so i have so many questions about this hero getting ie gives 10 bullets or no? stacks of fevor apply per bullet or no? does he do more dmg the closer u are too ur target or no? cuz ill be super close and it still says the dmg is the same as if i was farther. if someone can just giveme a super indepth guide on graves id be super happy thanks!!!!!
First, graves' interactions with crits. For normal shots, graves' shotgun shoots 4 pellets. When he crits, he shoots 8. With IE, it increases the crit bonus by 50%, in this case meaning 2 more shots for a total of 10 bullets.
Graves has a weird interaction with on-hits. Let's say Graves has 
for the sake of example (DON'T EVER DO THIS ON GRAVES). Each time he shoots his shotgun, a specific target can only be hit by the bork on-hit once. So if you get hit by all 4 pellets, you still only take the 6% current hp. However, if the pellets his multiple targets in a shot, each target takes the on-hit 6% current hp, but no one takes more than that.
Fervor of battle and guinsoo's rageblade stack per auto attack, not per hit, meaning each time he autos, he will get 1 stack, and one stack only. In addition to his very mediocre application of on-hits and huge restrictions on AS (lowest base AS in the game by far, ammo system), don't build on-hits on him. Just stack AD and armor pen, maybe get an AS item (
is standard for this) for slightly better AS.
He does do more damage the closer he is, as it is a shotgun that fires 4-10 pellets (already went over this). Each pellet does damage, so getting hit by 4 pellets is more damage than just 1, and being closer to him will increase the likelyhood that you'll get hit by more than one shot in a spread.
If you have any more questions, feel free to respond to this comment, and I'll try to cover them.
i have been wondering the same about the on hit anything. honestly ive been using rageblade sometimes and its not bad. you can even take it to hex gunblade as the heal works on his skills and active op Not a lot of people understand that it heals from the on hit as well hence why it works so well yi jun.. I want an answer from about BORK and other on hit stuff.
Fervor stacks per basic attack, not per hit, so no. Rageblade is not a very effective item on Graves, anyways. He's not meant to be in fights for a very sustained period of time, and by the time you get to eight stacks, either he or the enemy is already dead.
Graves is only stronger the closer he is to his target because of the nature of the shotgun. The closer you are, the more likely you are to hit multiple pellets on one target. That being said, while the individual pellets end up dealing less damage, the total damage done to the target is still higher.
what about the IE what does it do for graves more bullets or no?
