Graves with Galio
How to Synergize Graves and Galio
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Graves Galio Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Galio
Tips for Playing as Graves with Galio
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.
Advice to Understand How Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Graves Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Graves in LoL
The Graves Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Graves sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Galio helps Graves perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Graves is an ally to Galio, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Galio provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played alongside Galio on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Galio.
Moreover, when Graves plays with Galio on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Galio does a decent job of protecting Graves during teamfights.
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Is Graves better when played alongside Galio?
There is no ideal ally for Graves that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, Galio is a very typical teammate for Graves. By locking into the same team as Graves, he improves their win rate by 0.3% to 50.8%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Graves and Galio that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Galio has a greater difficulty than Graves. That means Graves players should be careful when enlisting Galio allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Graves and Galio together, you will not be granting your other teammates enough crowd control. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Galio ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves to synergize with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to use in your Graves and Galio synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Graves used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Galio than with most other common builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing alongside Galio with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Graves players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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