Evelynn vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Evelynn
based on 4,538 Evelynn vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Graves
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
Evelynn vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Evelynn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Evelynn versus Graves counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the two. Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Graves..
Evelynn usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Graves. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Evelynn and Graves
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Graves?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Evelynn usually fairs equally well when playing against Graves, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Evelynn makes an ok counter to Graves.
While Evelynn does have a lower win rate compared to Graves, when on opposite teams, Evelynn also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Evelynn into Gravesas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Evelynn has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Evelynn is a somewhat poor counter to Graves. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Evelynn against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Evelynn in order to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn on average picks up less CS compared to Graves. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Evelynn versus Graves build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Banshee's Veil. When Evelynn incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Graves than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Evelynn boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Graves with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Graves as Evelynn, Evelynn players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Evelynn vs Graves fights, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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