Corki vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Corki
based on 2,079 Corki vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Corki vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Corki vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Corki
Tips for Playing as Corki against Graves
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
Corki vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Corki in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Corki vs. Graves matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Graves’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Graves..
Corki typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Graves. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Corki and Graves
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Who is Better, Corki or Graves?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Corki usually loses when facing off against Graves, with a 46.4% win rate. Thus, Corki makes a bad counter for Graves.
While Corki does have a lower winrate compared to Graves, when facing one another, Corki also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Corki into Graves.
Furthermore, Corki also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Corki vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Corki is a terribly counter to Graves. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Corki against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Corki to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki on average picks up much more CS as Graves. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Corki versus Graves build include Malignance, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Corki combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Graves than with most other common item sets. In fact, Corki had an average winrate of 46.4% when countering Graves with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Graves as Corki, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Corki vs Graves face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Graves as Corki are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.