Graves vs Rumble
How to Beat Rumble as Graves
based on 3,079 Graves vs Rumble matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Rumble Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Rumble Counter Build
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Core Graves Items
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Guide to Countering Rumble as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Rumble
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 Rumble
Rumble deals almost entirely magic damage. Build some Magic Resistance to reduce his damage.
Watch Rumble's Heat bar carefully. If you see him Overheat, go in for the kill while his skills are disabled.
Rumble's ultimate can deal a lot of damage if you stay inside the area of effect. When you see the missiles falling, move out of the way as quickly as possible.
Graves vs Rumble Counter Stats
How to Counter Rumble with Graves in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some critical Graves against Rumble matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rumble’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rumble..
Graves usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Rumble. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Rumble
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Who is Better, Graves or Rumble?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rumble, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Graves makes an ok counter to Rumble.
While Graves does have a higher win rate than Rumble, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Rumble.
Additionally, Graves also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rumble. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Rumble matchups, Graves is the better champ with a similar 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 Rumble. Make sure you focus your tactics 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 Rumble.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves to counter Rumble during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves often accumulates less CS relative to Rumble. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Graves versus Rumble build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Rumble than with most other typical builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Rumble with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Rumble as Graves, you should use 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 combinations players picked for Graves vs Rumble matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rumble as Graves are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.