Blitzcrank vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Blitzcrank
based on 6,431 Blitzcrank vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Graves
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Blitzcrank vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several strategic Blitzcrank versus Graves matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Graves. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Graves. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Graves
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Graves?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when taking on Graves, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Blitzcrank makes a good counter for Graves.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher winrate compared to Graves, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Blitzcrank into Graves.
Additionally, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Graves matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter for Graves. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank to counter Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank often accumulates less CS as Graves. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Blitzcrank versus Graves build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Frozen Heart. When Blitzcrank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Graves than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when countering Graves with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Graves as Blitzcrank, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Blitzcrank vs Graves counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.6% win rate overall.
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