Graves vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Graves
based on 4,866 Graves vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Karma
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 Karma
Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.
Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.
Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.
Graves vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Graves vs. Karma counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Karma. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Graves usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Karma. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Karma
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Who is Better, Graves or Karma?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when playing against Karma, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Graves makes a good counter to Karma.
While Graves does have a higher winrate compared to Karma, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Karma.
Furthermore, Graves also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Karma matchups, Graves is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Graves is a decent counter for Karma. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Karma.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves to counter Karma during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves most often gets a similar amount of CS as Karma. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Graves versus Karma build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Karma than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when countering Karma with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Karma as Graves, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Graves vs Karma battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
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