With Kog Maw being reverted, I'm curious as to what Riot thinks about the current state of Graves
Not being biased here. I know a lot of adc mains like old graves and say he was fun, but I'm not one of those kids. I'm just genuinely curious what the balance team thinks of Graves. As a plat 3 player about to hit plat 2 and I can confidently say that in the right hands Graves is completely busted right now. I am not entirely sure he is ever going to be balance-able either.
that said, old graves is basically just a burstier Lucian, but current graves is basically a tanky ranged marksman, who builds sustain, but can also burst. I mean with enough attack speed (either zerkers or PD) the reload mechanic is hardly noticeable compared to how much he can heal with warlords/a lifesteal item.
current graves honestly just scales too well and has no real drawbacks. He's a range bruiser basically, he has sustain, he has wave clear, he has burst, he has sustained damage, he's tanky enough, he's mobile, he's got utility in the form of his smoke screen.
I mean his kit is entirely too good. He's got way too much going for him right now. There's no reason not to play him when he's up if you are a competent player.
So what do you guys think about Graves? do you think he will need changes, or is it just a numbers thing? do you actually feel he's balanced even for higher elo?