How to beat Draven
Common role: ADC
A snowball lane-bully marksman who catches spinning axes for huge early damage.
Best counters vs Draven
Champions with the highest win rate against Draven on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.
- 1
Xerath60.1%73 games
- 2
Xayah57.9%141 games
- 3
Lux59.5%47 games
- 4
Vladimir59.8%39 games
- 5
Vel'Koz57.7%47 games
- 6
Hwei56.6%54 games
- 7
Veigar55.9%59 games
- 8
Senna54.1%353 games
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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.
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League of DravenDraven riceve l'Adorazione dei suoi fan ogni volta che afferra un'Ascia rotante o elimina un minion, un mostro o una torre. Uccidere campioni nemici gli conferisce oro bonus a seconda della quantità di Adorazione posseduta.
Strong: kills bank stacking gold bounty (Adoration). Weak: he loses it on death without cashing in — killing him denies a huge gold swing.
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Ascia rotanteIl prossimo attacco di Draven infligge danni fisici bonus. L'ascia rimbalza in aria contro il bersaglio. Se Draven la prende, prepara automaticamente un altro attacco con Ascia rotante. Draven può avere due Asce rotanti contemporaneamente.
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.
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Scatto sanguignoDraven ottiene un aumento di velocità di movimento e attacco. Il bonus alla velocità di movimento diminuisce rapidamente per tutta la durata dell'effetto. Prendere un'ascia rotante azzera il tempo di ricarica di Scatto sanguigno.
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Fatti da parteDraven lancia le sue asce, infliggendo danni fisici ai bersagli colpiti e sbalzandoli di lato. I bersagli colpiti vengono rallentati.
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Morte turbinanteDraven scaglia due enormi asce che infliggono danni fisici a ogni unità colpita. Morte turbinante inverte lentamente direzione e ritorna verso Draven dopo aver colpito un campione nemico. Draven può attivare questa abilità mentre le asce sono in volo per farle tornare prima. Infliggono danni in meno per ogni unità colpita e questa penalità si azzera quando le asce invertono la direzione. Giustizia i nemici con una salute inferiore al numero di cariche di Adorazione di 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.
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