Draven

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Power Progression

• Draven’s documented growth occurs within individual matches through levels, gold, buffs, and equipment; the EDG scrim and LYN match are separate games 12 48.

Abilities & Skills

Spinning Axe — Q

Draven’s principal damage tool empowers his attacks with spinning axes that must be caught to maintain pressure 12 49.

• Lu Chen enters the EDG lane with two axes already spinning and directs their landing positions along his movement path 12.
• Sustained axe control allows him to keep attacking while repositioning rather than chasing inconvenient landing spots 12.
• Against LYN, Q’s damage combines with Fervor of Battle to rapidly bring Rakan to one-third health 49.

W — Attack and Movement Speed

W increases Draven’s attack speed and movement speed; catching an axe resets its cooldown 12.

• Repeated activations let Lu Chen pursue Gragas while dodging Ezreal’s and Braum’s skillshots 12.
• The movement boost combines with Heal and Red Buff’s slow to chase EDG’s bot duo and force both Flashes 13.
• Constant axe refreshes and W usage consume substantial mana, making Blue Buff particularly valuable 50.

Stand Aside — E

Stand Aside knocks targets aside and slows them, providing both chase assistance and a way to interrupt movement abilities 14 15 50.

• Interrupts Gragas’s E during the EDG turret dive 14.
• Slows Cassiopeia as Draven pursues her toward mid turret 15.
• Stops Rakan’s Grand Entrance escape during the ambush against LYN 50.

Passive Gold Payout

Draven’s passive converts accumulated stacks into extra gold when he secures kills, accelerating his item purchases 13 14.

• The EDG scrim records payouts of 180 gold on Gragas and 540 gold on Ezreal, separate from ordinary kill rewards 13 14.
• Passive income keeps repeated kills profitable even when defeated opponents are worth little ordinary kill gold 50.

Strengths and Limitations

• Exceptional snowballing: The narrative describes Draven as the strongest snowballing ADC, with passive income turning early kills into overwhelming equipment advantages 13 50.
• Low margin for error: Without a lane lead, he can fall off in the mid-to-late game; his selection places pressure on IG to create openings and finish quickly 11 12 49.
• Axe-control demands: His movement must accommodate catching axes. Lu Chen consequently uses side-to-side movement rather than the constant circling shown on Caitlyn 12.
• Limited durability: Even while heavily ahead, Draven has fewer than a thousand health during the confrontation with Cassiopeia and risks dying to turret shots 15.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twin spinning axes — His defining weapons and the basis of his sustained attack damage 12 49.
• Bloodthirster — Supplies lifesteal that, alongside Warlord’s Bloodlust, lets him survive Cassiopeia’s turret encounter with roughly fifty health and recover by attacking minions 15.
• Essence Reaver — Purchased at five minutes against LYN; introduced alongside the explanation of Draven’s heavy mana consumption 50.

Story Role / Major Arcs

EDG Scrim

• After EDG bans Caitlyn, Lu Chen selects Draven into iBoy’s Ezreal. The choice reinforces iBoy’s suspicion that IG’s ADC is not West, who had never played the champion 11.
• Draven and Baolan’s Alistar turn Clearlove’s gank into first blood despite EDG using Exhaust and Heal 12.
• Their pressure creates a forty-plus CS lead shortly after ten minutes. A dive with Ning Wang’s Jarvan IV kills Ezreal and secures first turret, at the cost of Alistar’s life 13 14.
• After moving mid, Draven kills Scout’s Cassiopeia under turret and repeatedly turns away from Petrifying Gaze in later fights. He claims a quadra kill near dragon before EDG concedes after fifteen minutes 15.

Ranked Reputation and Target Bans

• During Lu Chen’s livestreamed placements, Draven finishes one game 25–0–3, attacking all five opponents inside their base shortly after ten minutes 21.
• Viewers later recount a Korean-server game in which his fed Draven kills Faker with two attacks around twelve minutes 23.
• WE bans Draven in both games of its regular-season series against IG, treating him as one of Lu Chen’s comfort picks 26 33.

World Championship Play-In

• Lu Chen selects Draven against LYN in the opening 2017 World Championship Play-In match in Wuhan, pairing him with Baolan’s Thresh in an aggressive, unconventional composition 48.
• A right-angle sidestep avoids Rakan’s level-one engage and enables first blood. A subsequent turret dive leaves LYN’s support at level one and ADC at level two while Draven reaches 3–0 49.
• Draven, Thresh, and Elise then ambush the returning duo between their bot-lane turrets. Draven reaches 5–0, buys Essence Reaver, and commits to continuing the bot-lane pressure 49 50.

Relationships

• Lu Chen / Chen Yu — His principal player in the depicted matches; audiences regard Draven as Lu Chen’s signature pick 1 48.
• Baolan — Provides support setup through Alistar in the EDG scrim and Thresh against LYN 12 14 49 50.
• JackeyLove / Yu Wenbo — Another Draven specialist who watches Lu Chen’s performances and wonders whether he could reproduce that aggression in professional matches 15 50.

Notable Quotes

“Welcome to the League of Draven!” 11

“This is where Draven’s dazzling charm shines!” 15