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How to Win Cassiopeia vs Graves Counter MatchupCassiopeia is in the s tier of champions

Cassiopeia vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Cassiopeia in LoLCassiopeia is in the a tier of champions
Mage
Marksman

How to Beat Graves as Cassiopeia

based on 1,663 Cassiopeia vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. Within our database, Cassiopeia fought Graves in 1663 rounds. Having so many matchups for Cassiopeia vs Graves provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce enlightening stats and a recommended build to annihilate your enemy. This particular pairing is relatively uncommon. Cassiopeia is forced to battle against Graves in only 4.6% of her matches.

Cassiopeia vs Graves Matchup Summary

Cassiopeia has done a average job of countering Graves. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.3% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Cassiopeia versus Graves rounds, Cassiopeia’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Graves.

Best Cassiopeia vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCatalyst of Aeons

Core Cassiopeia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapRod of Ages

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveLiandry's TormentZhonya's HourglassRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cassiopeia to level upe
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Second ability for Cassiopeia to level upq
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Last skill for Cassiopeia to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Cassiopeia's passive ability p
Cassiopeia's q ability q
Cassiopeia's w ability w
Cassiopeia's e ability e
Cassiopeia's ultimate ability r
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R
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Guide to Countering Graves as Cassiopeia

Tips for Playing as Cassiopeia against Graves

Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.

Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.

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.

Cassiopeia vs Graves Counter Stats

Cassiopeia Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Graves Image
6.7
< Kills >
7.5
6
< Deaths >
5.7
5.9
< Assists >
7.3
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.71
180
< Minions Killed >
53
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
1.59
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.47
574
< Physical Damage >
17,894
22,257
< Magic Damage >
887
282
< True Damage >
1,643
23,113
< Damage Dealt >
20,424
27,075
< Damage Taken >
29,658
11,759
< Gold Earned >
12,902
1.81
< Towers >
1.7
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.38
7,252
< Total Healing >
14,069
15,150
< Experience >
14,536
18
< Vision Score >
24
9
< Wards Placed >
6
450
< Time Dealing CC >
490

How to Counter Graves with Cassiopeia in LoL

The stats provided here show some vital Cassiopeia against Graves matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Cassiopeia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Graves..

Cassiopeia typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Graves. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Cassiopeia and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Cassiopeia
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cassiopeia
Graves

Who is Better, Cassiopeia or Graves?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cassiopeia usually fairs equally well when taking on Graves, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Cassiopeia makes an ok counter for Graves.

While Cassiopeia does have a higher win rate compared to Graves, when they face off with one another, Cassiopeia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Cassiopeia into Gravesas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Cassiopeia also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Cassiopeia vs Graves matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Cassiopeia is a decent counter to Graves. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Cassiopeia against Graves.

Additional Information for Cassiopeia Players

How We Calculated Our Cassiopeia vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Cassiopeia, we analyzed 1,663 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Graves as Cassiopeia comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Cassiopeia in order to counter Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cassiopeia typically gets much more CS as Graves. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Cassiopeia versus Graves build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Cassiopeia combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Graves than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Cassiopeia boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Graves with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of crushing Graves as Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Cassiopeia vs Graves clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.

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