Focus on last hitting the creeps and also aim to get the enemy in the cone damage of your auto attacks. Melee AD champions: You're in a pretty good spot to snowball the lane. Keep the lane even and gain a gold advantage by zoning the enemy champion with your auto attacks until you are ahead or confident in where the enemy jungler is. Be careful about using your Q to clear minions as this will push you in to the enemy tower and make you incredibly vulnerable to ganks since Graves does not have a reliable escape.
Last hit minions once they have taken residual damage from the opposing wave and use your dash to reset auto attacks if you are going to miss a CS. These are in my opinion and on my actual level (which is low diamond) the two champions graves can't give his best against.īlue : cooldown reduction / magic resist per levelįirst it's best to understand that you're a burst adc and not a bruiser so you won't be able to engage in sustain fights that typically happen in the top lane.
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Renekton -> will survive your burst early on and may outburst you, plus you can't pressure him without risking a lot.įiora -> Even tho she got nerfed, she can use her huge trade potential to rush you once you got one or no ammos left and win the trade if she hits a weak point. Here are the enemies you shouldn't pick graves against :
It is often enough to kill the guy, and if he isn't in the range to get killed, just overpressure him so he can not farm. The classical combo is Auto -> dash -> auto -> Q right after the auto -> R or auto -> R. Once you're level 6, you must surprise your opponent and burst him down. You always want to hit both minions AND the enemy laner with your Q. Never use Q only to get minions, except if the opponent isn't there. You also need to get yourself used to the farm/poke graves mechanic. You must use his pushing power to put a lot of pressure early on, even stand on the lane further than your minions so you can deny the opponent a lot.
Graves is a champion desgined to win his lane and push his opponent. What is the ennemy jungler : Farmer? ganker? stealth?Īnyway I'll try my best giving you general laning tips for graves : What kind of opponent do you have : ranged? melee? agressive? passive? This question is a bit subjective to be honest, because the answer depends on so many factors :