Draven Build Guide by CUBANRAFTRIDER

YOU DO NOT PLAY DRAVEN... DRAVEN PLAYS YOU

Understanding His Greatness

1. Draven is all about apperances, and if you do poorly, Draven looks bad. If Draven looks bad he bounces a Spinning Axe off your face.
2. This is the League of Draven, NOT the League of Legends, before we go any further... this needs to be understood. The League is alive today because Draven allows it.
3. There is no God. Only Draven
4. There is only ONE way to play Draven, and that requires you to ACT like Draven... Now I know right now you are saying, "But, I can't be THAT great..." and you are 150% correct... you can't. BUT with the help of this guide... you will be well on your way.
   

Why Draven?

I will answer this question with another question... Why do you Eat? Why do you Breathe? the answer? Because Draven tells you to... you don't question why you do those things... so why question playing Draven when the answer is so clear...

The Fu Manchu

The Basics

THE BASIC'S IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT... NOTHING DRAVEN DOES IS "BASIC"

1. Draven is the BEST at ruining the enemy AD carry's day. Your job is to harass the s*** out of them with Spinning Axe, BUT on a serious note; FARM, farm is still incredibly important... even for Draven, you need to balance making the other team rage, and farming.
2. There will be moments when the enemy will get cocky and try to bring you down. It's your duty to Draven to put them in their place... Throw Stand Aside get the slow, use Blood Rush, destroy. Keep catching Spinning Axe and using Blood Rush to keep up with them and get most attacks off as you can.

Pro's and Con's

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PROS: +Strong Lane +Damage Overtime +Skill Set +Global Ult + Spinning Axe Crits

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CONS: -VERY squishy -Multi-Tasking -No escapes -Skill cap -Mana troubles

Masteries

There are two main generic Masteries for Draven, I will go over both in detail and why to get them.

Masteries

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• Tier 1: 3 points in Brute Force . 1 point in either Butcher or Summoner's Wrath . If you plan on getting Exhaust or Ignite, then get Summoner's Wrath .
• Tier 2: 4 points in Alacrity for attack speed.
• Tier 3: 4 points in Deadliness for Attack Damage per level. 1 point in Weapon Expertise for 10% Armor Penetration; GREAT mastery.
• Tier 4: 1 point in Lethality for Crit damage, and 3 points in Vampirism ; it gives a small amount of life steal, but it gives you a small amount of lane sustain.
• Tier 5: 3 points in Sunder for armor penetration.
• Tier 6: 1 point in Executioner to increase damage by 6% to champions below 40% health.

• Tier 1: 1 point in Resistance ; this is just a point to save in-case you decide to grab Heal as a summoner spell. If you do then get Summoner's Resolve instead. Then 3 points in Hardiness
• Tier 2: 4 points in Durability for health.
• Tier 3: 1 last point in Veteran's Scars for additional health.

Masteries

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• Same Masteries as above!

• Only mastery you MIGHT be getting is, Summoner's Resolve and that is entirely based on what summoner spell you get!

• Tier 1: 1 point in Summoner's Insight ; for reduced cooldown on Flash. 3 points in Expanded Mind ; for those who have mana issues.
• Tier 2: 1 point in Swiftness ; basically to fill up space and movement speed is always a bonus. ( Swiftness will be what you put your point if you do NOT get Summoner's Resolve ). 3 points in Meditation ; just adds to the effect of Expanded Mind .

Summary:

Page 1: The first set of masteries is a tanky-ish set, this is better if you are going to be getting in fights often in the lane so you don't get blown up quickly. It focus's on fixing Draven's early game squishiness.


Page 2: The second set of masteries, is made for lane sustain, as I mentioned in the Pro's and Cons section. Draven has a serious mana problem. This set of masteries focus's on fixing those issues.

Runes

Depending on what you prefer, there are a couple different ways to build runes on draven. I will cover the Armor Penetration book and the Attack Damage book, along with the Pro's and Cons for both.

Runes
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist 9	Greater Seal of Scaling Armor 9	Greater Mark of Attack Damage 9	Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage 3

Explanation: This rune page is primarilly used for a dominate early game with Draven. With these runes and the masteries listed above. You will have an Attack Damage of 69. Personally this one is my favorite, just because of the fact that Spinning Axe scales with your Attack Damage, so the more you have, the more damage they do.

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PROS: + Spinning Axe +Strong early +Lane Dominance

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Greater Mark of Desolation

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CONS: -Not as strong late -Armor is tough -easily countered

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Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist 9	Greater Seal of Scaling Armor 9	Greater Mark of Armor Penetration 9	Greater Quintessence of Armor Penetration 3

Explanation: This rune page is focused on Armor Penetration, the advantages to this rune page are the great late game potential, and with the amount of Armor pen you get; you will be hitting enemies as if they had no armor at all. However, not incredibly early game dominant but you still get a little extra fire power.

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PROS: +Scales into late +Breaks armor +Reliable

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CONS: -Not Dominate in lane -Harder to do get fed -Low Base AD

Summoner Spells

Flash should ALWAYS be carried on Draven. Since he has limited escapes, he needs to carry something just in case.



Heal is often used for AD carries, it helps if you dont have a support with a heal. Also, great to heal bait and get people to tower dive you!



If you feel you need help in getting kills, or don't have enough CC on your team, then grabbing Exhaust is for you.



Goes great in early fights with Wicked Blades, does entirely too much damage at level one.




