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How to Synergize Jarvan IV with Graves on the Same TeamJarvan IV is in the b tier of champions

Jarvan IV with Graves

How to Win With Jarvan IV and Graves Paired TogetherJarvan IV is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Jarvan IV and Graves

based on 410 Jarvan IV with Graves pairs
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Jarvan IV has fought alongside Graves in 410 recently played, ranked games. By pooling so much accurate data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you robust, usable builds to help Jarvan IV synergize with Graves. It is very rare for Jarvan IV to play with Graves on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 0.7% of matches with Jarvan IV.

Jarvan IV Graves Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Jarvan IV does a awful job of synergizing with Graves. On average, he wins a poor 45.9% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Jarvan IV when fighting on the same team as Graves by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Jarvan IV vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Jarvan IV Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

EclipseSpear of ShojinBloodsongExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Jarvan IV to level upq
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Second ability for Jarvan IV to level upe
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Last skill for Jarvan IV to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Jarvan IV's passive ability p
Jarvan IV's q ability q
Jarvan IV's w ability w
Jarvan IV's e ability e
Jarvan IV's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Jarvan IV and Graves

Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV with Graves

Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.

You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.

Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.

Advice to Understand How Graves Will Play

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.

Jarvan IV Graves Synergy Stats

Jarvan IV Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
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5.5
< Kills >
5.6
6.9
< Deaths >
6
11.9
< Assists >
12.3
1.29
< Killing Sprees >
1.28
85
< Minions Killed >
38
0.48
< Dragons Killed >
1.35
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.5
14,126
< Physical Damage >
13,178
1,794
< Magic Damage >
1,357
900
< True Damage >
862
16,822
< Damage Dealt >
15,397
29,039
< Damage Taken >
31,971
11,211
< Gold Earned >
11,441
2.12
< Towers >
1.83
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
7,022
< Total Healing >
12,650
13,031
< Experience >
13,208
34
< Vision Score >
24
13
< Wards Placed >
7
322
< Time Dealing CC >
478

How to Play with Graves as Jarvan IV in LoL

The Jarvan IV Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Jarvan IV sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Graves helps Jarvan IV perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Jarvan IV tries to synergize with Graves, he gets a clear improvement in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Graves helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Jarvan IV is played with Graves 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 alongside Graves.

Additionally, when Jarvan IV plays with Graves on the same side, he usually takes less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Graves does a decent job of protecting Jarvan IV during teamfights.

Synergies between Jarvan IV and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Jarvan IV
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Jarvan IV
Graves

Is Jarvan IV better when played alongside Graves?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Jarvan IV that will always be his ideal ally. However, overall, Graves is a below average teammate for Jarvan IV. By being on the same team as Jarvan IV, he drops their win rate by -2.7% to 45.9%. This demonstrates that there is a bad synergy between Jarvan IV and Graves that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Graves has a lower difficulty than Jarvan IV. That means Jarvan IV players don't need to be cautious when finding Graves comrades to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting together, Jarvan IV players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by bringing Jarvan IV and Graves together, you will not be granting your other teammates a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Graves teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Jarvan IV Players

How We Calculated Our Jarvan IV Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Jarvan IV and Graves, we analyzed 410 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 Jarvan IV with Graves 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 truly master Jarvan IV to pair well with Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Jarvan IV and Graves synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Graves than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 45.9% helping carry Graves with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Relentless Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Graves with Jarvan IV are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.