Olaf with Graves
How to Synergize Olaf and Graves
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Olaf Graves Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Graves
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Graves
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Graves Synergy Stats
How to Play with Graves as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Graves helps Olaf perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Olaf tries to synergize with Graves, he sees a small decrease in his total damage output. This change may signal that Graves does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played alongside Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Graves.
Additionally, when Olaf plays with Graves on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Graves does a decent job of covering Olaf in team fights.
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Graves?
There is no one best companion for Olaf that will always be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Graves is a very typical ally for Olaf. By being on the same side as Olaf, he decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 48.4%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Olaf and Graves that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Graves has a lower difficulty than Olaf. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Graves allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Olaf players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Olaf and Graves together, you probably will not be granting your team a lot of support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Graves ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Olaf to pair well with Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to build first in your Olaf and Graves synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Ravenous Hydra. When Olaf combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Graves than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Olaf boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when playing alongside Graves with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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