Graves with Heimerdinger
How to Synergize Graves and Heimerdinger
based on 2,189 Graves with Heimerdinger pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Graves Heimerdinger Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Graves with Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger Will Play
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
Graves Heimerdinger Synergy Stats
How to Play with Heimerdinger as Graves in LoL
The Graves Heimerdinger synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Heimerdinger, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Heimerdinger. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Heimerdinger helps Graves perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Graves is paired with Heimerdinger, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Heimerdinger does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played with Heimerdinger on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Heimerdinger. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Heimerdinger.
Additionally, when Graves plays with Heimerdinger on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Heimerdinger does a poor job of protecting Graves in teamfights.
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Is Graves better when played alongside Heimerdinger?
There is no one best ally for Graves that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, Heimerdinger is a very typical ally for Graves. By playing on the same side as Graves, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 51.1%. This proves that there is only a small strategic relationship between Graves and Heimerdinger that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Heimerdinger has a much greater difficulty compared to Graves. That means Graves players must be very careful when enlisting Heimerdinger comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much higher level of skill to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Graves and Heimerdinger together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates very much utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Heimerdinger teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Graves to work well with Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Graves and Heimerdinger synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 51.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Graves and Heimerdinger pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.1% win rate overall.
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