Graves vs Zeri
How to Beat Zeri as Graves
based on 1,837 Graves vs Zeri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Zeri Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zeri as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Zeri
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 Zeri Counter Stats
How to Counter Zeri with Graves in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some influential Graves versus Zeri counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zeri’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zeri..
Graves typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zeri. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Zeri
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Who is Better, Graves or Zeri?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when facing off against Zeri, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a great counter to Zeri.
While Graves does have a much higher win rate than Zeri, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Graves into Zeri.
Furthermore, Graves also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zeri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Zeri matchups, Graves is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Graves is a great counter for Zeri. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Zeri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves to counter Zeri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves on average picks up a lot less CS as Zeri. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Graves versus Zeri build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Graves incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Zeri than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 54.0% when playing against Zeri with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Zeri as Graves, Graves players 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 runes players picked for Graves vs Zeri face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.0% winrate overall.
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