Graves vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Graves
based on 2,307 Graves vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Qiyana
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.
Graves vs Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Graves in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some influential Graves versus Qiyana matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Qiyana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Qiyana..
Graves often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Qiyana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Graves or Qiyana?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when playing against Qiyana, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Graves makes a good counter to Qiyana.
While Graves does have a higher winrate than Qiyana, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Graves into Qiyana.
Furthermore, Graves also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Qiyana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Qiyana matchups, Graves is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Graves is an above average counter for Qiyana. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves to counter Qiyana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually gets less CS relative to Qiyana. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Graves versus Qiyana build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Qiyana than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 52.1% when playing against Qiyana with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Qiyana 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. Out of all the rune builds players used for Graves vs Qiyana counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Qiyana as Graves are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.