vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Graves
based on 2,703 Graves vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Graves vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several significant Graves vs. Jarvan IV counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jarvan IV..
Graves usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jarvan IV. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Graves or Jarvan IV?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when playing against Jarvan IV, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Graves makes a great counter to Jarvan IV.
While Graves does have a higher winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when on opposite teams, 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 Jarvan IV.
Additionally, Graves also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing 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 Jarvan IV 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 team fights.
Graves is a great counter for Jarvan IV. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Graves against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves in order to counter Jarvan IV during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Jarvan IV. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Graves versus Jarvan IV build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Jarvan IV than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 53.3% when playing against Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Jarvan IV as Graves, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Graves vs Jarvan IV battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.3% win rate overall.
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