Graves ARAM Build 26.22

Graves Item Build

The marksman logic flips on the Abyss for Graves. On the Rift he could itemize pure crit and range and play from safety, but one bridge offers no safe angle, so the build folds in health and resistances alongside the attack damage. That bulk is what lets him hold a spot inside the crush and keep firing both barrels, where a glass-cannon line would just get collapsed on with nowhere to run.

Starting items 1350g Long Sword×1Serrated Dirk×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe The Collector44.9% WR3,000g @ 6:28›Mercury's Treads45.4% WR1,250g @ 9:02›Infinity Edge39.7% WR3,500g @ 13:13› Boots Mercury's Treads77% · 45.4%Berserker's Greaves23% · 34.5%

The CollectorPickaxe875g+Serrated Dirk1000g+Cloak of Agility600g=525g to combine · 3,000g total

vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.MMaw of Malmortius1435.7%

vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.SSerpent's Fang1060.0%HHubris6549.2%LLord Dominik's Regards11445.6%

Best Graves Runes

Dark Harvest fits the way Graves fights the Abyss, up close and constant, where his shotgun wants to be in the enemy's face for the whole 5v5. There is no safe distance on the choke, so the page leans into stepping in with Quickdraw, dumping his shots, and stacking armor off his passive while he holds the line. Play for sustained brawling.

The pre-game page Dark Harvest · Domination + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary Dark HarvestDamaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. Sudden Impact68% · 45.3%Grisly Mementos68% · 44.6%Treasure Hunter79% · 44.4% Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Precision Secondary Coup de Grace88% · 44.1%Triumph83% · 45.6%

Stat shards OffenseAttack Speed+10% Attack SpeedFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Graves Skill Order

Quickdraw decides the middle of the curve, absorbing 8, 10, 12 and 13 so the armor and magic resist refresh keeps pace with the shotgun. Smoke Screen pays for it, held at one rank while End of the Line takes 4, 5, 7 and 9.

PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W214151718max 18

E38101213max 13

R61116max 16

Graves ARAM Abilities

End of the Line rewards banking a shell off terrain so it blows up where an enemy has to walk, not where they are now. Smoke Screen blinds a chunk of the fight and slows anyone in the drop, and Quickdraw stacks resistances that his own autos keep refreshing.

New DestinyPassivePEnd of the LineMax 1stQSmoke ScreenMax lastWQuickdrawMax 2ndECollateral DamageUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

End of the LinePhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+25 per rank+55% bonus ADlv 150lv 475lv 5100lv 7125lv 9150Cooldown-1.75 per ranklv 113slv 411.25slv 59.5slv 77.75slv 96sConstant at every rankCost80same at all ranks

Graves Base Stats