Graves vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Graves
based on 2,108 Graves vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Braum
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
Advice to Win Against Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Graves vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Graves vs. Braum matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Braum’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Braum. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Graves typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Braum. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Braum
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Who is Better, Graves or Braum?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually loses when facing off against Braum, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Graves makes a poor counter to Braum.
While Graves does have a lower win rate compared to Braum, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Graves into Braum.
Moreover, Graves also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Graves is a terribly counter for Braum. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Graves against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Braum during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually picks up more CS compared to Braum. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Graves versus Braum build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Braum than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 48.0% battling Braum with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Braum as Graves, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Graves vs Braum clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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