Graves vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Graves
based on 2,811 Graves vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against LeBlanc
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 LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Graves vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Graves against LeBlanc counter stats that may help us explain the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than LeBlanc’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than LeBlanc..
Graves often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than LeBlanc. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Graves or LeBlanc?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when taking on LeBlanc, with a 55.2% win rate. Thus, Graves makes a fantastic counter for LeBlanc.
While Graves does have a much higher winrate compared to LeBlanc, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Graves into LeBlanc.
Furthermore, Graves also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs LeBlanc matchups, Graves is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Graves is a great counter to LeBlanc. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Graves against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter LeBlanc during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves often accumulates less CS relative to LeBlanc. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Graves versus LeBlanc build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against LeBlanc than with many other typical builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 55.2% when countering LeBlanc with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing LeBlanc as Graves, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Treasure Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Graves vs LeBlanc matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.2% winrate overall.
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