Are there any champions that have a similar playstyle like Graves?

Bloodywisdom·7/27/2015, 3:45:23 PM·1 votes·2,575 views

Graves is by far one of the best ad carry I've played. His burst is incredibly good when he gets going, and its the best I've seen in any champion. I do like playing Graves, but often times I want to try something new and end up loosing. So I started wondering if there's any champions that has the same kind of burst while being fairly tanky. I decided to do some research and came back empty. I'm thinking Galio suits the bill so hes gonna be my next buy, but let me know what you guys think. I do want a champion with a lil bit of burst but a little tanky to. So let me know what mage, assassin, melee, or support you think fits the bill :D. I've tried Rumble and Karma and those play-styles work too. NOT LOOKING for squishy champions.

4 Comments

Strat7/27/2015, 3:48:42 PM3 votes

Wukong is the melee equivalent of Graves. High burst, free tank stats. You can build him with a high AD build (Hydra, BC, LW, Maw, etc.) and do as much or more burst (and sustained) damage as Graves. Just avoid Trinity Force, that's a newbie trap on Wukong (Wukong's cooldowns are too high to utilize the sheen passive, and it's too expensive/takes too long to build).

Jubbinaut7/27/2015, 3:54:40 PM2 votes

Annie can be built with a fair amount of tank, and her burst combo is devastating.

Chogath is about as tanky as they come, but he can dump out a huge amount of damage very quickly.

has high base damage and a fairly simple combo to drop significant burst on a single target (Q-auto-E). With nothing more than a Trinity Force, she can wreck face, while still building very tanky.

There's probably a few others. It's worth noting, though, that very few champions that are capable of 100-0 bursting someone are also tanky. High defenses are typically the hallmark of a sustained damage champ, rather than a burst champ.

TheFameAnimal7/27/2015, 3:56:30 PM2 votes

Shyvana has some nice built in tankiness that ramps up in higher levels and in dragon form. The only big burst she has is with her q really, shes more of a sustained damage dealer but shes in a VERY good spot right now for tankiness and damage, oh and excellent waveclear ;)

Vistha Kai7/27/2015, 3:57:08 PM1 votes

Post-rework Lucian is Graves 2.0 or 0.94beta. Depends on how you look at it.