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Graves with Mordekaiser

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How to Synergize Graves and Mordekaiser

based on 11,563 Graves with Mordekaiser pairs
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
6.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Graves has fought alongside Mordekaiser in 11563 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the developers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can give you robust, accurate builds to help Graves synergize with Mordekaiser. It is somewhat uncommon for Graves to play with Mordekaiser as teammates. This has only occurred in approximately 6.9% of games with Graves.

Graves Mordekaiser Synergy Summary

Graves has done a decent job of synergizing with Mordekaiser. On average, he wins an acceptable 51.9% of rounds the champions play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Graves when fighting on the same team as Mordekaiser by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Graves vs Mordekaiser Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkYoumuu's Ghostblade

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelBloodthirsterInfinity EdgeLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Graves to level upq
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Second ability for Graves to level upe
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Last skill for Graves to max outw

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Graves's passive ability p
Graves's q ability q
Graves's w ability w
Graves's e ability e
Graves's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Q
4
W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Mordekaiser

Tips for Playing as Graves with Mordekaiser

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.

Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

Advice to Understand How Mordekaiser Will Play

Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.

Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.

Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

Graves Mordekaiser Synergy Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Mordekaiser Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.3
5.6
< Deaths >
5.8
6.9
< Assists >
7
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
52
< Minions Killed >
54
1.59
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,536
< Physical Damage >
17,681
801
< Magic Damage >
839
1,625
< True Damage >
1,633
19,963
< Damage Dealt >
20,153
29,726
< Damage Taken >
29,908
12,755
< Gold Earned >
12,774
1.81
< Towers >
1.72
0.39
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
14,065
< Total Healing >
13,908
14,521
< Experience >
14,441
24
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
497
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Play with Mordekaiser as Graves in LoL

The Graves Mordekaiser synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Mordekaiser, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Graves sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Mordekaiser. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Mordekaiser helps Graves perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Graves is paired with Mordekaiser, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Mordekaiser does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played with Mordekaiser on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Mordekaiser.

Additionally, when Graves plays with Mordekaiser on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Mordekaiser does a decent job of covering Graves in team fights.

Synergies between Graves and Mordekaiser

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Mordekaiser
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Graves
Mordekaiser

Is Graves better when played alongside Mordekaiser?

There is no perfect companion for Graves that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Mordekaiser is a pretty good ally for Graves. By being on the same team as Graves, he raises their win rate by 1.4% to 51.9%. This shows that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Graves and Mordekaiser that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Mordekaiser has a greater difficulty than Graves. That means you should be cautious when finding Mordekaiser teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Playing together, Graves players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by bringing Graves and Mordekaiser together, you may not be providing your side much utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Mordekaiser ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves Mordekaiser Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Graves and Mordekaiser, we analyzed 11,563 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Graves with Mordekaiser comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to pair well with Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important items to use in your Graves and Mordekaiser synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Graves included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Mordekaiser than with many other common item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when playing alongside Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.

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