Nilah vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Nilah
based on 2,495 Nilah vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several strategic Nilah vs. Graves counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Graves..
Nilah usually has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. On average, they takes less damage than Graves. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nilah and Graves
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Who is Better, Nilah or Graves?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when trying to fight Graves, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes a good counter for Graves.
While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Graves, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nilah into Gravesas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Nilah also 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 isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Graves matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nilah is a decent counter for Graves. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nilah to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah usually accumulates much more CS relative to Graves. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nilah versus Graves build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah incorporated at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better vs Graves than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 51.7% battling Graves with these items in their kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Graves as Nilah, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nilah vs Graves clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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