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Elise vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Elise in LoLElise is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Graves as Elise

based on 1,377 Elise vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League games each week. In our database, Elise fought Graves 1377 times. With so many games with Elise versus Graves gives us faith in our ability to produce actionable data and a recommended build to suppress your opponent. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Elise encounters Graves in only 5.0% of her games.

Elise vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Elise has done a terrible job of countering Graves. On average, she wins a lowly 46.7% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Elise versus Graves rounds, Elise’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Graves.

Best Elise vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Elise Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich BaneZhonya's HourglassHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Elise to level upq
>
Second ability for Elise to level upw
>
Last skill for Elise to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Elise's passive ability p
Elise's q ability q
Elise's w ability w
Elise's e ability e
Elise's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Countering Graves as Elise

Tips for Playing as Elise against Graves

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.

Advice to Win Against Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Elise vs Graves Counter Stats

Elise Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Graves Image
7
< Kills >
7.6
6.4
< Deaths >
5.8
7.4
< Assists >
7
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
30
< Minions Killed >
55
1.36
< Dragons Killed >
1.56
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.51
1,209
< Physical Damage >
17,639
15,586
< Magic Damage >
890
1,346
< True Damage >
1,603
18,142
< Damage Dealt >
20,133
29,337
< Damage Taken >
29,682
11,291
< Gold Earned >
13,043
1.38
< Towers >
1.83
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
13,211
< Total Healing >
13,984
12,755
< Experience >
14,608
26
< Vision Score >
23
7
< Wards Placed >
6
170
< Time Dealing CC >
521

How to Counter Graves with Elise in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Elise against Graves matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Graves..

Elise often has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Graves. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Elise and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Elise
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Elise
Graves

Who is Better, Elise or Graves?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Elise usually loses when taking on Graves, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Elise makes a bad counter for Graves.

While Elise does have a lower win rate than Graves, when they face off with one another, Elise also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Elise into Gravesas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Elise has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Elise vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Elise is a garbage counter to Graves. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Graves.

Additional Information for Elise Players

How We Calculated Our Elise vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Elise, we analyzed 1,377 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Graves as Elise comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Elise to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Elise typically picks up less CS relative to Graves. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Elise versus Graves build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Graves than with many other typical builds. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 46.7% battling Graves with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Graves as Elise, Elise players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Elise vs Graves fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.

If you want to view Elise versus Graves tips and counter stats for a a particular skill level, please choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are computed using all matches with data with these champions.