Graves vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Graves
based on 4,941 Graves vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Graves vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Graves in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several valuable Graves against Tristana matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tristana..
Graves often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Tristana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Tristana
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Who is Better, Graves or Tristana?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when taking on Tristana, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a good counter for Tristana.
While Graves does have a higher winrate than Tristana, when facing one another, Graves also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Tristana.
Additionally, Graves has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Tristana matchups, Graves is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Graves is a decent counter for Tristana. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Graves against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to counter Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Tristana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Graves versus Tristana build include Black Cleaver, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Tristana than with many other typical builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 52.0% battling Tristana with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Tristana as Graves, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Graves vs Tristana matchups, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.
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