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How to Synergize Graves and Vayne

based on 8,442 Graves with Vayne pairs
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
2.43
Pick Rate
5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Graves has gone into battle with Vayne in 8442 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much great data directly from the developers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can give you robust, usable builds to help Graves synergize with Vayne. It is somewhat uncommon for Graves to play with Vayne on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in about 5.0% of games with Graves.

Graves Vayne Synergy Summary

Graves has done a ok job of synergizing with Vayne. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.1% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Graves when playing alongside Vayne by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Vayne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Doran's BladeSerrated Dirk

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelOpportunityLord Dominik's RegardsVoltaic Cyclosword

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
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure 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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Q
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Q
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W
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Vayne

Tips for Playing as Graves with Vayne

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 Vayne Will Play

Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.

Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.

Graves Vayne Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Vayne Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.3
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
7
< Assists >
7
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
54
< Minions Killed >
54
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,320
< Physical Damage >
17,681
839
< Magic Damage >
839
1,600
< True Damage >
1,633
19,759
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
29,451
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,672
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.68
< Towers >
1.72
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
13,742
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,339
< Experience >
14,441
23
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
495
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Vayne as Graves in LoL

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

When Graves plays on the same team as Vayne, he gets a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Vayne does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played alongside Vayne on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Vayne.

Moreover, when Graves plays with Vayne on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Vayne does a decent job of protecting Graves during teamfights.

Synergies between Graves and Vayne

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Vayne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Vayne

Is Graves better when played alongside Vayne?

There is no ideal synergy for Graves that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Vayne is a very typical teammate for Graves. By locking into the same team as Graves, she drops their win rate by -0.4% to 50.1%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Graves and Vayne that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Vayne has a much greater difficulty compared to Graves. That means you must be cautious when arranging Vayne allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working alongside, Graves players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by grouping Graves and Vayne together, you may not be granting your side enough magic damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Vayne teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Vayne Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Vayne, we analyzed 8,442 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 Vayne 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 in order to pair well with Vayne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to include in your Graves and Vayne synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Graves bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Vayne than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 50.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Vayne with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Graves and Vayne pairings, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.

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