[4.1b] Draven Guide - Draven otp's guide to 1v9ing every game
Draven otp's guide to 1v9ing every game
Pros
- snowball god
- works with any ad item
- strong early
- strong disengage
Cons
- weaker than other adcs late
- weak against enagage champs
- bad with enchanter supports
- becomes a minion if you fall behind
Draven Build
Best Build Guide for Draven
Item Build Description
Additional information on the items
Start
Long Sword for bonus ad anything else ure trolling.
1st back
Serrated Dirk and Sheen , early lethality is really good with Draven combined with Sheen is insane early damage for 1400 gold. you can sell sheen later when you buy 4th or 5th item.
Core
Duskblade of Draktharr because of the insane +55 ad and 15 armor pen.
Collector because of the bonus ad, lethality and crit chance.
I build Infinity Edge 3rd now after the crit dmg nerf.
Situational
You would want to buy Lord Dominik's Regards in 99.99% of the games where youre snowballing, when youre even and enemies have alot of healing, you can replace it with Mortal Reminder instead.
i always buy Bloodthirster for the huge amount of ad it gives but u can replace it with shieldbow.
Boots
Gluttonous Greaves 99% of the games, only taks Plated Steelcaps vs 2 or more auto attackers.
Draven Runes
Best Runes for Draven
Keystones ( not in order )
1.lethal tempo: best keystone mid to late game imo because of the insane value it gives after the buff, scales much better than conqueror.
2. conqueror: good keystone early game because of the bonus ad and vamp it gives.
3. aery: good for quirky oneshot builds :3.
Domination
Brutal: really good after the buff, i take this rune almost every game to cheese an early kill and start snowballing.
Vampirism: good alternative to brutal when youre up against a poke lane and you dont want to build Vampiric Scepter early.
Gathering Storm: YOU NEVER want to take this rune in the 4.2 meta since everything is snowball oriented its either stomp or get stomped, no in-between.
Giant slayer: dont take this rune, see gathering storm explaination.
Resolve
Adaptive Carapace: take this vs hard all in lane (ie: samira naut).
Bone Plating: take this vs poke lanes.
Inspiration
Sweet tooth: the healing and gold from this rune is really op, i take this 99% of games
Transcendence: High risk high reward rune, if you wanna scale really hard into late take this rune.
Nimbus Cloak: Really bad rune imo since it only procs when you use one of your summs, not worth it tbh the 2 options above are WAAY better
Skill Order
How to distribute skill points
Summoner Spells
When to take which summoners
Combos
Learn how to maximize the champions potential
W > Auto > E > Auto
99% of draven players dont know this but your Stand Aside actually can animation cancel your auto attacks so you can get another auto in faster.
Full combo: W > Auto > E > Auto > R
Draven Matchups & Counters
Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters
Hard matchup, dont let her push you into tower. Look to bait out her 90 Caliber Net then go all in.
LANING GUIDE
For a good Draven player you need to know 2 things:
- Where to position your axes (ie: you can position your axes behind minions vs an Ezreal or Thresh to avoid taking dmg).
- How to play passive aggressively (ie: play mostly passive and only go aggressive when enemies overextend, misplay or when your support gets an engage going).
With Draven you have 2 playstyles on laning vs the enemy.
Playstyle #1: Full aggro
With this playstyle you need to always always push the minion wave to the enemy tower while poking them under tower when they try to last hit not letting them take a moment to breathe. You could hard shove or slow-push the wave depending on the matchup.
The best support that works with this playstyle are hook supports like Pyke , Leona and especially Thresh .
When you go this playstyle you need to TRACK THE ENEMY JUNGLER AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ELSE IT WILL RESULT IN YOU GETTING GANKED AND DIE.
Playstyle #2: Passive
With this playstyle you need to let the enemies push to your tower and freeze the wave infront of the tower so enemies need to walk up further to last hit so you can call your jungler in for a gank setup easier.
The best support that works with this playstyle are mages/root supports like Lux and Morgana and even Janna , every support works with this playstyle but root supports work best.
FAQ
Q. Why do you buy duskblade?
A. i am a PSZilean fanboy, tbh you can buy any item as first item for Draven it would work.
Q. Why did you choose Draven ?
A. hes a really fun and skill expressive adc, really rewarding when you snowball.
Q. What to do when i have enchanter supports?
A. play passively or run it down mid, either way yields the same result.
Q. How old are you?
A. 17.
Q. Nationality?
A. Vietnamese.