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How to Synergize Graves with Ziggs on the Same TeamGraves is in the a tier of champions

Graves with Ziggs

How to Win With Graves and Ziggs Paired TogetherGraves is in the b tier of champions
Marksman
Mage

How to Synergize Graves and Ziggs

based on 2,616 Graves with Ziggs pairs
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Graves has fought alongside Ziggs in 2616 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the hosts of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, usable builds to help Graves play with Ziggs. It is relatively rare for Graves to play alongside Ziggs as teammates. This pairing has only happened in about 1.6% of games with Graves.

Graves Ziggs Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Graves has done a dismal job of playing alongside Ziggs. Usually, he wins an acceptable 48.5% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Graves when playing alongside Ziggs by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelOpportunityVoltaic CycloswordBloodthirster

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 ForceArmor
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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E
2
Q
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Q
4
W
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Graves with Ziggs

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 Ziggs Will Play

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.

Graves Ziggs Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Ziggs Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.3
6
< Deaths >
5.8
6.4
< Assists >
7
1.73
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
54
< Minions Killed >
54
1.55
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,009
< Physical Damage >
17,681
812
< Magic Damage >
839
1,669
< True Damage >
1,633
20,490
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
30,794
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,926
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.55
< Towers >
1.72
0.35
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
14,329
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,555
< Experience >
14,441
24
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
495
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Ziggs as Graves in LoL

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.

Synergies between Graves and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Ziggs

Is Graves better when played alongside Ziggs?

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.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Ziggs Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Ziggs, we analyzed 2,616 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 Ziggs 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 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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