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Graves with Naafiri

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How to Synergize Graves and Naafiri

based on 1,492 Graves with Naafiri pairs
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Graves has been on the same team as Naafiri in 1492 recent, competitive matches. By pooling so much accurate data directly from the publishers of LoL, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Graves play with Naafiri. It is very rare for Graves to play alongside Naafiri on the same team. This has only taken place in approx. 0.9% of games with Graves.

Graves Naafiri Synergy Summary

Graves does a average job of synergizing with Naafiri. On average, he wins an acceptable 50.5% of matches the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Graves when playing with Naafiri by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Naafiri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

OpportunityVoltaic CycloswordHubrisBlack Cleaver

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 ForceArmor
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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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Naafiri

Tips for Playing as Graves with Naafiri

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 Naafiri Will Play

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Graves Naafiri Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Naafiri Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.3
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
7.3
< Assists >
7
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
53
< Minions Killed >
54
1.56
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,295
< Physical Damage >
17,681
851
< Magic Damage >
839
1,666
< True Damage >
1,633
19,812
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
29,806
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,797
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.8
< Towers >
1.72
0.39
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
13,985
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,578
< Experience >
14,441
23
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
502
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Naafiri as Graves in LoL

The Graves Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 Naafiri. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Naafiri helps Graves perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Graves is an ally to Naafiri, he gets a little drop in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Naafiri does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played with Naafiri on the same team, 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 Naafiri.

Additionally, when Graves plays with Naafiri on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Graves in team fights.

Synergies between Graves and Naafiri

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Naafiri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Naafiri

Is Graves better when played alongside Naafiri?

There is no top synergy for Graves that will always be his top synergy. However, Naafiri is a very typical companion for Graves. By playing on the same team as Graves, they has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 50.5%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Graves and Naafiri that allows them to perform at the same level together than alone.

Naafiri has a lower difficulty than Graves. That means Graves players don't need to be careful when enlisting Naafiri comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by bringing Graves and Naafiri together, you probably will not be providing your side very much magical damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Naafiri teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Naafiri Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Naafiri, we analyzed 1,492 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 Naafiri 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 synergize with Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to prioritize in your Graves and Naafiri synergy build include Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with most other typical builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Naafiri with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Graves players 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 runes players picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.

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