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How to Win Volibear vs Graves Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Graves as Volibear

based on 3,117 Volibear vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
1.64
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Graves as Volibear resulted from an evaluation of 3117 ranked games where both champs fought one another. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Volibear has to counter Graves in only 3.9% of his rounds.

Volibear vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear does a poor job of beating Graves. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.0% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Volibear against Graves matches, Volibear’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Graves.

Best Volibear vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Titanic HydraSterak's GageFrozen HeartJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
PrecisionPresence of MindLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
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W
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Graves as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Graves Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Graves Image
5.2
< Kills >
7.5
6.4
< Deaths >
5.5
5.3
< Assists >
7.1
1.18
< Killing Sprees >
1.72
135
< Minions Killed >
53
0.47
< Dragons Killed >
1.5
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.5
10,387
< Physical Damage >
18,180
7,731
< Magic Damage >
848
623
< True Damage >
1,620
18,742
< Damage Dealt >
20,650
32,935
< Damage Taken >
29,289
11,435
< Gold Earned >
12,763
2.45
< Towers >
1.78
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
8,389
< Total Healing >
13,898
14,159
< Experience >
14,379
18
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
6
607
< Time Dealing CC >
495

How to Counter Graves with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some vital Volibear versus Graves matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Graves’s ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Graves..

Volibear normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Graves. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Graves

Who is Better, Volibear or Graves?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when trying to fight Graves, with a 47.0% win rate. As a result, Volibear makes a poor counter to Graves.

While Volibear does have a lower win rate than Graves, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Volibear into Graves.

Furthermore, Volibear has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Volibear is a bad counter for Graves. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Volibear against Graves.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

LilliaLillia42% winrateTeemoTeemo43.9% winrateTaricTaric44% winrateGangplankGangplank44.6% winrate

Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Volibear, we analyzed 3,117 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Graves as Volibear comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Volibear to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear usually racks up more CS relative to Graves. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Volibear versus Graves build include Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Graves than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Volibear had an average winrate of 47.0% when countering Graves with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Graves as Volibear, Volibear players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Volibear vs Graves LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.

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