Perry Norman breaks down why Graves is A-tier instead of S++: his damage is incredible, especially with Hubris Collector, but he gets one-shot when positioned wrong. Below Diamond, most players can't keep him safe enough to unlock his full potential.
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All right, the next champion we have here is Mr. Graves himself. Graves is a really powerful champion with the Hubris Collector. Overall, solid, solid champion. He's a little bit more on the difficult end, like he's hard, not the hardest because you're literally auto attacking. The positioning is what makes Graves not an S++ tier champion. If you're lower elo, you're not gonna position too well, you're gonna get caught off, you're gonna get one-shot. But Graves just does so much damage right now that he's still an A tier champion. Even for me, I fuck Graves up all the time. That's why he's not like OP, OP, OP, because you're in the hands of a ranked player who's like below Diamond, you're going to get yourself caught a few too many times.