Graves/Strategy

Skill usage

 * can be used to cross thin walls (such as those at the mid-river bushes).
 * Graves can push a lane easily by throwing both and  to clear a minion wave.
 * Throw a on your target, close the gap with, and fire a close-range  for a high damage combo.
 * Be aware of the sight reduction of . It will allow you to set up a gank onto your lane successfully because the target will not be able to see an incoming champion.
 * Try to use at the beginning of a teamfight when your enemies stay close together, allowing you to hit multiple targets.
 * When the champion against you has a blink(for example: ), and he attemps to engage to you, throw a to where he blinked, and quickly dash away, that will leave you opponment visionless.
 * By using smart cast, you can cast and  together in such a way that you dash back while shooting the three bullets of  in front of you. Use this combo to finish off enemies with low hp and make a quick escape.

Build usage

 * Due to the fact that has only his  to slow enemies,  and the items it builds into are extremely useful.
 * With enough cooldown reduction and attack speed it is possible to bring down to around 2 seconds downtime.
 * Due to the high AD ratios on and, stacking items that provide AD is a great way to increase Graves' damage output.  and/or  are both excellent items on . Stacking  is viable on him as well.

Countering

 * Try to engange when all of his ability are on cooldown as his damage output mainly comes from his abilities.
 * Consider investing in early armor to mitigate his damage at early game.
 * When he uses his, Try to split up with your allies as it can deals tons of damage to your team.
 * Quickly move out from the AoE from his . The debuff only last when you are inside the AoE.
 * Also, Save your spells until you move away from the AoE of the as the vision loss can lead to the loss of your target.
 * Avoid extended skirmishes with Graves as he gains armor and magic resistance as the battle rages on, especially if he has lifesteal. With lifesteal, he is much more resilient and the additional armor can make an expected kill to a close call.

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