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How to Win Vex vs Graves Counter MatchupVex is in the b tier of champions

Vex vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Vex in LoLVex is in the a tier of champions
Mage
Marksman

How to Beat Graves as Vex

based on 3,028 Vex vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our data, Vex faced off against Graves 3028 times. Using so many matchups for Vex vs Graves gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare useful statistics and a supported build to defeat your opposition. This champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Vex fights Graves in only 4.1% of their matches.

Vex vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Vex has done a dismal job of countering Graves. Normally, they wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Vex against Graves rounds, Vex’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that they probably will be able to get first blood versus Graves.

Best Vex vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Vex Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassMalignanceLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vex to level upq
>
Second ability for Vex to level upw
>
Last skill for Vex to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vex's passive ability p
Vex's q ability q
Vex's w ability w
Vex's e ability e
Vex's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Graves as Vex

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.

Vex vs Graves Counter Stats

Vex Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Graves Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6
7.1
< Assists >
7.1
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
163
< Minions Killed >
53
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.53
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,374
< Physical Damage >
17,148
21,697
< Magic Damage >
833
818
< True Damage >
1,544
23,889
< Damage Dealt >
19,526
19,363
< Damage Taken >
30,216
11,467
< Gold Earned >
12,782
1.75
< Towers >
1.68
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
2,177
< Total Healing >
14,019
14,163
< Experience >
14,494
20
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
6
547
< Time Dealing CC >
494

How to Counter Graves with Vex in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some significant Vex against Graves matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Graves..

Vex normally has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. On average, they takes less damage than Graves. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Vex and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Vex
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vex
Graves

Who is Better, Vex or Graves?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vex usually loses when facing off against Graves, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Vex makes a poor counter for Graves.

While Vex does have a lower win rate than Graves, when facing one another, Vex also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Vex into Graves.

Moreover, Vex also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vex vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Vex is a somewhat poor counter to Graves. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vex against Graves.

Other Champion Matchups Against Vex

Vex Loses Against

SingedSinged44.6% winrateIvernIvern44.6% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser44.8% winrateLilliaLillia44.9% winrate

Vex Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.7% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.4% winrateJayceJayce53.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MaokaiMaokai+ 52.4% 2787 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 53.4% 10271 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.4% 3594 GamesAniviaAnivia+ 53.6% 211 Games

Additional Information for Vex Players

How We Calculated Our Vex vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Vex, we analyzed 3,028 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Graves as Vex comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Vex Build Graves Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Vex to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vex most often accumulates much more CS as Graves. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Vex versus Graves build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vex included at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better countering Graves than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Vex boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Graves with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Graves as Vex, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Vex vs Graves fights, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.

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