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Translator: Scilla (@scilla_tftft) / X
Title: Translation of Graves Placement Explanatory Video by Carelessd (14.6)
URL: Translation of video commentary on placement of graves by Mr. Carelessd (14.6)
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This article is a summary of an instructional video on placement techniques for the Graves configuration, as explained by Carelessd.
Known as a player who has mastered the graves, he details the theory and weaknesses of half-open placement and how to overcome them, based on his own practical experience and mistakes.
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Carelessd has been playing Graves since immediately after the patch change and heaped over 400 LP in one day to reach over 1300 LP (in the top 100) in the Chinese mackerel.
Based on his achievements, he will share his placement know-how derived from his many games.
Birth of the half-open arrangement
Although I initially referred to the full-open placement (above placement) of Mr. 小鱼一图流,
I could not attract the enemy’s right-side vanguard enough.
The rear guard could not be reached until Graves had defeated all the enemies in front of him.
The following shortcomings were exposed.
We then developed the “half-open arrangement” (the above arrangement).
- By opening only part of your own line, you can lead the opponent’s vanguard to one side.
- Graves only needs to handle one or two vanguards to gain access to the rear guard.
In the actual match video (1:05 to 1:20), Kane, placed in the third square from the right, attracts the opponent’s Silas and Galio, limiting the enemies on the left side to two.
This allows Graves to achieve the ideal development of immediately rushing into the rear guard after dealing with a small number of them.
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Weakness in that it is easily counteracted
However, this half-open arrangement has a clear weakness.
It is ” easily countermeasured.
If the opponent understands a little TFT,
Do not place units in the corners.
Leave one square empty at the end of the row.
If your opponent knows a little about TFT, you can limit the penetration route of Graves by simply
In the match video (1:39 to 2:05), the opponent implemented the countermeasure of placing Mordekaiser second from the right + vacating the right edge.
As a result, Graves’ target shifted to the isolated tank in the center after defeating Mordekaiser, and he beat Dr. Mundo (3★3 armor) endlessly.
If the board is unfavorable, the composition collapses when the vanguard cannot be breached in this way.
Placement recovery in case of countermeasures
What should be done if the countermeasure is taken against the other party in this way?
The correct answer is to move Graves down to the last row.
The key points of placement are as follows
- Graves in the last row.
- Main tank placed alone in the front row, second from the right
- Sub-tank with even shroud next to Graves.
- The rest of the vanguard (Renekton, Galen, etc.) is set up solidly below.
By this arrangement,
Braum moves laterally
Alistair will move forward.
and the main tank can draw all the opponent’s vanguards to it before Graves slides in.
The match video (2:58 to 3:43) shows Graves defeating the enemy in front of him, then slipping in the back with his skills to reach the enemy’s rear guard naturally.
impression
It was truly amazing to see how much the battlefield could be changed just by placement!
In particular, the idea of ” only having to deal with a few vanguards to get into the rear guard ” with half-open placement was a real eye-opener.
In addition, the idea of ” designing moves based on the assumption that they will be countered ” was also very helpful.
I realized that we need to be flexible enough to read our opponents’ layouts and plan our counter-positions, rather than sticking to the “standard placement” that is often seen in the Graves configuration.
Frankly, if I could bring out the potential of Graves with such a simple placement, I wish I had known about it sooner…!
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Genius!
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