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Graves with Nami

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How to Synergize Graves and Nami

based on 4,984 Graves with Nami pairs
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Graves has been on the same team as Nami in 4984 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much accurate data from the hosts of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high quality, usable builds to help Graves play with Nami. It is relatively rare for Graves to play with Nami on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in about 3.0% of games with Graves.

Graves Nami Synergy Summary

Graves has done a decent job of synergizing with Nami. Typically, he wins an acceptable 51.5% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Graves when playing with Nami by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Nami Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Doran's BladeSerrated Dirk

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

OpportunityBloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Graves to level upq
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Second ability for Graves to level upe
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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
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Nami

Tips for Playing as Graves with Nami

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 Nami Will Play

Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.

Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.

Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.

Graves Nami Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Nami Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.3
5.6
< Deaths >
5.8
6.7
< Assists >
7
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
55
< Minions Killed >
54
1.55
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,512
< Physical Damage >
17,681
1,167
< Magic Damage >
839
1,624
< True Damage >
1,633
20,303
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
30,087
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,780
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.76
< Towers >
1.72
0.38
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
13,796
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,392
< Experience >
14,441
23
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
496
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Nami as Graves in LoL

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

When Graves is an ally to Nami, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Nami supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played together with Nami on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Nami. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nami.

Moreover, when Graves plays with Nami on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Nami does a poor job of covering Graves during teamfights.

Synergies between Graves and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Nami

Is Graves better when played alongside Nami?

There is no perfect synergy for Graves that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Nami is a pretty good teammate for Graves. By being on the same side as Graves, she improves their win rate by 1.0% to 51.5%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important bond between Graves and Nami that allows them to perform better together than without each other.

Nami has a greater difficulty than Graves. That means you must be cautious when arranging Nami teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to do well with you.

Working together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by grouping Graves and Nami together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a great deal of engage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Nami ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Nami Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Nami, we analyzed 4,984 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 Nami 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Graves to synergize with Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to use in your Graves and Nami synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Nami than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Graves had an average win rate of 51.5% helping carry Nami with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you 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 combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Nami with Graves are presented for every ranked division. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.