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How to Synergize Graves with Amumu on the Same TeamGraves is in the a tier of champions

Graves with Amumu

How to Win With Graves and Amumu Paired TogetherGraves is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Graves and Amumu

based on 771 Graves with Amumu pairs
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
2.53
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Graves has been on the same team as Amumu in 771 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much relevant data from the makers of LoL, we are confident that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Graves play with Amumu. It is very rare for Graves to play with Amumu as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 0.5% of rounds with Graves.

Graves Amumu Synergy Summary

Graves does a good job of playing alongside Amumu. Normally, he wins a terrific 53.4% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Graves when playing with Amumu by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Amumu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsSundered SkyVoltaic CycloswordHubris

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Graves to level upq
>
Second ability for Graves to level upe
>
Last skill for Graves to max outw

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Graves's passive ability p
Graves's q ability q
Graves's w ability w
Graves's e ability e
Graves's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Amumu

Tips for Playing as Graves with Amumu

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 Understand How Amumu Will Play

Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.

Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.

Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.

Graves Amumu Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
Amumu Image
7.8
< Kills >
7.3
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
6.9
< Assists >
7
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
87
< Minions Killed >
54
1.24
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.48
19,251
< Physical Damage >
17,681
921
< Magic Damage >
839
1,530
< True Damage >
1,633
21,703
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
28,754
< Damage Taken >
29,908
13,088
< Gold Earned >
12,774
2.1
< Towers >
1.72
0.35
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
12,287
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,814
< Experience >
14,441
22
< Vision Score >
23
7
< Wards Placed >
6
432
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Amumu as Graves in LoL

The Graves Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, 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 Amumu. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Amumu helps Graves perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Graves plays on the same team as Amumu, he gets a noticable increase in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Amumu helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played alongside Amumu on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Amumu. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Amumu.

Moreover, when Graves plays with Amumu on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Amumu does a decent job of protecting Graves in team fights.

Synergies between Graves and Amumu

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Amumu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Amumu

Is Graves better when played alongside Amumu?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Graves that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, Amumu is a good teammate for Graves. By locking into the same side as Graves, he raises their win rate by 2.9% to 53.4%. This signals that there is a good synergy between Graves and Amumu that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Amumu has a lower difficulty than Graves. That means Graves players don't need to be cautious when finding Amumu comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Fighting alongside, Graves players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by pairing Graves and Amumu together, you probably will not be granting your team much sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Amumu ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Amumu Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Amumu, we analyzed 771 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Graves with Amumu comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Graves in order to work well with Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best items to use in your Graves and Amumu synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Amumu than with most other typical builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 53.4% helping carry Amumu with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Graves and Amumu pairings, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.4% winrate overall.

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