League of Legends: Graves

Yes you guessed it right! League of Legends has another champion coming up. The new champ is called "Graves". He is the varmint...He is the snake in the grass. Whatever you want to call him, Graves will twist your fate.

Graves is the new champion coming to the League of Legends, strategy MMO game. LoL with its unique characters is one of the best MMO games of the year and there is no ending to the arrival of new champions.

Here is another champion called "Graves".

Champion Sneak Peek – Graves, the Outlaw
If you’ve ever had a nemesis in your life that made you want to call him out for a showdown like the no-good, low-down, varmint, snake-in-the-grass that he is, you’ll probably have a bit in common with this next champion. Allow me to introduce Graves, the Outlaw. In addition to being one of those crack-shot renegade types, Graves ispossessed of a particular disinclination towards everyone’s favorite Southern gentleman, Twisted Fate.

Whatever the result of his arrival in the League, one thing’s for certain: Somebody’s going to go out with a bang!

Graves Mechanics Preview
This rough-and-tumble gunman uses a massive, hextech double-barreled shotgun to rain down death from a distance and punish any foolish varmints that get too close. For example, Buckshot shoots three quick shrapnel bursts in a cone in front of him. Unlike other multi-missile spells, however, all three Buckshot rounds can all hit the same target (although each individual projectile will deal slightly reduced damage).

Graves is also able to make it uncomfortable for foes to fight at his optimal range by throwing out Smoke Screen to limit enemy vision and slow them in an area, while Quick Draw lets him dash in for a quick shotgun blast or escape danger as needed. In this way he can control his positioning to set up maximum damage Buckshots.

Finally, Graves can use Collateral Damage to unleash a skill shot that nukes the first target it hits, spreading a cone of damage behind its target to hit anybody yellow enough to hide behind the tanks. While the single-target use is simple, properly utilizing the cone is what will separate the good Graves players from the great ones.

Our goal with Graves was to make a ranged DPS that had some incentive to get up close or make enemies think twice before getting in your face. While it’s completely possible to play Graves as a standard max-range carry, this dichotomy makes for skill differential without adding a high barrier to entry (or any hefty, paragraph-long tooltips).

Whether trying to maximize the close-up damage of Buckshot, or setting up the 1-2 punch of Collateral Damage, we’re excited to add a champion with true grit to the ranged DPS lineup. 

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