"Instead of possessing infinite ammo like everyone else"
Jhin: Am I a joke to you?
DarkStar-njfj
Why does everyone play Graves? Shotgun.
BaronRodney
10:02 my favorite 6 item graves build, with 2 mythic items and 40% crit IE
Ivoravoid
I think Vars is underselling how versatile graves is in the jungle. It’s not just about build and runes, it’s also about play style. He’s not just a strong scaling champion and power farming jungler, he’s strong early and can beat most junglers 1v1 which allows him to invade. He’s one of the few junglers that you’ll see gank at level 2 because he has one of the strongest level 2 power spikes in the game. He can split push and team fight, and of course, he can power farm. Being so unpredictable makes it very difficult to play against him, but the graves player has to understand what combination of runes and items and pathing is required to win a game, which helps explain why challenger players have such high win rates and bronze graves players have such low win rates
derek
I just miss adc graves and his amazing auto animation
jensjensen
I was always scared of playing him because he was such a Pro Player jungler and I didn’t want to mess up. But one day he was free to play and I tried him out. Instantly I was like “Oh, I get it now! This guy is insane.”
Someday I’ll come back and put some serious time into him. But I want to focus on my mains (Eve, Kayn, Hecarim) and learning to climb.
kylecurtis
Hecarim and Graves are what I call "Toolbox" champions, because they provide a good amount of everything essentially, therefore good players are extremely strong because they can utilize everything he has to offer properly, and bad people still can do well because his kit is simple enough and provides enough simply utility to make it possible to play even if the pilot is bad
AnalysisParalysis-fn
I think Graves is also an extremely strong early game as well, can invade most junglers in their first clear and can tempo and snowball hard.
rayhanakram
You can also kill lane graves if he runs out of mana. Nobody ever thinks of it bc he is mainly a jungler, but he has huge mana costs, and his prefered playstile is to perma shove the wave, meaning he will probably have to use 1 q every wave, or every 30 seconds, more if he wants to poke under tower
alexz
Every time I play Graves I always have a ritual of putting on a DOOM track and playing with it on. There's just something about Graves and his whole kit that just illicits boomer shooter vibes to me in ways I cannot put into words, but I love every minute of it no matter if I win or lose.
CheerfulMiniatreSapling
his w is busted and he's one of the best skirmishers in the game
tunabros
Graves is the definition of "no shit all skill." Even when an item becomes OP on him you still have to be mechanically good at Graves to manage his weird hitboxes. He's very easy to learn but very tough to master and while a Silver can play him effectively and get decent farm seeing an incredibly good Graves player is scary.
TigerKirby
Sounds like low ELO players Gravely overestimate their own strengths
deadpool
Out of everythin you missed out on the one key component of Graves that makes peolple want to play him.
He.
Has.
A.
BIG.
GUN.
doraklive
So, I experienced an interaction with Graves on Teemo the other day. I blinded him then he proceeded to auto me and do less damage than normal. Another two times in the same match I blinded him and he proceeded to auto for less damage on a different champion. Just felt the timing of this video was a well-timed coincidence to alert people about this whether they have the Graves or the Teemo. I believe the Teemo blind only blocks one of Graves' auto attack projectiles instead of all of them.
quickredfx
Ahhhh I was wondering when you were going to make this vid, I love him. He's my main, lol, ty.
samueldacruz
when he said "...even diamond players who are hardstuck 48% winrate on graves" i swear tobias fate popped into my head
julesedelweiss
i dont if anyone can relate to this but the reason i like playing graves is that he sorta reminds me of doom guy from doom when it comes to gameplay, i would go fleeting footwork and run and gun my enemies shouting "FUCK THEM DEMONS" in my discord withmy friends.
tyronegundran
When I play graves, the biggest problem I have is running out of mana if I don”t take at least 1 mana item. That’s pretty much one of his only weaknesses.
dla
Reworked graves was the original Tank Assassin champion, due to his old E as you said and his sustain with items.
