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Graves with Anivia

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How to Synergize Graves and Anivia

based on 2,601 Graves with Anivia pairs
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.47
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Graves has been on the same team as Anivia in 2601 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can showcase robust, usable builds to help Graves play with Anivia. It is relatively rare for Graves to play with Anivia as teammates. This has only occurred in approx. 1.5% of matches with Graves.

Graves Anivia Synergy Summary

Graves has done a decent job of synergizing with Anivia. Typically, he wins an acceptable 51.1% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Graves when playing alongside Anivia by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Anivia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeThe CollectorOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelVoltaic CycloswordBloodthirsterHubris

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
Q
4
W
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Anivia

Tips for Playing as Graves with Anivia

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 Anivia Will Play

Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.

It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.

Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.

Graves Anivia Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
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7.7
< Kills >
7.3
5.9
< Deaths >
5.8
6.9
< Assists >
7
1.73
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
51
< Minions Killed >
54
1.6
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,422
< Physical Damage >
17,681
834
< Magic Damage >
839
1,705
< True Damage >
1,633
20,962
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
30,558
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,993
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.73
< Towers >
1.72
0.39
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
14,366
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,583
< Experience >
14,441
24
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
498
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Anivia as Graves in LoL

The Graves Anivia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Anivia, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Anivia. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Anivia helps Graves perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Graves is paired with Anivia, he sees a little increase in his full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Anivia helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played together with Anivia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Anivia.

Moreover, when Graves plays with Anivia on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Anivia does a poor job of covering Graves in team fights.

Synergies between Graves and Anivia

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Anivia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Anivia

Is Graves better when played alongside Anivia?

There is no ideal synergy for Graves that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Anivia is a very typical ally for Graves. By being on the same side as Graves, she increases their win rate by 0.6% to 51.1%. This demonstrates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Graves and Anivia that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Anivia has a much greater difficulty compared to Graves. That means you should be cautious when finding Anivia teammates to play with, as they will need a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Graves players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by aligning Graves and Anivia together, you will not be providing your other allies much support. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Anivia ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Anivia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Anivia, we analyzed 2,601 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 Anivia 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 Anivia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to have in your Graves and Anivia synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Graves combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Anivia than with many other common builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when playing alongside Anivia with this build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, Graves players should use 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 builds we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Anivia with Graves are presented for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.