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Graves with Syndra

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Marksman
Mage

How to Synergize Graves and Syndra

based on 4,321 Graves with Syndra pairs
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Graves has been on the same team as Syndra in 4321 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much relevant data straight from the creators of LoL, we are sure that we can produce high quality, usable builds to help Graves synergize with Syndra. It is relatively rare for Graves to play with Syndra as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 2.6% of rounds with Graves.

Graves Syndra Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Graves has done a below average job of fighting on the same side as Syndra. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.3% of rounds the champions try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Graves when playing with Syndra by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Syndra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Doran's BladeSerrated Dirk

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterMaw of MalmortiusThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelOpportunityInfinity EdgeLord Dominik's Regards

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
1
E
2
Q
3
Q
4
W
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Syndra

Tips for Playing as Graves with Syndra

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 Syndra Will Play

To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.

After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.

Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.

Graves Syndra Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
Syndra Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.3
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
7
< Assists >
7
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
51
< Minions Killed >
54
1.58
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,714
< Physical Damage >
17,681
836
< Magic Damage >
839
1,654
< True Damage >
1,633
20,205
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
30,394
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,823
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.71
< Towers >
1.72
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
14,373
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,630
< Experience >
14,441
24
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
503
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Syndra as Graves in LoL

The Graves Syndra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Syndra, 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 Syndra. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Syndra helps Graves perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Graves is an ally to Syndra, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This change could indicate that Syndra helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played alongside Syndra on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Syndra. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Syndra.

Moreover, when Graves plays with Syndra on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Syndra does a poor job of protecting Graves during teamfights.

Synergies between Graves and Syndra

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Syndra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Syndra

Is Graves better when played alongside Syndra?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Graves that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Syndra is a not very good teammate for Graves. By locking into the same team as Graves, she decreases their win rate by -1.2% to 49.3%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Graves and Syndra that results in them performing worse together than alone.

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

Fighting alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by bringing Graves and Syndra together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of protection for burst damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Syndra ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your 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 Syndra Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Syndra, we analyzed 4,321 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 Syndra 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 pair well with Syndra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The best items to use in your Graves and Syndra synergy build include Bloodthirster, Maw of Malmortius, and The Collector. When Graves included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Syndra than with many other common item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Syndra with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Graves players should use 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 picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.

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