Graves vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Graves
based on 2,540 Graves vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Graves vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some vital Graves versus Jayce matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jayce..
Graves usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Jayce. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Jayce
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Who is Better, Graves or Jayce?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when facing off against Jayce, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a good counter for Jayce.
While Graves does have a higher winrate than Jayce, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Jayce.
Moreover, Graves also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Jayce matchups, Graves is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Graves is a decent counter to Jayce. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves to counter Jayce during both the laning 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 above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Jayce. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Graves versus Jayce build consist of Infinity Edge, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Jayce than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when countering Jayce with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Jayce as Graves, Graves players should use 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 combinations players chose for Graves vs Jayce matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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