Withstanding Balance, I like Riot's Changes to Graves

Owatatsumi Kami·11/14/2015, 4:29:59 PM·6 votes·466 views

So withstanding Graves obviously being too strong right now and being able to jungle (that's Kindred's jungle, Riot!) I'm really enjoying his changes. Instead of feeling like a different version of Lucian, he feels really unique, especially for an ADC. They really ran with his theme of using a shot-gun and based his whole rework around it. One of the most immersive theme based kits in the game might not even be an overstatement. They also did this by keeping a lot of his old kit in-tacked in some way, shape or form (correct me if I'm wrong. I'm a Mid/Jung main). I'm really enjoying his new reload mechanic on his passive, which I feel brings together all the changes to his kit and pushes it the rest of the way to really make it feel like a shotgun marksman.

So, Riot, good job with Graves! I feel you accomplished your goal with making him feel unique and differentiating him from the other ADCs/Marksmen(women). Now get cracking on that balance! ;)

2 Comments

darkmatchwaldo11/14/2015, 5:25:40 PM1 votes

Love his update. He has a lot of power and clear weaknesses. GJ rito.

Mathbalnase11/14/2015, 5:33:19 PM1 votes

The first thing I actually did after patching was buy Graves. Before even fiddling with the new masteries. I probably won't play him often, but it'll be a heck of a lot more often than I played him pre-rework.