Graves vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Graves
based on 2,354 Graves vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Graves vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Graves in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some influential Graves versus Sivir matchup stats that can help us realize the differences between the two. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sivir..
Graves typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Sivir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Sivir
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Who is Better, Graves or Sivir?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when facing off against Sivir, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Graves makes a good counter for Sivir.
While Graves does have a higher winrate compared to Sivir, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Graves into Sivir.
Furthermore, Graves also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Sivir matchups, Graves is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Graves is an above average counter for Sivir. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Graves against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Sivir. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Graves versus Sivir build include Black Cleaver, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Sivir than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when countering Sivir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Sivir as Graves, Graves players should take 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 builds players used for Graves vs Sivir matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.3% win rate overall.
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