User blog comment:N00bpl0x/Why are some ADCs considered superior to the others/@comment-4878039-20130628201245/@comment-1985493-20130629141633

As a person who mained Graves for a little while, I thought that as well, but only now I realized Graves's burst as an adc is probably the highest in-game. With just a BT, Zeal,   Last Whisper, and Zerk Greaves, he has enough stats to make his abilities hit like a truck and still be a strong autoattacker. In fact, I heard on the LCS that he's probably the best 6-item adc due to his short range or something like that. Regardless, he does have a place in the game, but hes not top tier unfortunately :(