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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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