Jungle

Graves Build 26.22

Graves is the one gunner who fights like a brawler: two shotgun shells per magazine, then a reload you have to respect, and every auto hits hardest at point-blank range. Middle of the pack at 49.5% and climbing, he wants to dive into your face, dump both barrels, and dash out on Quickdraw before that reload leaves him helpless. Manage the magazine and the burst is brutal, forget it and you whiff into a melee trade you cannot win.

#47 of 83 jungle this patch · 8.4k games

Win rate49.5%+0.1Games8.4kPick rate9.1%Ban rate12.4%Last 8 patches−0.9 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 4%AD 85%True 11%DifficultyiLowForgiving

The 10-second answer standard · 49.5% WR

Plated Steelcaps SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.4%AhriMidA51.4%AkaliMidB49.6%AkshanMidC49.0%AlistarSupportS52.6%AmbessaTopC47.9%AmumuJungleC49.3%AniviaMidB50.1%AnnieMidA52.1%ApheliosAD CarryB49.5%AsheAD CarryB49.5%Aurelion SolMidA51.7%AuroraMidA51.7%AzirMidD47.7%BardSupportC49.2%Bel'VethJungleS52.5%BlitzcrankSupportA52.0%BrandSupportC48.2%BraumSupportA51.2%BriarJungleB50.0%CaitlynAD CarryC48.0%CamilleTopB50.5%CassiopeiaMidB50.0%Cho'GathJungleA50.8%CorkiAD CarryB50.6%DariusTopB50.4%DianaJungleB49.8%Dr. MundoTopA51.0%DravenAD CarryA51.4%EkkoMidA52.0%EliseJungleB50.3%EvelynnJungleA51.2%EzrealAD CarryD46.4%FiddlesticksJungleB50.3%FioraTopA51.7%FizzMidB50.4%GalioMidB50.2%GangplankTopA52.3%GarenTopA50.9%GnarTopC48.8%GragasTopB49.8%GravesJungleB49.5%GwenTopB50.6%HecarimJungleA51.0%HeimerdingerTopA51.3%HweiMidA51.8%IllaoiTopC49.0%IreliaTopB49.9%IvernJungleB49.9%JannaSupportA51.0%Jarvan IVJungleC49.2%JaxTopB50.1%JayceTopD47.7%JhinAD CarryB50.2%JinxAD CarryA51.7%K'SanteTopD47.2%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.7%KalistaAD CarryB49.9%KarmaSupportC48.0%KarthusJungleC48.8%KassadinMidA51.7%KatarinaMidS52.6%KayleTopA51.9%KaynJungleB50.4%KennenTopA52.0%Kha'ZixJungleC49.2%KindredJungleA51.4%KledTopA51.0%Kog'MawAD CarryA51.4%LeBlancMidA52.0%Lee SinJungleC48.3%LeonaSupportA51.5%LilliaJungleA51.9%LissandraMidB50.3%LockeMidC49.1%LucianAD CarryC49.1%LuluSupportB49.8%LuxSupportB49.4%MalphiteTopA51.0%MalzaharMidB49.7%MaokaiSupportA52.0%Master YiJungleB49.9%MelMidD47.3%MilioSupportB49.4%Miss FortuneAD CarryB49.8%MordekaiserTopA51.1%MorganaSupportA51.4%NaafiriJungleB50.4%NamiSupportB49.6%NasusTopB49.4%NautilusSupportB50.0%NeekoSupportC48.4%NidaleeJungleA52.0%NilahAD CarryS53.7%NocturneJungleB50.2%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.6%OlafTopB49.4%OriannaMidD46.8%OrnnTopB50.9%PantheonTopB50.5%PoppySupportS53.7%PykeSupportB50.2%QiyanaJungleD47.4%QuinnTopC48.5%RakanSupportS52.4%RammusJungleS53.9%Rek'SaiJungleA52.1%RellSupportA52.1%Renata GlascSupportB50.3%RenektonTopC49.0%RengarJungleC49.1%RivenTopA50.9%RumbleTopC48.6%RyzeMidD46.5%SamiraAD CarryB49.9%SejuaniJungleA51.1%SennaSupportB50.7%SeraphineSupportB50.1%SettTopA52.1%ShacoJungleB50.7%ShenTopS52.9%ShyvanaJungleS53.4%SingedTopA51.3%SionTopA51.4%SivirAD CarryB50.6%SkarnerJungleA52.2%SmolderAD CarryA50.9%SonaSupportA51.3%SorakaSupportA51.2%SwainSupportB50.7%SylasMidC48.2%SyndraMidB49.9%Tahm KenchSupportC47.9%TaliyahJungleA50.9%TalonJungleA50.9%TaricSupportB51.0%TeemoTopA51.1%ThreshSupportB50.6%TristanaAD CarryB49.7%TrundleTopC48.4%TryndamereTopB50.1%Twisted FateMidB50.5%TwitchAD CarryB49.9%UdyrJungleA51.5%UrgotTopA51.3%VarusAD CarryC48.2%VayneAD CarryA51.4%VeigarMidC48.1%Vel'KozSupportA52.2%VexMidA52.4%ViJungleB49.6%ViegoJungleC49.0%ViktorMidB49.8%VladimirMidB50.8%VolibearTopB49.9%WarwickJungleA52.4%WukongJungleB50.1%XayahAD CarryS53.0%XerathMidA51.7%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.3%YasuoMidC48.5%YoneMidC49.1%YorickTopC47.9%YunaraAD CarryB49.5%YuumiSupportC48.2%ZaahenTopB50.2%ZacJungleA51.0%ZedMidC49.1%ZeriAD CarryA51.6%ZiggsAD CarryA51.4%ZileanSupportB50.5%ZoeMidA51.6%ZyraJungleS52.7%

