Graves·Top Build
P
Q
W
E
R| Win rate | 49.1% |
| Pick rate | 0.1% |
| Ban rate | 3.5% |
| Matches | 867- |
Graves Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 57.6% based on 92 matches
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Starter Items
Time Target


@ 10 sec
Early Items

@ 3 min
Core Items



@ 19 min
Full Build






ability order
Q
E
W
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situational items






Graves Matchups Overview
Graves General information
Graves combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Graves Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Graves Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear 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 Essence Reaver as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Bloodthirster. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 57.6% winrate over 92 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.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Graves runes page.

Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Graves Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 16.1 the best possible matchups for Graves Top are:
- vs. Yorick - win rate over games.
- vs. Galio - win rate over games.
- vs. Vayne - 83.3% win rate over 12 games.
- vs. Ryze - 75.0% win rate over 4 games.
- vs. Illaoi - 75.0% win rate over 4 games.
Consider picking Graves into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Graves.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Graves in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Qiyana - win rate over games.
- vs. Quinn - win rate over games.
- vs. Kled - 20.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Olaf - 20.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Tahm Kench - 25.0% win rate over 8 games.
These champions are considered as Graves counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Graves counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.