Graves vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Graves
based on 8,810 Graves vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Graves vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Graves in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several important Graves versus Vayne counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between this set of champions. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vayne’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vayne..
Graves usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Vayne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Vayne
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Who is Better, Graves or Vayne?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when playing against Vayne, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes an ok counter to Vayne.
While Graves does have a higher win rate than Vayne, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Vayne.
Furthermore, Graves has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vayne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Vayne 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 teamfights.
Graves is a decent counter to Vayne. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves in order to counter Vayne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Vayne. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost 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 focus on in your Graves versus Vayne build consist of Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Maw of Malmortius. When Graves combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Vayne than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Vayne with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Vayne as Graves, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Graves vs Vayne face-offs, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vayne as Graves are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.