Cleanse is perfect if the enemy is a team that can get you in stun locks or just shut you down completely.

These are the only summoner spells that I think should be used with Draven. Any others aren't worth it or he doesn't need them. Ghost can POSSIBLY be used by in my personal opinion I hate it.

Abilities

Wicked Blades

Draven's critical strikes deal 30 + (4 × level) bonus physical damage over 4 seconds. Spinning Axe also causes this effect even if it does not critically strike.

Spinning Axe

Blood Rush

Whirling Death

Ability Sequence

Both Sequence's are VERY similar, except for the fact that instead of leveling Blood Rush first, you level Stand Aside. I have no personal preference between either of these, they are strictly situational. But I will go over each in detail and when to use them.

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Explanation: Under normal circumstances, this is your best bet. In most cases you shouldn't have trouble with the enemy bots. So, you will want to level Blood Rush after Spinning Axe because the two abilities go together perfectly well. You will be able to do much more when your jungle ganks for you with Blood Rush (Read abilities for details)

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Explanation: This sequence I believe should only be used in three situations.

1.If your jungle or support doesn't have the CC to secure a kill in a gank.
2.If your support can give you a large enough movement speed increase, that you are able to catch and kill without Blood Rush
3.(ONLY UNDER DRASTIC MEASURES)If you are being completely dominated and being starved, you might need to use Stand Aside to secure a little farm. It's unlikely but it COULD happen so if the situation arises... you may need to level Stand Aside

Items

The thing about Draven is that he isn't your ordinary everyday AD Carry. However, he is more than capable of playing the stereotypical bot laner, there are other ways to build him that you may in fact enjoy much better. I will go over the three most common.

Item Sequence
Berserker's Greaves 900	The Bloodthirster 3200	The Bloodthirster 3200	Infinity Edge 3800	Phantom Dancer 2800	Guardian Angel 2600

Explanation:
As I said before, you need to understand that Draven isn't your typical AD carry. If you go into a game with that mindset you won't do as well as you could be. Draven Is unique because instead of relying on Auto-attacks, he uses Spinning Axe. The more Attack Damage you have, the more Spinning Axe does. That is the main mindset behind this build. ( Spinning Axe can also crit; hence the Infinity Edge and Phantom Dancer!)

Item Sequence
Berserker's Greaves 900	Infinity Edge 3800	Phantom Dancer 2800	The Bloodthirster 3200	Last Whisper 2300	Guardian Angel 2600

Explanation:
This is the build you will see on most AD Carrys, it incorporates everything that you will need for the game, works well with Draven, however does not fully utilize Spinning Axe which is what makes Draven so much fun and so effective.

Item Explanations

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Berserkers Greaves Unless you need to buy Ninja Tabi or Mercury's Treads stick with beserker's greaves 25% attack speed is often underestimated.

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The Bloodthirster Since Draven revolves around AD the 100 damage (When fully farmed) is essential, plus spinning axes also applies life-steal effects.

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Infinity Edge Core part of any AD Carrys build, even with below 50% crit chance, Infinity Edge gives you +80 AD and increases crit damage. So the random times you DO happen to crit, increases your damage dramatically.

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Phantom Dancer Interchangable with Trinity Force, gives excellent attack speed, and crit chance. The perfect duo with Infinity Edge

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Guardian Angel The revive is invaluable when in group fights... enemies just can't leave you alone either way.

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Last Whisper 40% armor pen is HUGE, for ANY AD Carry, plus it gives you +40 AD. Great for how inexpensive it is.

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Black Cleaver An alternate for Last Whisper, good for continuous attacks on a single champion. 45 reduced armor not only helps you, but your team as well.

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Item Sequence

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Possibly

Depending on how well you are doing in the lane, you decide whether or not you need it. Generally, get a second one if you are losing and don't have enough for anything else.


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Do Not finish Phantom Dancer before The Bloodthirster or Infinity Edge
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What you build this into is entirely up to you either Infinity Edge or The Bloodthirster it's situational and personal preference.

Gameplay

Laning Phase

• This part of the game is where Draven shines brightest.
• In almost all circumstances you will be going bot; As most AD carries should. So as you would any other carry, you are going to want to farm as much as you possibly can. This will be your priority make sure to Last Hit.
• As well as securing as much farm as possible, Draven is capable of harassing the enemies at the same time. You need to balance out farm and harassing. Find what you are most comfortable with and stick with that. You also need to keep in mind who your support is; anyone with a stun is excellent with Draven.

Mid/Late Game

• Ult: Very useful if used correctly, but you NEED to use it properly. To get maximum damage you need to make sure the person you are aiming for has no minions or other champs in the way. This is VERY important. Damage drops drastically if it hits other things in the way.
• Positioning: Since Draven doesn't have any form of positioning skills, its up to you to move him into the right places in fights. Positioning is EVERYTHING for an AD carry, its the difference between your team winning or losing. You need to stay back far enough to avoid as much damage as possible BUT close enough to do as much damage as possible... This takes some practice.
• Wards: Now I know that this isn't the AD Carries job, but if your support is being stubborn and refusing to ward, and your team won't either. You might have to. Warding is possibly the most important part of the game. If you have vision of the map, you can catch the other team unawares. Which can easily lead to a victory. However if you do NOT have wards the tables can be easily turned.

Updates

Trinity Force's slow has been nerfed in the Elise Patch. So unless you are a major fan of it. It would be must more cost effective to purchase Phantom Dancer!

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