Lee Sin vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Lee Sin
based on 6,062 Lee Sin vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Graves
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Advice to Win Against Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Lee Sin vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some important Lee Sin versus Graves counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Graves’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Graves..
Lee Sin typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Graves. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Graves
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Graves?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Graves, with a 46.7% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Graves.
While Lee Sin does have a lower win rate compared to Graves, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lee Sin into Graves.
Moreover, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lee Sin is a garbage counter for Graves. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin on average racks up less CS compared to Graves. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Lee Sin versus Graves build include Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Graves than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 46.7% when countering Graves with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Graves as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, 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 Lee Sin vs Graves counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.
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