Graves vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Graves
based on 5,972 Graves vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Riven
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 Riven
All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.
Graves vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Graves in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several critical Graves versus Riven counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between these two champions. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Riven..
Graves usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Riven
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Who is Better, Graves or Riven?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when taking on Riven, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Graves makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Graves does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Graves also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Riven.
Additionally, Graves has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Graves against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves in order to counter Riven 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves typically gets a lot less CS as Riven. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Graves versus Riven 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 when facing Riven than with most other common builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 49.6% battling Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Riven as Graves, Graves players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Graves vs Riven matchups, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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