Graves·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Graves Bot build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Dark Harvest as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hubris as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Bloodthirster. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Black Cleaver and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 53.2% winrate over 62 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Graves Bot build would be to take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Dark Harvest as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are The Collector, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Infinity Edge as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Black Cleaver, Immortal Shieldbow and Bloodthirster. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 35.2% win rate over 54 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are The Collector as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Infinity Edge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow and Bloodthirster. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 57.7% win rate across 52 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Graves Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Lord Dominik's Regards, Infinity Edge and Bloodthirster. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 43.1% win rate over 51 matches played.

Situational Graves Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Graves build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.