Guide · ADC

Draven Guide

the Glorious Executioner

Marksman

Tier B ADC

Draven, the Glorious Executioner, is a marksman champion that is demanding to master. Across our 551 analysed ranked games, Draven is mostly played as ADC (100% of its games), with a 51.4% win rate in that role: tier B among ADC champions (#15 of 36, ranked by win rate). Draven's damage is mostly physical (98%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 61.4% in long games (over 35 min, 70 games) versus 49.3% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.21

Averages measured over 551 ADC games played with Draven, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Draven is a marksman who lives on style: catching the Spinning Axe, killing minions or destroying turrets gives him Adoration, which converts into bonus gold when he kills a champion. Blood Rush raises his speeds, Stand Aside knocks back and slows, and Whirling Death executes enemies whose health is below his Adoration.

Harassment

Q › AA AA › W

When: An enemy is within range.

Spinning Axe deals bonus damage and ricochets; catch it to prepare another; Blood Rush ends its cooldown when you catch.

The separation

E › Q › AA AA

When: An enemy dives you.

Stand Aside knocks the targets hit to the side and slows them.

See all 3 Draven combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Catch your axes: they are your source of Adoration and damage. You can have two Spinning Axes at the same time.

Common mistakes

• Missing an axe: you lose Adoration and damage.
• Using the ultimate without recasting it when useful.
• Neglecting Adoration: it decides the execution.

Riot's official tips for playing Draven

• 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.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge, and Lord Dominik's Regards (109 games, 53.2% win rate).

Hexoptics C44+Infinity Edge+Lord Dominik's Regards

109 games · 53.2%

Hexoptics C44+Infinity Edge+Hubris

99 games · 59.6%

Infinity Edge+Lord Dominik's Regards+Bloodthirster

97 games · 52.6%

Skill order

Max order : Q > W > E50.0% · 88 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●			●	●		●		●
W		●						●		●		●	●
E			●											●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 104 games).

Starting items

Doran's BowHealth PotionHealth Potion48.3% · 58 games

Doran's BladeHealth Potion53.3% · 45 games

First completed items, in order

Hubris›Hexoptics C44›Infinity Edge

18 games · 61.1%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 4268 gold, 77 CS, 3441 XP. At 15 min: 7018 gold, 116 CS, 5639 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier52.6% · 416 games

Cleanse + Flash41.1% · 73 games

Exhaust + Flash52.6% · 57 games

Most-played runes

Lethal Tempo + Inspiration

49.0% · 339 games

Primary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind73%

Legend: Alacrity59%

Cut Down81%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back96%

Cosmic Insight63%

Shards

Attack speed83%

Adaptive force100%

Health95%

Lethal Tempo + Sorcery

56.9% · 102 games

Primary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind79%

Legend: Alacrity89%

Cut Down47%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Gathering Storm100%

Absolute Focus91%

Shards

Attack speed89%

Adaptive force100%

Health95%

Press the Attack + Sorcery

41.4% · 29 games

Primary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind97%

Legend: Alacrity97%

Last Stand83%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Absolute Focus100%

Gathering Storm97%

Shards

Attack speed93%

Adaptive force100%

Health93%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Draven's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team52.8% · 182 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Infinity Edge 56.1%

Hubris 61.8% ▲

Hexoptics C44 52.3%

Lord Dominik's Regards 56.5%

Bloodthirster 46.9% ▼

The Collector 62.5%

The item that stands out most is Hubris: 61.8% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team57.6% · 139 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Infinity Edge 71.1% ▲

Hubris 55.9%

Hexoptics C44 66.1% ▲

Lord Dominik's Regards 67.3% ▲

The Collector 58.8%

Bloodthirster 66.7% ▲

The item that stands out most is Bloodthirster: 66.7% win rate, +17 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team46.5% · 230 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Infinity Edge 48.7% ▼

Hexoptics C44 46.5% ▼

Hubris 48.7% ▼

Lord Dominik's Regards 47.2% ▼

Bloodthirster 43.4% ▼

The Collector 58.1%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Draven as ADC

Jinx Draven: 44.4%18 games

Jinx has the edge in 56% of the 18 ADC duels against Draven. See the Jinx guide.

Caitlyn Draven: 44.8%29 games

Caitlyn has the edge in 55% of the 29 ADC duels against Draven. See the Caitlyn guide.

Ezreal Draven: 46.2%26 games

Ezreal has the edge in 54% of the 26 ADC duels against Draven. See the Ezreal guide.

Smolder Draven: 46.7%15 games

Smolder has the edge in 53% of the 15 ADC duels against Draven. See the Smolder guide.

Tristana Draven: 47.8%23 games

Tristana has the edge in 52% of the 23 ADC duels against Draven. See the Tristana guide.

Who Draven is strong against

Kai'Sa64.7% · 17 games

Yunara60.9% · 23 games

Jhin54.5% · 33 games

Tristana47.8% · 23 games

Smolder46.7% · 15 games

How to play against Draven

• Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.
• Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Draven's matchups.

Draven ADC: what our games say

Laning phase against the ADC average

Measured over 104 Draven games with a timeline; the average covers 49 champions played ADC in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

Best result: long (over 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Abilities

PassiveLeague of Draven

Draven 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.

QSpinning Axe

Draven'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.

WBlood Rush

Draven 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.

EStand Aside

Draven throws his axes, dealing physical damage to targets hit and knocking them aside. Targets hit are slowed.

RWhirling Death

Draven 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 number of Adoration stacks.

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Most played

Jhin48.5 %Yunara52.4 %Kai'Sa49.9 %Ezreal45.2 %Caitlyn50.3 %Jinx51.0 %Tristana50.0 %Lucian48.9 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Brand57.7 %Syndra56.7 %Aurelion Sol56.7 %Kog'Maw55.3 %Senna55.3 %Mel54.9 %Vel'Koz53.8 %Xayah53.1 %

Frequently asked questions

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