Graves vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Graves
based on 7,905 Graves vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Samira
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 Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Graves vs. Samira counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Samira’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Samira..
Graves typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Samira. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Samira
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Who is Better, Graves or Samira?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when trying to fight Samira, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a good counter for Samira.
While Graves does have a higher winrate compared to Samira, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Samira.
Moreover, Graves also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Samira matchups, Graves is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Graves is a decent counter for Samira. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Graves against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves to counter Samira during both the lane 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 here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves often gets a lot less CS relative to Samira. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Graves versus Samira build include Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Samira than with most other typical builds. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Samira with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Samira as Graves, Graves players should take 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 runes that we analyzed for Graves vs Samira counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.2% winrate overall.
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