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Warwick vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Warwick in LoLWarwick is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Graves as Warwick

based on 6,589 Warwick vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. In our data, Warwick engaged Graves in 6589 matches. With so many matchups for Warwick vs Graves provides us confidence in our ability to produce useful statistics and a supported build to counter your opposition. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Warwick has to counter Graves in only 4.0% of his rounds.

Warwick vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Warwick does a below average job of countering Graves. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Warwick versus Graves rounds, Warwick’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Graves.

Best Warwick vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRecurve Bow

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageExperimental HexplateTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Death's DanceTerminusIceborn GauntletSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerbarrier summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Graves as Warwick

Tips for Playing as Warwick against Graves

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick vs Graves Counter Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Graves Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.4
6.8
< Deaths >
5.8
6.6
< Assists >
7.3
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
56
< Minions Killed >
53
1.3
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.48
7,208
< Physical Damage >
17,909
8,662
< Magic Damage >
818
756
< True Damage >
1,635
16,627
< Damage Dealt >
20,363
39,493
< Damage Taken >
29,193
11,471
< Gold Earned >
12,616
1.36
< Towers >
1.68
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
21,233
< Total Healing >
13,466
13,157
< Experience >
14,110
19
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
6
281
< Time Dealing CC >
489

How to Counter Graves with Warwick in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some valuable Warwick against Graves matchup statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Graves..

Warwick typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Graves. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Warwick and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Warwick
Graves

Who is Better, Warwick or Graves?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Warwick usually loses when playing against Graves, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes a bad counter for Graves.

While Warwick does have a lower win rate than Graves, when they face off with one another, Warwick also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Warwick into Graves.

Moreover, Warwick has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Warwick is a somewhat poor counter to Graves. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Graves.

Other Champion Matchups Against Warwick

Warwick Loses Against

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Warwick Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.1% winrateGwenGwen54.7% winrateZoeZoe54.6% winrateLee SinLee Sin54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Warwick, we analyzed 6,589 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 Warwick 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Warwick to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Warwick often racks up a similar amount of CS as Graves. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Warwick versus Graves build consist of Spirit Visage, Experimental Hexplate, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Graves than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Warwick had an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Graves with this build.

To have the best probability of crushing Graves as Warwick, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Warwick vs Graves clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Graves as Warwick are displayed for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.