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Graves with Kha'Zix

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How to Synergize Graves and Kha'Zix

based on 259 Graves with Kha'Zix pairs
Win Rate
44.4 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
0.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Graves has gone into battle with Kha'Zix in 259 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much accurate data directly from the creators of LoL, we are completely sure that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Graves synergize with Kha'Zix. It is very rare for Graves to play alongside Kha'Zix as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 0.2% of rounds with Graves.

Graves Kha'Zix Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Graves does a terrible job of playing alongside Kha'Zix. Normally, he wins a poor 44.4% of rounds the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Graves when playing with Kha'Zix by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Kha'Zix Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterThe CollectorYoumuu's Wake

Optional Items

Youmuu's GhostbladeVoltaic CycloswordMaw of MalmortiusBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Kha'Zix

Tips for Playing as Graves with Kha'Zix

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 Kha'Zix Will Play

Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.

Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.

Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.

Graves Kha'Zix Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
44.4 %
VS
Win Rate
55.6 %
Kha'Zix Image
6.8
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
5.8
5.8
< Assists >
7
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
177
< Minions Killed >
54
0.31
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.48
20,567
< Physical Damage >
17,681
1,311
< Magic Damage >
839
1,168
< True Damage >
1,633
23,047
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
27,145
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,823
< Gold Earned >
12,774
2.32
< Towers >
1.72
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
8,018
< Total Healing >
13,908
15,062
< Experience >
14,441
20
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
6
292
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Kha'Zix as Graves in LoL

The Graves Kha'Zix synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kha'Zix, 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 Kha'Zix. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kha'Zix helps Graves perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Graves is paired with Kha'Zix, he gets a clear improvement in his full damage output. This may indicate that Kha'Zix supports by providing 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 with Kha'Zix 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 Kha'Zix.

Moreover, when Graves plays with Kha'Zix on the same team, he on average receives less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Kha'Zix does a decent job of covering Graves during teamfights.

Synergies between Graves and Kha'Zix

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Kha'Zix
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Kha'Zix

Is Graves better when played alongside Kha'Zix?

There is no perfect ally for Graves that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Kha'Zix is a terrible companion for Graves. By being on the same side as Graves, he drops their win rate by -6.1% to 44.4%. This shows that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Graves and Kha'Zix that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Kha'Zix has a greater difficulty than Graves. That means you should be very careful when lining up Kha'Zix allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to do well with you.

Working together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by pairing Graves and Kha'Zix together, you may not be giving your other teammates a lot of support. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Kha'Zix teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Kha'Zix Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Kha'Zix, we analyzed 259 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 Kha'Zix 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

To truly master Graves to pair well with Kha'Zix during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to have in your Graves and Kha'Zix synergy build include Bloodthirster, The Collector, and Youmuu's Wake. When Graves incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Kha'Zix than with many other common item sets. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 44.4% helping carry Kha'Zix with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating 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. Of all the runes players chose for Graves and Kha'Zix pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Kha'Zix with Graves are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.