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How to Synergize Illaoi and Graves

based on 2,601 Illaoi with Graves pairs
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
1.39
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Illaoi has been on the same team as Graves in 2601 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much complete data directly from the hosts of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Illaoi play with Graves. It is relatively rare for Illaoi to play with Graves as teammates. This has only taken place in about 3.7% of rounds with Illaoi.

Illaoi Graves Synergy Summary

Illaoi does a average job of playing alongside Graves. Typically, she wins an acceptable 50.2% of games the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Illaoi when playing with Graves by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Illaoi vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

HullbreakerSpirit VisageJak'Sho, The ProteanDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Illaoi to level upe
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Second ability for Illaoi to level upq
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Last skill for Illaoi to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
4
E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Graves

Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Graves

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Advice to Understand How Graves Will Play

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.

Illaoi Graves Synergy Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Graves Image
5
< Kills >
5.3
6.6
< Deaths >
6.7
4.2
< Assists >
4.4
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
192
< Minions Killed >
190
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.57
24,074
< Physical Damage >
24,827
814
< Magic Damage >
835
396
< True Damage >
407
25,285
< Damage Dealt >
26,070
35,343
< Damage Taken >
35,928
11,888
< Gold Earned >
12,040
2.75
< Towers >
2.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,682
< Total Healing >
8,841
15,217
< Experience >
15,333
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
453
< Time Dealing CC >
432

How to Play with Graves as Illaoi in LoL

The Illaoi Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Illaoi sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Graves helps Illaoi perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Illaoi is an ally to Graves, she gets a little drop in her total damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Graves does not provide cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played together with Graves on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Graves.

Additionally, when Illaoi plays with Graves on the same side, she often takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Graves does a decent job of protecting Illaoi during teamfights.

Synergies between Illaoi and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Illaoi
Graves

Is Illaoi better when played alongside Graves?

There is no perfect companion for Illaoi that will 100% of the time be her best ally. Yet, overall, Graves is a very typical ally for Illaoi. By playing on the same team as Illaoi, he raises their win rate by 0.6% to 50.2%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Illaoi and Graves that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Graves has a lower difficulty than Illaoi. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Graves comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Working cooperatively, Illaoi players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by aligning Illaoi and Graves together, you probably will not be giving your side much utility. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Graves teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Illaoi and Graves, we analyzed 2,601 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 Illaoi with Graves 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

If you would like to truly master Illaoi in order to work well with Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Illaoi and Graves synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi used at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Graves than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 50.2% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Graves with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Illaoi players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Graves with Illaoi are given for every ranked division. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.