
Graves·Top Build





Win rate | 44.6% |
Pick rate | 0.1% |
Ban rate | 7.8% |
Matches | 1 220- |

Graves Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 46.2% based on 119 matches
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Most Popular
46.2%

2nd Most Popular
46.8%

Alternative
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spells

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items
Starter Items
Time Target


@ 12 sec
Early Items

@ 3 min
Core Items



@ 18 min
Full Build






ability order
Q
E
W
Skills





situational items






Graves Matchups Overview
Graves General information
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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 Teleport 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 Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Lord Dominik's Regards, Infinity Edge and finish with Immortal Shieldbow. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 46.2% winrate over 119 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Graves Top build would be to take Flash and Smite 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 Youmuu's Ghostblade, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and The Collector as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow and Infinity Edge. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 46.8% win rate over 77 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite 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 Essence Reaver as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and The Collector as a third item. You want to finish the build with Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster and Infinity Edge. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 49.1% win rate across 57 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 15.3 the best possible matchups for Graves Top are:
- vs. Illaoi - 71.4% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Tryndamere - 68.8% win rate over 16 games.
- vs. Renekton - 65.4% win rate over 26 games.
- vs. Kled - 63.6% win rate over 11 games.
- vs. Maokai - 63.6% win rate over 11 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. Kayle - 9.1% win rate over 11 games.
- vs. Olaf - 14.3% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Singed - 16.7% win rate over 12 games.
- vs. Vladimir - 22.2% win rate over 18 games.
- vs. Swain - 22.2% win rate over 9 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.