LoL ClassicSee how Graves was built in the classic eraGraves Classic Build

When Is Graves Strongest?

The strong window is the later mid-game, once the build is mostly online, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Graves' win condition is snowballing his lead, so use the power spike to invade, fight over objectives, and turn his point-blank burst into early kills before the enemy carries come online.

Game timeline · Graves drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:07

Ambush zone7:54–9:24 Power spike 22:45

18:12

10:17

15:47

22:45

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 58/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~6k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Plated Steelcaps · 18:12

Graves Item Build

Graves is a shotgun marksman who fires bullets in a spread and reloads between volleys, so the build stacks attack damage and crit to make every point-blank burst hit like a cannon. The items reward getting up close, turning his reload rhythm into the highest single-volley damage of any marksman.

Standard loadout · Graves The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Scorchclaw Pup×1

Health Potion×1

Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Plated Steelcaps57% · 52.7%

Mercury's Treads43% · 51.5%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.M

Maw of Malmortius28351.2%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.G

Guardian Angel61163.7%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.U

Umbral Glaive1.4k50.4%H

Hubris2.9k48.8%M

Mortal Reminder97647.3%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.E

Eye of the Herald6075.0%U

Umbral Glaive1.4k50.4%O

Oracle Lens7.4k50.0%

Best Graves Runes

Dark Harvest anchors the runes, tuned to how you actually play Graves: get into shotgun range, win the short trade, and get back out. His whole damage pattern is those brief point-blank windows, so the keystone is there to make each one pay. Round out the tree for the skirmishing and mobility his dashes already lean into.

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 Impact71% · 48.9%

Grisly Mementos51% · 48.5%

Treasure Hunter73% · 49.0%

Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Precision Secondary

Legend: Alacrity96% · 49.6%

Triumph96% · 49.4%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

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

Build toward Youmuu's Ghostblade into The Collector and play for that item spike. There is no single power window, so play the matchup in front of you. Once The Collector comes online around 16 minutes, his shotgun burst starts one-shotting squishies from Quickdraw range, and the fights he lost on cooldown earlier he now just wins. Farm like it is your job and do not force much before that timing.

Graves Skill Order

Level 9 is where End of the Line finishes maxing, and that pace is the whole trade. Smoke Screen holds at the single point it got on level 3 until 14, so Graves buys waveclear and gives up the vision denial.

Skill order · Graves R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 1.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q24579max 9

W314151718max 18

E18101213max 13

R61116max 16

Graves 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.

Abilities · Gravespatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

New DestinyPassiveP

End of the LineMax 1stQ

Smoke ScreenMax lastW

QuickdrawMax 2ndE

Collateral DamageUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

End of the LinePhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 2rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+25 per rank+55% bonus ADlv 250lv 475lv 5100lv 7125lv 9150Cooldown-1.75 per ranklv 213slv 411.25slv 59.5slv 77.75slv 96sConstant at every rankCost80same at all ranks

Graves Base Stats

Base stats · GravesPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD66+4AS0.475+3%MS340Range425HP625+106HP58+0.7Armor33+4.6MR33+1.1MP325+40MP58+0.7

Graves Matchups

Graves wants to fight at close range where both barrels connect, so long-range pokers who chip him before he closes and kiting mobility that keeps him at bay give him trouble. Melee targets he can stand next to and immobile carries who cannot escape his dash are exactly what his kit shreds.

Lane matchups · Graves click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs tank junglers 01You outdamage tanks early; punish their weak clears but respect their crowd control.02Ward flanks so their engage cannot catch you; hold E dash for escape.03In fights kite the frontline; use Smoke Screen to blunt their engage angles. Win rate by game lengthGraves overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min49.5%20–28 min49.3%28–35 min50.0%Over 35 min48.8%

Respect Udyr, Nidalee, and Nunu & Willump in the early skirmishes, since they can out-trade Graves before his damage items land and punish a sloppy reload. His answer is Quickdraw and Smoke Screen, blind them, dash through, and reset the fight on your terms. He has the tools to bully Zed, Ekko, and Naafiri, so once your own game is stable, press that edge and take over the map.

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