If you don’t know which supports you should be playing with Draven, here is a list of the best champions to play alongside him this season.
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The best supports to play with Draven in LoL
Draven is probably one of, if not, the hardest ADC to master in League of Legends. Not only does the champion have a difficult mechanic to play around with, but he also requires great fundamentals and game knowledge to maximize his carry and bully potential within the laning phase.
This also explains why we rarely see Draven in professional play, unless a specific player is known to be highly proficient at it (looking at you, Hans Sama/JackeyLove). That said, players also recognize the power Draven has as a great counter-pick into hyper carries, so he still has a good presence in the pick or ban phase.
Draven in solo queue has a lot more freedom in getting ahead and single-handedly destroying enemies given the lack of coordination. A great main can just take over by picking up a few kills and snowballing out of control. Nonetheless, Draven needs great champions who are able to synergize with playstyle and kit. For this reason, we have compiled a list of the best supports that will work with Draven, explaining the main strengths of each unique duo.
Thresh – the no. 1 support for Draven
If you want to carry games as a great bot lane duo, Draven and Thresh is the best combo you can put together in the current meta.
Thresh has one of the most versatile kits in the game: he can provide both engage and disengage with his crowd controls as well as the possibility to reposition Draven with the lantern.
The two shine particularly during the laning phase. Thanks to Thresh’s pick and lock down potential, Draven can quickly follow up by auto-attacking the target to death with his axes. Given the damage Draven brings to the table, it’s almost impossible for any other bot lane to prevail in a 2v2 situation.
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That being said, this bot lane duo requires great coordination and trust from one another, as well as incredible proficiency: train the picks well first before jumping into your solo queue games.
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Nautilus – The best Thresh alternative engage support
If you don’t like playing Thresh or you’re not particularly good at the champion, then we recommend playing Nautilus as the best alternative.
Essentially, it offers almost everything Thresh has, especially when it comes to hard-engage. Thanks to better AoE crowd control and a point-and-click ultimate, finding and locking down a target is a lot easier with Nautilus.
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This is technically more positive for Draven since his kit revolves around getting kills to get the additional gold from his own passive, making his snowball easier to pull off.
Having said that, Draven will lose out on his peeling potential, considering Nautilus has only an all-in mode. If you need peeling for Draven, you will need to have other champions in the team to do that for him. Also, this bot lane duo falls off heavily when playing from behind so it’s imperative to get an advantage.
Pyke – The most aggressive bot lane duo
If you’re all about finding early advantage and like trading aggressively right off the bat, then Pyke is the champion you’re looking for.
Thanks to his assassin-like nature, as well as his roaming ability, Pyke does a fantastic job of finding the right picks and quickly bursting the focused targets with his damage. By pairing it up with Draven’s DPS, you will have a fearsome duo, ready to kill at all times.
When playing these two together, you want to bully out the enemy bot lane by pushing waves and forcing them into a mistake, especially if they walk up to farm minions. You will need good reaction times and coordination, but Pyke and Draven will win trades almost at all times.
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Nami – the current best enchanter support
If you’re wondering which is the best enchanter support for Draven, the No. 1 choice at the moment is Nami.
The enchanter is currently the most popular choice of the entire class, with Janna standing as the other potential decent option left for Draven. This is because Nami not only can provide heals for Draven during trades but she empowers his auto attacks even more thanks to her E. If Draven’s early game wasn’t already strong, with Nami the damage output is even higher. Thanks to her kit, she can also lock down targets if she lands the crowd controls.
The only downside of this duo is that you will need some form of engage in other roles, or it will be tough for Draven to get into a position to throw his axes. Decide what to play based on the team composition.
Elise – the unconventional support
If you have a good team comp built around Draven, then Elise is probably an underrated option to play alongside Draven. She was particularly strong in the past few weeks but despite the nerfs, she continues to be a powerful support for aggressive gameplay.
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As long as you’re able to consistently hit stuns (E), Draven can easily follow up and burst down targets with his axe-powered auto attacks, quickly snowballing the game. It’s a high-risk, high-reward, so having mechanical prowess is a must-have ability with this duo.
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