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.
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
The Graves Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, 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 Ziggs. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Ziggs helps Graves perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Graves is an ally to Ziggs, he sees a little increase in his full damage output. This may signal that Ziggs supports by providing 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 Ziggs on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ziggs.
Additionally, when Graves plays with Ziggs on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Ziggs does a poor job of covering Graves in team fights.
There is no ideal synergy for Graves that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Ziggs is a below average teammate for Graves. By playing on the same side as Graves, he decreases their win rate by -2.0% to 48.5%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Graves and Ziggs that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Ziggs has a greater difficulty than Graves. That means Graves players need to be careful when arranging Ziggs comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing together, Graves players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Graves and Ziggs together, you may not be giving your other teammates much utility. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Ziggs teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to pair well with Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to use in your Graves and Ziggs synergy build include Infinity Edge, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Ziggs than with most other common builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 48.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ziggs with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you 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 runes players chose for Graves and Ziggs pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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