Graves vs Ivern
How to Beat Ivern as Graves
based on 2,057 Graves vs Ivern matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Ivern Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Ivern Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Ivern
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 Ivern
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Graves vs Ivern Counter Stats
How to Counter Ivern with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Graves against Ivern matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ivern’s ratio of NaN, showing that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ivern. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Graves often has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Ivern. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Ivern
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Who is Better, Graves or Ivern?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually loses when playing against Ivern, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Graves makes a bad counter for Ivern.
While Graves does have a lower win rate than Ivern, when facing one another, Graves also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Ivern.
Furthermore, Graves has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter for Ivern. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Ivern.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to counter Ivern during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves on average accumulates more CS relative to Ivern. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Graves versus Ivern build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Ivern than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 48.5% battling Ivern with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Ivern as Graves, Graves players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Graves vs Ivern counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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