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.
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
The Graves Ahri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ahri, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Graves sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ahri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ahri helps Graves perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Graves is an ally to Ahri, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This could indicate that Ahri supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played alongside Ahri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ahri.
Moreover, when Graves plays with Ahri on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Ahri does a poor job of protecting Graves in teamfights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Graves that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Ahri is a very typical ally for Graves. By being on the same side as Graves, she drops their win rate by -0.6% to 49.9%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Graves and Ahri that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Ahri has a greater difficulty than Graves. That means Graves players must be careful when lining up Ahri allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Graves and Ahri together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough support. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Ahri ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Graves in order to synergize with Ahri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to focus on in your Graves and Ahri synergy build include Bloodthirster, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Ahri than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 49.9% helping carry Ahri with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you 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 sets players chose for Graves and Ahri pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
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