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.
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
The Graves Sivir synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sivir, 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 Sivir. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sivir helps Graves perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Graves plays on the same team as Sivir, he sees a little increase in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Sivir helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played alongside Sivir on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sivir.
Additionally, when Graves plays with Sivir on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Sivir does a poor job of covering Graves during team fights.
There is no perfect champion pairing for Graves that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Sivir is a below average teammate for Graves. By locking into the same team as Graves, she decreases their win rate by -3.0% to 47.5%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Graves and Sivir that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Sivir has a greater difficulty than Graves. That means you must be careful when arranging Sivir teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Graves and Sivir together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of magic damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Sivir ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
To truly master Graves to pair well with Sivir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to get in your Graves and Sivir synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Graves used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Sivir than with most other common item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 47.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Sivir with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Graves players should take 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 sets players used for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.
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