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Graves vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Graves in LoLGraves is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Graves

based on 6,100 Graves vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our database, Graves fought Katarina 6100 times. Including so many matchups for Graves versus Katarina gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare enlightening statistics and a pro build to counter Katarina. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Graves encounters Katarina in only 3.6% of his games.

Graves vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Graves does a decent job of countering Katarina. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.8% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Graves against Katarina rounds, Graves’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Graves vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRectrix

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelHubrisVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Graves to level upq
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Second ability for Graves to level upe
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Last skill for Graves to max outw

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Graves's passive ability p
Graves's q ability q
Graves's w ability w
Graves's e ability e
Graves's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Graves

Tips for Playing as Graves against Katarina

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 Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Graves vs Katarina Counter Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Katarina Image
7.3
< Kills >
9.8
5.9
< Deaths >
6.7
7.1
< Assists >
5.3
1.7
< Killing Sprees >
2.16
53
< Minions Killed >
159
1.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.33
17,538
< Physical Damage >
2,093
829
< Magic Damage >
21,349
1,604
< True Damage >
955
19,972
< Damage Dealt >
24,398
29,241
< Damage Taken >
24,740
12,732
< Gold Earned >
12,328
1.74
< Towers >
1.46
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
13,420
< Total Healing >
3,404
14,310
< Experience >
14,168
23
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
481
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Counter Katarina with Graves in LoL

The stats shown here feature some important Graves vs. Katarina counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Katarina..

Graves usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Katarina. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Graves and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Graves
Katarina

Who is Better, Graves or Katarina?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when playing against Katarina, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a good counter to Katarina.

While Graves does have a higher win rate compared to Katarina, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Katarina.

Moreover, Graves has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Katarina 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 team fights.

Graves is a decent counter to Katarina. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Graves

Graves Loses Against

ZyraZyra46.8% winrateBardBard47.1% winrateNaafiriNaafiri47.2% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench47.3% winrate

Graves Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc55.2% winrateXayahXayah55% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa54.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TeemoTeemo+ 54.2% 11371 GamesZyraZyra+ 54.3% 6861 GamesMaokaiMaokai+ 54.6% 6548 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.7% 1241 Games

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Graves, we analyzed 6,100 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Katarina as Graves comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Graves most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Katarina. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Graves versus Katarina build include Black Cleaver, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Graves used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Katarina than with many other typical builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Katarina with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Katarina as Graves, Graves players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Graves vs Katarina battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.

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