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I Main Swain17 votes

draven is an adc that facing him relies a lot on your support. if you look up his counters a lot of them are supports, he's meant to out duel most adc's 1v1, its when the support is added in that your ability to poop on him comes in.

THE RlVER KlNG16 votes

Forgetting that he too gets a support to enable him in lane / cancel out enemy effects

I Main Swain13 votes

thats why its 90% a skill match up. draven is a tricky champion to balance because he needs to be very powerful and rewarding but you cant cross that line of being op or not having enough counterplay

I Main Swain5 votes

why am i getting downvoted theres literally no reason to downvote this lol

Junkο8 votes

Cause if you don't support the current X champ is OP circlejerk of the week you are Bronze that doesn't deserve to talk according to Boards.

AlienPrimate3 votes

I find Draven to be one of my easiest lanes on Taric. I just wait for a good moment to stun him and make him choose between missing his axe or eating a stun. A level 3 Taric has one of the highest dueling potentials in the game so landing a stun and 4 bravado attacks will get him down to 1/4 hp by itself.

Pinkaj1 votes

Draven + Lulu/Sona Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

DemainaNyx1 votes

Draven + Nami is worse. Nami E on Draven auto plus both of their speed boosts means you're eating at least 3 autos, maybe more if Nami lands a Bubble.

Pinkaj1 votes

Right, forgot that duo

Dr Poro2 votes

The thing is that he has above 50% chance to win vs any adc except one at 49.5. It feels pretty demotivating if you have to pick as ADC between a bad match up or a terrible match up, even when trying to counter pick.

Dr Poro8 votes

Draven's weakness used to be his unreliable lategame. He has to come up close to deal (massive) damage but he easily gets bursted down when he does. The combination of the assassination delay and and overpowered item 3812 mitigates his weakness.

They need to nerf either the champ or the item. Also nerf Twitch. I'm pretty sure they'll do this the patch after worlds qualifiers because bigplays.

Raven Redeemed1 votes

Agreed. I think the introduction of the new thornmail should at least give tanks a way to counter his DD sustain which is nice.

l Helios l5 votes

I don't really understand these circle jerks. What's the point of getting on here just to post memes about something you are upset (I think?) about? If you want to know how to beat a champion, then ask. If you know what to do then why meme about it?

rework trundle1 votes

found the draven main

l Helios l5 votes

Ha. Hardly. Haven't played the champion in months

Sp33d Zer02 votes

There is a reason I ban him every game.

z63XnLCMwX2 votes

Vayne should be able to duel him late game as long as she pushes him from catching an axe.

ReySolomon1 votes

Didn't those 3 get nerfed?

Blakiepug3 votes

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Didn't those 3 get nerfed?

Only Miss Fortune did. Jhin was buffed and Twitch hasn't been touched for a while.

ReySolomon1 votes

I still see draven beating them hard xD.

My Waifu Vanilla1 votes

Well Twitch's early game leaves much to be desired and as said above in order to beat Draven you and your support actually have to work together or he will steamroll you. Draven loses to CC so when your support picks something like Sona or Soraka you can't really complain you lost.

ReySolomon1 votes

that's true.

Standgrounding1 votes

Xayah can place her feathers and retract them for an easy root when he catches his axe.

Rand0mH3r0X1 votes

That's what sucks about the changes on that site. They base it off of winrate now, not what a community will tell you.

I know that Draven needs to catch his axes to do damage, and Jinx use to be able to dominate him (if not most) ADC. I still think Jinx does a great job at locking him down. Something like Jinx ADC and Ziggs support would make Draven ADC cry.

Rainfall1 votes

draven is overly mobile in a game where most stuns are slow dodgeable skillshots,along with item 3142 and/or lifesteal the champion becomes impossible to deal with.

l Helios l3 votes

Lucian "Say what?"

Rainfall1 votes

all he has is a dash

l Helios l3 votes

Draven has a decaying ms buff lmao. Lucian also reduced his E cd by autoing with Passive and it costs 0 mana at max rank.

Don't call Draven mobile.

Rainfall1 votes

you can reset it everytime you catch an axe

l Helios l3 votes

Dashes are automatically stronger than MS buffs because they are instant displacements while MS buffs make you actually have to walk there. Also Lucian can cross walls without flash, Draven can't. Also also Draven W also costs mana each usage, Lucian E at lvl 13 doesn't. Also also also Draven actually has to catch an axe, which is easy because he can make a mistake or you can force him to miss.

Durzaka1 votes

lol what?

Having an ability with some mobility (lul small MS boost) =/= Mobile.

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