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How to Synergize Graves and Nilah

based on 2,514 Graves with Nilah pairs
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.47
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each week. Graves has been on the same team as Nilah in 2514 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the hosts of League, we are completely sure that we can give you robust, usable builds to help Graves synergize with Nilah. It is very rare for Graves to play alongside Nilah as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.5% of rounds with Graves.

Graves Nilah Synergy Summary

Graves has done a ok job of fighting on the same side as Nilah. Usually, he wins an acceptable 50.7% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Graves when fighting on the same team as Nilah by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with them, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsVoltaic CycloswordDeath's DanceOpportunity

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
DominationZombie WardTreasure Hunter
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
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Nilah

Tips for Playing as Graves with Nilah

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.

Graves Nilah Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Nilah Image
7
< Kills >
7.3
5.7
< Deaths >
5.8
7.1
< Assists >
7
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
52
< Minions Killed >
54
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,366
< Physical Damage >
17,681
832
< Magic Damage >
839
1,626
< True Damage >
1,633
19,824
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
28,987
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,398
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.66
< Towers >
1.72
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
13,339
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,083
< Experience >
14,441
23
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
490
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Nilah as Graves in LoL

The Graves Nilah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nilah, 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 Nilah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Nilah helps Graves perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Graves is an ally to Nilah, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Nilah doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that their support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played alongside Nilah 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 with Nilah.

Additionally, when Graves plays with Nilah on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Nilah does a decent job of covering Graves during teamfights.

Synergies between Graves and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Nilah

Is Graves better when played alongside Nilah?

There is no ideal synergy for Graves that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. However, overall, Nilah is a very typical ally for Graves. By locking into the same team as Graves, they increases their win rate by 0.2% to 50.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Graves and Nilah that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Nilah has a much greater difficulty compared to Graves. That means you should be cautious when arranging Nilah allies to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Graves and Nilah together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of utility. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Nilah teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold 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 Nilah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Nilah, we analyzed 2,514 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 Nilah 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 learn all of the intricacies of Graves to work well with Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to use in your Graves and Nilah synergy build include Black Cleaver, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Graves combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Nilah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nilah with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Treasure Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.

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