Naafiri vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Naafiri
based on 2,244 Naafiri vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Graves
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Advice to Win Against Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Naafiri vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Naafiri in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some strategic Naafiri versus Graves counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Graves’s ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Graves..
Naafiri usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they receives less damage than Graves. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Graves
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Graves?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when taking on Graves, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a good counter to Graves.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate compared to Graves, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Naafiri into Graves.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Graves matchups, Naafiri 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 late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a good counter for Graves. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri to counter Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri typically accumulates more CS compared to Graves. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Graves build include Edge of Night, Eclipse, and Serylda's Grudge. When Naafiri included at least these three items in their build, they performed much better when fighting Graves than with most other common builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 52.8% battling Graves with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Graves as Naafiri, Naafiri players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Naafiri vs Graves fights, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.
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