Graves vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Graves
based on 5,433 Graves vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Graves vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Graves versus Vladimir matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vladimir..
Graves normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Graves or Vladimir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when trying to fight Vladimir, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a good counter for Vladimir.
While Graves does have a higher winrate than Vladimir, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Vladimir.
Moreover, Graves also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Vladimir 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 late stage team fights.
Graves is a decent counter to Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to counter Vladimir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Vladimir. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Graves versus Vladimir build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Maw of Malmortius. When Graves used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Vladimir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Vladimir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Vladimir as Graves, you 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 runes players picked for Graves vs Vladimir counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.2% win rate overall.
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