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How to Synergize Kai'Sa with Graves on the Same TeamKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa with Graves

How to Win With Kai'Sa and Graves Paired TogetherKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Graves

based on 7,018 Kai'Sa with Graves pairs
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
4.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kai'Sa has fought alongside Graves in 7018 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much accurate data directly from the hosts of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Kai'Sa synergize with Graves. It is somewhat uncommon for Kai'Sa to play alongside Graves on the same team. This has only taken place in about 4.4% of rounds with Kai'Sa.

Kai'Sa Graves Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a pathetic job of teaming up with Graves. Usually, she wins a poor 46.2% of games the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Kai'Sa when playing with Graves by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kai'Sa vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

BloodthirsterNavori QuickbladesPhantom DancerWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Graves

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Graves

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa Graves Synergy Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Graves Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.3
6.2
< Assists >
6.2
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
182
< Minions Killed >
180
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
11,820
< Physical Damage >
12,169
7,886
< Magic Damage >
8,110
421
< True Damage >
432
20,128
< Damage Dealt >
20,712
19,824
< Damage Taken >
20,172
12,327
< Gold Earned >
12,522
2.1
< Towers >
2.1
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,201
< Total Healing >
4,377
12,702
< Experience >
12,822
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
47
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Play with Graves as Kai'Sa in LoL

The Kai'Sa 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, Kai'Sa sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Graves helps Kai'Sa perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kai'Sa tries to synergize with Graves, she gets a barely noticable drop in her total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Graves does not support by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played alongside Graves on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Graves.

Additionally, when Kai'Sa plays with Graves on the same side, she often takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Graves does a decent job of covering Kai'Sa in team fights.

Synergies between Kai'Sa and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kai'Sa
Graves

Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Graves?

There is no ideal companion for Kai'Sa that will no matter what be her best teammate. However, overall, Graves is a very typical companion for Kai'Sa. By locking into the same side as Kai'Sa, he drops their win rate by -0.3% to 46.2%. This signals that there is only a small synergy between Kai'Sa and Graves that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Kai'Sa. That means Kai'Sa players don't need to be careful when lining up Graves allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing together, Kai'Sa players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by bringing Kai'Sa and Graves together, you will not be giving your side enough crowd control. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Graves ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kai'Sa and Graves, we analyzed 7,018 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 Kai'Sa 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa to synergize with Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa and Graves synergy build include Guardian Angel, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa used at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Graves than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average winrate of 46.2% when playing alongside Graves with this build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Kai'Sa players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.2% winrate overall.

If you want to see Kai'Sa with Graves cooperations tips and stats for a a specific division rank, please select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and build suggestions displayed are computed using all games played with both champs.