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

Graves with Jarvan IV

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

based on 410 Graves with Jarvan IV pairs
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
0.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Graves has gone into battle with Jarvan IV in 410 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much complete data from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Graves play with Jarvan IV. It is very rare for Graves to play with Jarvan IV as allies. This pairing has only taken place in about 0.2% of rounds with Graves.

Graves Jarvan IV Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Graves does a terrible job of playing alongside Jarvan IV. On average, he wins a poor 45.9% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Graves when playing alongside Jarvan IV by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Jarvan IV Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRectrix

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Voltaic CycloswordMaw of Malmortius

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
Q
4
W
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Jarvan IV

Tips for Playing as Graves with Jarvan IV

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 Jarvan IV Will Play

Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.

You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.

Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.

Graves Jarvan IV Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Jarvan IV Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.3
6.3
< Deaths >
5.8
6.8
< Assists >
7
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
97
< Minions Killed >
54
1.19
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,686
< Physical Damage >
17,681
924
< Magic Damage >
839
1,463
< True Damage >
1,633
21,074
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
29,404
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,928
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.84
< Towers >
1.72
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
12,098
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,805
< Experience >
14,441
22
< Vision Score >
23
7
< Wards Placed >
6
423
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Jarvan IV as Graves in LoL

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

When Graves is paired with Jarvan IV, he observes a little increase in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Jarvan IV provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played together with Jarvan IV on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Jarvan IV.

Additionally, when Graves plays with Jarvan IV on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Jarvan IV does a decent job of protecting Graves in team fights.

Synergies between Graves and Jarvan IV

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Jarvan IV
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Jarvan IV

Is Graves better when played alongside Jarvan IV?

There is no perfect companion for Graves that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Jarvan IV is a very bad ally for Graves. By locking into the same team as Graves, he lowers their win rate by -4.6% to 45.9%. This shows that there is a very bad bond between Graves and Jarvan IV that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Jarvan IV has a greater difficulty than Graves. That means Graves players need to be cautious when enlisting Jarvan IV allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Graves players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by grouping Graves and Jarvan IV together, you may not be providing your team a lot of magic damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Jarvan IV teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Jarvan IV Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Jarvan IV, we analyzed 410 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 Jarvan IV 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 pair well with Jarvan IV during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to use in your Graves and Jarvan IV synergy build include Black Cleaver, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves used at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Jarvan IV than with most other common item sets. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 45.9% helping carry Jarvan IV with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Graves players should equip 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 used for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% winrate overall.

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