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.
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
The Graves Zyra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zyra, 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 Zyra. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zyra helps Graves perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Graves is an ally to Zyra, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Zyra helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played alongside Zyra on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zyra. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zyra.
Additionally, when Graves plays with Zyra on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Zyra does a poor job of covering Graves in team fights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Graves that will always be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Zyra is a great ally for Graves. By playing on the same side as Graves, she raises their win rate by 3.8% to 54.3%. This demonstrates that there is a very real bond between Graves and Zyra that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Zyra has a much greater difficulty compared to Graves. That means you need to be careful when lining up Zyra comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by pairing Graves and Zyra together, you will not be granting your team enough crowd control. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Zyra ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to synergize with Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Graves and Zyra synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Maw of Malmortius, and The Collector. When Graves combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Zyra than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 54.3% helping carry Zyra with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Graves players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Graves and Zyra pairings, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.3% win rate overall.
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