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Graves with Kayle

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How to Synergize Graves and Kayle

based on 4,853 Graves with Kayle pairs
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Graves has been on the same team as Kayle in 4853 recent, ranked matches. By pooling so much accurate data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Graves synergize with Kayle. It is relatively rare for Graves to play alongside Kayle as teammates. This has only taken place in approx. 2.9% of matches with Graves.

Graves Kayle Synergy Summary

Graves does a decent job of playing alongside Kayle. Normally, he wins an acceptable 51.0% of rounds the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Graves when fighting on the same team as Kayle by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Kayle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Maw of MalmortiusThe CollectorVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Guardian AngelBloodthirsterOpportunityInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Graves to level upq
>
Second ability for Graves to level upe
>
Last skill for Graves to max outw

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Graves's passive ability p
Graves's q ability q
Graves's w ability w
Graves's e ability e
Graves's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
Q
4
W
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Kayle

Tips for Playing as Graves with Kayle

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 Kayle Will Play

Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.

Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.

Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.

Graves Kayle Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Kayle Image
6.8
< Kills >
7.3
5.9
< Deaths >
5.8
6.9
< Assists >
7
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
50
< Minions Killed >
54
1.41
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,043
< Physical Damage >
17,681
802
< Magic Damage >
839
1,598
< True Damage >
1,633
19,443
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
30,004
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,416
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.58
< Towers >
1.72
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
13,770
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,143
< Experience >
14,441
23
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
490
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Kayle as Graves in LoL

The Graves Kayle synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayle, 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 Kayle. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kayle helps Graves perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Graves plays on the same team as Kayle, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This could signal that Kayle does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played together with Kayle on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kayle. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kayle.

Additionally, when Graves plays with Kayle on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Kayle does a poor job of protecting Graves in team fights.

Synergies between Graves and Kayle

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Kayle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Kayle

Is Graves better when played alongside Kayle?

There is no perfect companion for Graves that will always be his best synergy. However, overall, Kayle is a very typical teammate for Graves. By locking into the same side as Graves, she improves their win rate by 0.5% to 51.0%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Graves and Kayle that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Kayle has a much greater difficulty compared to Graves. That means you must be careful when enlisting Kayle allies to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to play well with you.

When playing on the same side, Graves players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by aligning Graves and Kayle together, you may not be giving your team enough support. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Kayle ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Kayle Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Kayle, we analyzed 4,853 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Graves with Kayle comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves to pair well with Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to get in your Graves and Kayle synergy build include Maw of Malmortius, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Kayle than with many other common builds. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 51.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kayle with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Kayle with Graves are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.