Galio vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Galio
based on 4,341 Galio vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Graves
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some significant Galio against Graves counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s ratio of NaN, showing that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Graves..
Galio normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Graves. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Graves
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Who is Better, Galio or Graves?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Galio usually loses when facing off against Graves, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Galio makes a poor counter to Graves.
While Galio does have a lower win rate than Graves, when facing one another, Galio also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Galio into Graves.
Additionally, Galio has some amount of utility and CC, 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Galio vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Galio is a garbage counter to Graves. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Galio against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Galio to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio usually accumulates more CS relative to Graves. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Galio versus Graves build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Galio incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Graves than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Graves with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Graves as Galio, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Galio vs Graves counters, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.
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