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They cant handle the Attack Speed (Season 3 Graves ADC)

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Spells:

Flash

Barrier

Items

Startup Items

First Back

Second back

Essential Items

Optional AS Items

Defensive Items

Full Build 1

Full Build 3

Ability Order

Graves Passive Ability

Introduction

Hi, my name is SoftiNEW (EUW) and i love to play Graves. I gotta admit, right now im not the best in form of rankings, but im just working myself up.
Well i dont know what i should write now, so... go ahead and read the rest of my guide.

for life!

Reasons

You are probably asking yourself:
"Why should i play Graves on such a high Attack Speed level and not just use my runes to get more AD?"
My answer to that is:
The combination of his high Life Steal you have early game from and and the Attack Speed you get from your runes and from and and your E Ability makes it really hard for the enemy ADC to 1v1 you if you two get into an early exchange. Late game you will be able to hopefully outburst him with the strong abilitys Graves has. Also, 's active in combination with makes you really hard to get down.

Pros/Cons

Pros+

+High Burst
+Gap Closer/Escape Spell
+Attack Speed Boost
+Magic Restist+Armor Boost

Cons-

-Easy to outrange
-Spell dependent
-Mana Hungry

Items

Well, i said the most about Items in my "Reasons" Chapter, but i think i can make you believe in this build even more.

The reason i start with and two s is just as simple as you want to outsustain the enemy early game. "But a grants 5 Health per Auto Attack and 80 Base Health!!11!" Yes, i know but with two s you basically get 300 bonus Health while in lane, and you can counter the 80 base Health with your high damaging early game . But you can also start with a if you plan to play defensive in lane.

and are pretty standard for an ADC, so i don't have to say so much about it, but that you will eventually build the Vamp Scepter into .

On your second trip back, you should be able to afford a and a followed by one or two daggers. The is going to be build into a and your into for early penetration.

The next items you need are and to get the Attack Speed and Crit. Chance/Damage.

Whether or not the Attack Speed is STILL not enough for you, go ahead and buy a to replace .

In case that you are getting pwned really hard, you should think about buying a , or . But if the enemy ADC goes like 20/0 you should 100% buy a to not become 0/20.

The Full Build Options I gave are the ones i used in the past. But you can just go ahead and make your own build from the Items given in this Build.

Abilities

I usually start with his Q Ability to get this early game burst. For those who don't know: The more Bullets hit your target the more damage Buckshot deals. So you deal most damage when your enemy stand right in front of you. This Ability scales on AD.

I take the E as second Ability. gives you a pretty solid AS boost for 4 seconds. Scaling 30%/40%/50%/60%/70% Attack Speed per level, you can get insane late game attack speed by using it. Further more, you can use it to get through some walls. I will leave you figuring out which ones you can get over and which not. Have fun.

His W Ability is not as good to use in combat as to engage/disengage a bot lane fight, because it slows and blocks your target enemys line of sight just like a Ult, for 4 seconds. Scales on AP.

His Ultimate Ability is his most damage dealing Ability. In combination with and you can close up to low health enemys and then use the insane wide range that it has after or before exploding, dealing damage once or even twice if you perfectly hit your enemy with the Ultimate so it explodes in a cone behind the target.

His passive makes him one of the best 1v1 AD Carrys in game. The longer your enemy fights you, the stronger you get. Thats another good reason to buy Attack Speed and Life Steal.

Runes

Standard Rune Set

x4 gives you a bit more AD to get the burst that is normal for Graves.
x5 gives you the Attack Speed that this Guide is made for.

x9 is pretty Standard for ADC, to protect yourself from APCs or other AP sources.

x9 is Standard aswell, to protect yourself from enemy ADCs or other AD sources.

x2 is essential aswell to get the AD for Graves' burst.
x1 is used for the Attack Speed aswell.

Optional Runes

Greater Mark of Armor Penetrationx4 to replace the Attack Damage is an option for those who want to penetrate their enemys (if you know what i mean).

x1 or x2 can be used to replace the or one or two s for those who want more sustain in lane.

Counters/Synergies

Counters

Graves gets countered mostly by Champs that can outrange or outburst him like

because she has high burst with her passive , and her ult

has a long range with her and can block one of his Abilitys with , what leads to outburst.

outranges him with her Q and can dodge his spells with her .

While those are Champs that counter him, the Champs he counters are mostly champs with poke or close range like

because she has nothing to say against an Attack Speed Graves. She possibly could stun him when shooting him in a wall with her . Her Gap Closer he can counter with .

is a champion that is based on poke. can be easily dodged with or you can just block his sight with . That counts for all his abilities, except , which you can close up to with aswell.

Synergies

Graves perfectly matches with support Champs that have many CC Spells like

with his and who can give you 2 seconds of free damage, and can protect you from skillshots.

has MASSIVE CC income from her and what gives 4 seconds of free damage if the Ult hits perfectly. Also, she has a Gap Closer () which makes it possible to perfectly engage on enemys if played together with Graves'

, or are a perfect choice for offensive laning phase and make it possible to start with because they have a heal. Additionally can grant Graves Mana so it makes a poking lane possible.

Videos

The Graves League of Legends Champion Spotlight:

Last Hitting Guide for overall ADCs:

Positioning Guide for overall ADCs:

Graves Pentakill by Doublelift:

Outro

So... yeah. That was my Graves Attack Speed Attack Damage Carry Guide. I hope I helped some of you with it. I would love to get feedback from you guys, so please write a comment or sth. If you have anything to let me know what i could correct in this guide, please let me know.

Thats it, guys. My name is SoftiNEW and im out.