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Graves with Rumble

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How to Synergize Graves and Rumble

based on 3,093 Graves with Rumble pairs
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.68
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Graves has been on the same team as Rumble in 3093 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much accurate data from the creators of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Graves synergize with Rumble. It is relatively rare for Graves to play with Rumble on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.8% of games with Graves.

Graves Rumble Synergy Summary

Graves has done a decent job of teaming up with Rumble. Typically, he wins an acceptable 51.0% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Graves when fighting on the same team as Rumble by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Rumble Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverThe CollectorVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsHubrisOpportunity

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
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Rumble

Tips for Playing as Graves with Rumble

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 Rumble Will Play

Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.

If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.

Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.

Graves Rumble Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
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7.8
< Kills >
7.3
5.7
< Deaths >
5.8
7.5
< Assists >
7
1.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
55
< Minions Killed >
54
1.61
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,352
< Physical Damage >
17,681
859
< Magic Damage >
839
1,692
< True Damage >
1,633
20,903
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
30,074
< Damage Taken >
29,908
13,128
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.88
< Towers >
1.72
0.41
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
14,245
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,769
< Experience >
14,441
24
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
493
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Rumble as Graves in LoL

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

When Graves is paired with Rumble, he observes a small increase in his total damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Rumble helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played together with Rumble on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Rumble. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Rumble.

Additionally, when Graves plays with Rumble on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Rumble does a poor job of protecting Graves during team fights.

Synergies between Graves and Rumble

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Rumble
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Rumble

Is Graves better when played alongside Rumble?

There is no perfect companion for Graves that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, Rumble is a very typical ally for Graves. By locking into the same side as Graves, he improves their win rate by 0.5% to 51.0%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Graves and Rumble that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Rumble has a much greater difficulty compared to Graves. That means Graves players need to be careful when finding Rumble allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by pairing Graves and Rumble together, you probably will not be providing your side enough support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Rumble teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Rumble Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Rumble, we analyzed 3,093 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 Rumble 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 learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to pair well with Rumble during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to focus on in your Graves and Rumble synergy build include Black Cleaver, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Rumble than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when playing alongside Rumble with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.

If you want to view Graves and Rumble cooperations tips and builds for a a specific rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies shown are calculated using all matches run with these champs.