Graves·Top Build

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 44.5% winrate over 229 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Graves Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are 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. 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 Mortal Reminder, Infinity Edge and Immortal Shieldbow. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 41.3% win rate over 63 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being 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, 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 Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Bloodthirster. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 39.2% win rate across 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.