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Graves

Marksman
Graves is a marksmanRolemarksman
DifficultyEasy
Power SpikeMid-Game
New Destiny abilityp
End of the Line abilityq
Smoke Screen abilityw
Quickdraw abilitye
Collateral Damage abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
jungle

Graves Build

based on 111,751 matches
Win Rate
50.7 %
Pick Rate
7.2 %
Ban Rate
4.3 %

How We Come Up with Our Graves Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Graves build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Graves builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Graves core items and runes for any situation.

Graves Build Summary

Graves is a a decent jungle champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Domination Precision. Including the highlighted runes shown below in your Graves build will help provide you with the additional bonuses to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. You should focus on building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Graves

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordUmbral Glaive

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightThe CollectorMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Guardian AngelBloodthirsterSerylda's GrudgeSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Graves to level upq
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Second ability for Graves to level upe
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Last skill for Graves to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Graves's passive ability p
Graves's q ability q
Graves's w ability w
Graves's e ability e
Graves's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Q
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W
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Q
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R
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Q
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E
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Graves Matchups Overview

Graves is Weak Against

IvernIvern45.5% winrateFiddlesticksFiddlesticks46.3% winratePoppyPoppy48.5% winrateUdyrUdyr48.5% winrate

Graves is Strong Against

NidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateLee SinLee Sin54.4% winrateGwenGwen54% winrateMaokaiMaokai54% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Zyrasupport+ 53.6% 5399 GamesDr. Mundotop+ 54.4% 2137 GamesHeimerdingermiddle+ 54.9% 586 GamesKarthusbottom+ 57.6% 795 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Graves Players

Tips and Tricks

Use Quickdraw to get in close and then follow up with Buckshot to deal a ton of damage.

Smoke Screen can be used as an initiating or escape mechanism, because it applies nearsight to all enemies within the cloud.

Additional Graves Build Insights

LoL Graves players will find him to be a challenging character to build out properly. You will notice that his build changes when he is playing against either diversified or specialized team compositions, indicating you should not take the same Graves build every round of League of Legends

The most critical items to use in your champ's build include: Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and The Collector. Those who included these pieces in their builds had a much better winrate than those who tried for other Graves builds. Moreover, if you are battling a varied enemy team comp, you should really consider grabbing him the Domination, and Precision runes. In recent games, he won the largest fraction of his games when equipped with these runes.

We calculated our Graves build recommendations by analyzing 111,751 recently ranked LoL rounds with him in them. We only recommend the top winrate Graves builds that have been used by ranked League players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many matches in our data, we are quite confident in our recommended builds.