Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.
The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!
Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.
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.
The Kled Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kled sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Graves helps Kled perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kled plays on the same team as Graves, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Graves does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kled is played with Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Graves.
Moreover, when Kled plays with Graves on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Graves does a decent job of protecting Kled during teamfights.
There is no top champion pairing for Kled that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Graves is a decent ally for Kled. By playing on the same side as Kled, he improves their win rate by 2.1% to 53.1%. This signals that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Kled and Graves that results in them performing better together than alone.
Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Kled. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Graves allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Kled and Graves together, you will not be giving your other allies much AP. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Graves ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Kled to synergize with Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Kled and Graves synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Kled used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Graves than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kled boasted an average winrate of 53.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Graves with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Graves with Kled are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.