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.
Keep your distance to avoid being Flung back into Singed's allies.
Singed needs to run close to your team to be effective. Try to take advantage of this by using crowd control effects on him while attacking his allies.
Be careful when chasing Singed. He's very difficult to bring down, and can leave his Poison Trail to damage you in your pursuit.
The stats shown here show several important Graves against Singed matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Singed’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Singed..
Graves often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Singed. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually loses when taking on Singed, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a bad counter to Singed.
While Graves does have a lower winrate compared to Singed, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Singed.
Additionally, Graves has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Singed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Singed matchups, Singed is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter for Singed. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Singed.
If you would like to truly master Graves to counter Singed during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves often racks up a lot less CS compared to Singed. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Graves versus Singed build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Graves included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Singed than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when countering Singed with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Singed as Graves, Graves players 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 players picked for Graves vs Singed counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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