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.
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Graves against Rell matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rell’s ratio of NaN, showing that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rell. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Graves usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Rell. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when playing against Rell, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Graves makes an ok counter to Rell.
While Graves does have a higher win rate compared to Rell, when facing one another, Graves also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Rell.
Moreover, Graves also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rell. This often 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 Rell matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Graves is a decent counter for Rell. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Rell.
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Rell during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves on average gets more CS relative to Rell. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Graves versus Rell build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Rell than with most other common builds. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Rell with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Rell 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. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Graves vs Rell counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
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