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.
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.
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.
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.
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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