Graves 53% win rate and 16% pick rate

He's a brawler adc which suits his lore. His passive reflects that. I'd say he's gained popularity because of the Lucian nerfs. Now that Lucian is weaker people are looking for a better brawler adc and Graves just happens to fit. He's always been strong, just Lucian did his job a bit better for a while.

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It may have something to do with his base AS being so low compared to other ADCs out there and low range? I personally loves Graves though because even thought he has a slow base AS he has his steroid, he can zone well with his smokescreen, I personally feel his ult is more useful than someone like Cait's and his passive makes him a great naturally tanky ADC.

Tanks got successfully patched out of the game...so all carries that have trouble with killingtanks quick have risen (corki, lucian, ez and graves). It really all comes down to who bursts whom first.

Pretty much what everyone else said.

Lucian was a better version of Graves and Ezreal for a long time.

Nerfs to him make both champions significantly more appealing.

He's been picked competively a few times. 95% of the LoL community are sheep.

Graves was my 3rd ADC.I freely admit I'm not great with him, but he's a favorite of mine for low-pressure play and killzones (Murderbridge!)