How to beat Draven

Common role: ADC

A snowball lane-bully marksman who catches spinning axes for huge early damage.

What makes Draven dangerous

Draven does enormous early damage by catching his spinning axes for stacking bonus attacks, and killing champions grants him gold bounty (Adoration stacks). If he snowballs, his lead spirals out of control. But if you deny him — force him to drop axes or die without cashing in — he falls behind fast.

How to play against Draven

• 1Make him move to catch axes. His axes land away from him — every time you force him to reposition or dodge, he risks dropping an axe and losing his damage ramp.
• 2Deny his snowball: he loses his stacked gold bounty on death without spending it. Playing safe and shutting him down denies a huge chunk of gold.
• 3He has no escape — only his W speed boost. Hard CC and dive punish an over-extended Draven hard.
• 4Respect his level 1-2 all-in but out-scale him. Draven is strongest early; survive the lane and most ADCs match or beat him later.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓No escape besides a speed buff — vulnerable to CC and dives.
• ✓Loses stacked gold bounty on death.
• ✓Managing axes limits his mobility in fights.
• ✓Falls off relative to hyper-scaling ADCs.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Draven's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  League of Draven

  Draven consigue la Adoración de sus fans cuando atrapa un Hacha giratoria o elimina a un súbdito, monstruo o torre. Asesinar a campeones enemigos le otorga a Draven oro adicional en función de la Adoración que tenga.

  Strong: kills bank stacking gold bounty (Adoration). Weak: he loses it on death without cashing in — killing him denies a huge gold swing.

• Q
  Hacha giratoria

  El siguiente ataque de Draven inflige daño físico adicional. Tras golpear al objetivo, el hacha saldrá volando por los aires. Si Draven la atrapa, preparará automáticamente otra Hacha giratoria. Draven puede tener dos Hachas giratorias a la vez.

  Strong: spinning axes stack massive early auto damage. Weak: axes land away from him — force him to move/dodge and he risks dropping them and losing his ramp.

• W
  Subidón de adrenalina

  Draven aumenta la velocidad de movimiento y la velocidad de ataque. La bonificación de velocidad de movimiento disminuye rápidamente con el tiempo. Al atrapar un Hacha giratoria, se recuperará el enfriamiento de Subidón de adrenalina.

• E
  A un lado

  Draven lanza sus hachas, lo que inflige daño físico a los objetivos golpeados y los echa a un lado. Los objetivos impactados se ven ralentizados.

• R
  Espiral de muerte

  Draven lanza dos hachas gigantescas para infligir daño físico a cada unidad alcanzada. Las hachas de Espiral de muerte cambian lentamente de dirección y regresan a Draven tras golpear a un campeón enemigo. Draven también puede activar esta habilidad mientras las hachas están de camino para hacer que vuelvan antes. Inflige menos daño por cada unidad que golpea y se reinicia cuando el hacha cambia de dirección. Ejecuta a los enemigos que tengan menos vida que el número de acumulaciones de Adoración de Draven.

Itemization

Draven is an early-game crit AD marksman. Don't try to out-trade his early spike — play safe, deny his snowball, and punish with hard CC and dives. Exhaust in fights and armor blunt his massive auto damage.

This guide covers Draven's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.