Graves vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Graves
based on 4,719 Graves vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Graves vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Graves against Vi counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vi..
Graves typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Vi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Vi
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Who is Better, Graves or Vi?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vi, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Graves makes an ok counter to Vi.
While Graves does have a lower winrate compared to Vi, when facing one another, Graves also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Vi.
Additionally, Graves has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a similar 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 somewhat poor counter to Vi. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves in order to counter Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually picks up more CS compared to Vi. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Graves versus Vi build consist of Infinity Edge, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Vi than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Vi with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Vi as Graves, you should take 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 players chose for Graves vs Vi battles, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.3% winrate overall.
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