Standard — crit DPS
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,200 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
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ADC build for lane pressure and fast execution: Draven wins when every spinning axe forces the opponent to choose between losing health, wave control, or space. The cleaned build must therefore protect that early violence without turning the champion into an overly narrow snowball gamble.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,200 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,450 total cost +250gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,350 total cost +150gShare of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Draven plays for immediate execution. His build amplifies every axe and converts mistakes into kills.
Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
attaques Spinning Axe repeated stack Conqueror to fights extended devastating.
Amplifies Spinning Axes already very powerful for dominate trades early.
Your axes already crush early trades — the bonus on healthy targets makes the snowball even faster.
Attack speed to throw and pick up his Spinning Axe more often.
protects his repositions to catch his axes without getting punished.