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 Nilah Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nilah sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Graves helps Nilah perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nilah is an ally to Graves, they gets a little drop in their total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Graves does not provide protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played together with Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Graves.
Additionally, when Nilah plays with Graves on the same team, they often takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Graves does a decent job of covering Nilah in team fights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Nilah that will always be their best ally. Yet, overall, Graves is a not very good teammate for Nilah. By locking into the same side as Nilah, he drops their win rate by -1.4% to 50.7%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Nilah and Graves that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Nilah. That means Nilah players don't need to be very careful when finding Graves comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, Nilah players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Nilah and Graves together, you may not be providing your side enough utility. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Graves teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Nilah to pair well with Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Nilah and Graves synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah included at least these three great items in their build, they did a lot better as an ally of Graves than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when playing alongside Graves with these items in their kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Nilah players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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