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 Samira 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, Samira sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Graves helps Samira perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Samira is paired with Graves, she observes a small decrease in her complete damage dealt. This may indicate that Graves does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played with Graves on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Graves.
Additionally, when Samira plays with Graves on the same team, 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 covering Samira during teamfights.
There is no ideal ally for Samira that will no matter what be her best ally. However, overall, Graves is a very typical companion for Samira. By being on the same side as Samira, he drops their win rate by -0.8% to 47.9%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Samira and Graves that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Samira. That means Samira players don't need to be very careful when arranging Graves allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting together, Samira players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Samira and Graves together, you will not be giving your team much support. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Graves ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Samira in order to work well with Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Samira and Graves synergy build include Infinity Edge, The Collector, and Hubris. When Samira combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Graves than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Samira had an average winrate of 47.9% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Graves with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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