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Draven · ADC

Draven Abilities and Combos

Abilities & combosData-drivenHardPatch 16.19.1
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This guide is assembled by the site from match data and the game's own information — nobody wrote it by hand. Official and community guides appear alongside it when they exist.

Overview

This guide goes through Draven's kit ability by ability. Its ultimate is Whirling Death.

Strengths

  • High physical damage: Riot rates it 9/10 in attack.
  • Long attack range (550) for safe trades in lane.
  • Clear job in the team: farm safely, deal sustained damage and take down towers.

Weaknesses

  • Fragile: Riot rates it 3/10 in defense.
  • No dash or blink in the kit: vulnerable to ganks without vision.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Builds

Standard build

BalancedRecommended
Open build

When to use it

The default path: Stormrazor, Yun Tal Wildarrows and Blade of The Ruined King give the attack damage, critical strike and attack speed this class relies on. Pick it when you have no reason to adapt. Built from Riot's item tags and the champion's class; Riot publishes no build statistics.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right
  1. Bottom (ADC)Main100% of matches

Starting items

Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Core items

  1. 1Stormrazor
  2. 2Yun Tal Wildarrows
  3. 3Blade of The Ruined King

Boots

Berserker's Greaves

Situational

Death's DanceAgainst heavy physical damage.Mercurial ScimitarAgainst heavy magic damage.Guardian AngelAgainst burst and assassins.Mortal ReminderCuts the enemy's healing.

Runes

Primary· Precision

PrecisionDominationSorceryInspirationResolve
Press the AttackLethal TempoFleet FootworkConqueror
Absorb LifeTriumphPresence of Mind
Legend: AlacrityLegend: HasteLegend: Bloodline
Coup de GraceCut DownLast Stand

Secondary· Inspiration

DominationSorceryInspirationResolve
Hextech FlashtraptionMagical FootwearCash Back
Triple TonicTime Warp TonicBiscuit Delivery
Cosmic InsightApproach VelocityJack Of All Trades

Shards

Adaptive ForceAttack SpeedAbility Haste
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth Scaling
HealthTenacity and Slow ResistHealth Scaling

Summoner spells

  • Flash
  • Heal

Abilities

  • League of DravenPassiveDraven gains his fans' Adoration when he catches a Spinning Axe or kills a minion, monster, or tower. Killing enemy champions grants Draven bonus gold based on how much Adoration he has.Passive. It works on its own: play around it.
  • QSpinning Axe12/11/10/9/8s45 mpDraven's next attack will deal bonus physical damage. This axe will ricochet off the target high up into the air. If Draven catches it, he automatically readies another Spinning Axe. Draven can have two Spinning Axes at once.
    Cooldown
    12·11·10·9·8
    Cost
    45
    Range
    300
    Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • WBlood Rush12s40/35/30/25/20 mpDraven gains increased Move Speed and Attack Speed. The Move Speed bonus decreases rapidly over its duration. Catching a Spinning Axe will refresh the cooldown of Blood Rush.
    Cooldown
    12
    Cost
    40·35·30·25·20
    Range
    1000
    Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • EStand Aside16/15/14/13/12s70 mpDraven throws his axes, dealing physical damage to targets hit and knocking them aside. Targets hit are slowed.
    Cooldown
    16·15·14·13·12
    Cost
    70
    Range
    1050
    Basic ability — slows. Part of your regular rotation.
  • RWhirling DeathUltimate100/90/80s100 mpDraven hurls two massive axes to deal physical damage to each unit struck. Whirling Death slowly reverses direction and returns to Draven after striking an enemy champion. Draven may also activate this ability while the axes are in flight to cause it to return early. Deals less damage for each unit hit and resets when the axes reverse direction. Executes enemies who have less health than Draven's
    Cooldown
    100·90·80
    Cost
    100
    Range
    20000
    Ultimate. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

Strategy

1The kit

Draven's abilities, one by one:

  • League of Draven — Passive. It works on its own: play around it.
  • [Q] Spinning Axe — Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • [W] Blood Rush — Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • [E] Stand Aside — Basic ability — slows. Part of your regular rotation.
  • [R] Whirling Death — Ultimate. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

2Skill order

Put a point in Whirling Death at levels 6, 11 and 16. Between the basic abilities, max first the one that does most for your lane — usually your main damage or wave clear — and keep the utility one for last.

3Combos

Without hard crowd control in the kit, your damage depends on positioning: land your abilities when the enemy is committed to something else.

4Using your ultimate

Whirling Death is the ability the enemy plays around. Use it where it changes the fight, and remember its cooldown: after using it, you're a smaller threat for a while.

Tips

  • If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
  • If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
  • Watch Whirling Death's cooldown: fights you take without it are much harder.
  • Practise the combo in a practice game before using it in ranked.

Changelog

  1. Guide created for patch 16.19.1.

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