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Destroy him in the early game because he becomes a monster late game. Perma invade him.
Dr. Mundo
You outscale him. Just perma invade him in the early game because his clear is really bad.
Ekko
He outscales you but you destroy him in the early game. Invade him and take all his camps.
Elise
Annoying matchup but you should win most of the times. Invade her early and dodge her E with your E.
Evelynn
Annoying late game but early game u counter her. Go invade her and take all of her camps.
Fiddlesticks
Invade him and make sure to take Fleet so he doesn't fear you while you are in Phase Rush.
Gragas
Stomp him early game, after that he is not a threat.
Hecarim
50/50 matchup. Make sure he doesn't get ahead in farm. Be careful because he deals a lot of damage with conq stacked. Take ignite and dont fall behind.
Ivern
Lol.
Jarvan IV
It's impossible to lose this matchup.
Karthus
Perma invade early, should be a free game.
Kayn
Can be a pain in the *** if he get's ahead. Make sure u build accordingly to his form and always ward your raptors.
Kha'Zix
Personally I hate this matchup. U can try taking ehxuast to shut him down. You outscale him but in the mid game he destroys you while isolated.
Kindred
Touch matchup for Graves because he outranges you after a few stacks. Make sure you stomp him early and always make sure you take the camps with the marks. Also play for the 1st crab that has a mark.
Lee Sin
He beats you early game but late game you hard outscale him. Be careful because he will probably invade you at level 3.
Master Yi
He can only beat you if the game goes past 30+ minutes. Invade him early and stomp him.
Nidalee
Nidalee is similar to Graves in playstile. Make sure you are the one invading because early game you are stronger. Just dodge her spear and you should be good.
Nocturne
Kinda hard to 1v1 him becuase of his annoying fear but as long as you dont have Phase Rush and you have ignite you should win. Also try to bait his W so he doesn't block your smoke screen.
Nunu & Willump
Not that much of a threat. Make sure you buy healing reduction and put deep wards in his jungle. Also make sure your laners always have prio for crab because he will outsmite you.
Olaf
As long as you try to outscale him and you bait out his R you should be good. Having ignite helps a lot aswell. Dont recomand invading.
Rammus
Good luck dealing damage to him. Invade early and pray you are not full ad.
Rek'Sai
Can be a hard matchup if she plays it well. Make sure to W her when she comes out of her W and out of her R. As long as you dodge her stun (you can dodge it with your E if you are fast enough) you should be good.
Rengar
Personally I find this matchup really annoying but you should win most of the times. Always W him when he jumps out of a bush and play Phase Rush so you can stomp him early.
Sejuani
She doesn't do damage to you but you don't really do damage to her. Dodge her R because it's really predictable. No one plays the champion anyway.
Sett
He can run you down but doesn't really do that much damage because you can dodge his W with your E. Also use your W when he tries to R you. After level 10 or so you should beat him most of the times anyway.
Shaco
Take sweeper and run him down. Easy matchup.
Shyvana
Invade her early game because she can't beat you 1v1. Easy matchup.
Skarner
He can 1v1 you early game if he has red. Also late game it's literally imposibble for you to kill him because he has 700+ MS. Would recomand Serylda's Grudge.
Sylas
Legit the easiest matchup for graves. Game should be over if they have Sylas jungle.
Taliyah
Easy matchup if she's jungle because you can perma invade her. Really annoying if she's mid because she makes the game unplayable.
Vi
Really easy matchup, dodge her Q with your E because it's really predictable.
Volibear
Hard matchup early game because he simply runs you down. Try to avoid pre 6 fights and dodge his E.
Warwick
Annoying matchup but playable if you take ignite and fleet footwork. Bait his E and you should be fine.
Wukong
He doesn't really take damage because of his passive but you can kite him out pretty easy.
Xin Zhao
Kinda hard matchup because you can't really out run him. Try to get in his face when he usses his R.
Udyr
Late game you destroy him but early game he is annoying especially if he plays tiger form. Be careful early game and don't fall behind.
Zac
Super easy matchup. Game should be free. Contest crabs and take his jungle.
Yasuo
Makes the game unplayable because he can block every single ability that you have. Dont pick Graves in Yasuo.
Yuumi
Gives you a lot of sustain in team fights+CC.
Lulu
Really good for 2v5ing.
Nautilus
Great for invading.
Shen
His R can get you out of troublesome situations.
Braum
Kinda hard to stack his passive because of your passive.
Synergies
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Yuumi
Gives you a lot of sustain in team fights+CC.
Lulu
Really good for 2v5ing.
Nautilus
Great for invading.
Shen
His R can get you out of troublesome situations.
Braum
Kinda hard to stack his passive because of your passive.
Hello, I'm Dogeuwdogeuw and hopefully I will teach you how to play graves. I have reached Diamond, Master and Grandmaster playing Graves in the span of one yea. I peaked Rank 2 on graves with a 78% win rate out of 110 games. I belive you can learn the role (as in Jungle) pretty easily if you play Graves. So, let's get started.
Pro's and Con's
Pros: - He can clear jungle really fast.
- He can contest objectives really easy.
- 1v9 potential.
- Really fun to play and master.
- His W is giga broken.
- Good for early/mid/late game.
- Can be blind picked.
- Really versatile.
Cons: - Hard to master.
- No CC.
- His auto attacks can feel clucky at first.
- Short range for a ranged champion.
- Needs to be played like a melle assasin.
- Kinda usseles if he falls behind.
- Can't fight in minion waves.
When to pick
Graves excelles in full AD team comps because of his true grit passive from E.
You should pick graves if they have a lot of melle/short ranged champions.
Avoid from picking Graves if they have a lot of ranged champions.
Also, champions with a lot of MS or big gapclosers can dodge your basic attacks.
Jungle pathing
Path 1) Red-Raptors-Wolves-Blue-Gromp-Scuddle (most standard path, good if u have prio mid/top)
Path 2) Red-Blue-Gromp-Wolvez-Raptros-Scuddle (good if you fear of getting invaded)
Path 3) Red-Invade (good if they have weak early game champions)
Path 4) 6 camps into crab( don't really recommend)
Path 5) Two camps into invade (usually blue-gromp-invade)
How to gank as Graves
Graves doesn't have any hard CC like Sejuani or Rammus so you need to be carefull when ganking.
Try to close the gap between the enemy and the tower with your W.
Always stay ahead of the enemy in case he flashes.
Don't fight in minion waves because you will lose.
Don't force ganks. If enemy laners are pushed in just go and invade.
Outro
Thank you for reading my guide and I hope I managed to share so tips/tricks about Graves and about Jungle in general.
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