Graves vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Graves
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Graves vs Shaco Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Graves vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Graves in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Graves versus Shaco counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shaco..
Graves usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Shaco. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Shaco
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Who is Better, Graves or Shaco?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when taking on Shaco, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a good counter to Shaco.
While Graves does have a higher winrate compared to Shaco, when facing one another, Graves also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Graves into Shaco.
Additionally, Graves also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Shaco 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Graves is a good counter to Shaco. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves often picks up more CS as Shaco. Champions who typically don't take 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Graves versus Shaco build include Bloodthirster, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Shaco than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when countering Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Shaco as Graves, you 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 players picked for Graves vs Shaco counters, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.
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