Graves Jungle Build

Graves Champion Guide

Role: Marksman

Lane: Jungle

Graves Jungle is best built with Youmuu's Ghostblade, Plated Steelcaps, The Collector, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Immortal Shieldbow. Most picked runes for Graves Jungle are Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, and Treasure Hunter for primary tree, as well as Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph for secondary tree.

Graves Champion Abilities

New Destiny

Graves' basic attack fires a cone of 4 bullets which stop on the first unit hit. The first bullet on a target deals 70-100.01% total AD physical damage (depending on level), with subsequent bullets dealing a third of that damage per bullet. Structures take 25% reduced damage from Graves' basic attacks.

Graves stores two Shells at any time and expends them when he basic attacks. After using them, Graves reloads, delaying his next basic attack significantly. Graves' reload time is slightly reduced by attack speed, but the time between attacks is greatly reduced by attack speed.

Upon critically striking, Graves fires 6 bullets over a 25% wider cone and deals 30% bonus physical damage. P

End of the Line

Graves fires a powder round dealing 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 (+0.8 per bonus attack damage) physical damage. After 1 second or after colliding with terrain, it detonates, dealing 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 / 225 (+0.4 / 0.65 / 0.9 / 1.15 / 1.4 per bonus attack damage) physical damage along the travel path again and to enemies near the blast, for a total of 130 / 185 / 240 / 295 / 350 (+1.2 / 1.5 / 1.8 / 2.1 / 2.4 per bonus attack damage) physical damage. Q

Smoke Screen

Graves creates a cloud of black smoke for 4 seconds, slowing enemies inside by 50% and blocking their vision outside the area. The initial impact deals 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 (+60% of ability power) magic damage. W

Quickdraw

Graves dashes and reloads one Shell into his shotgun. He also gains a stack for 4 seconds (max 8 stacks) or two stacks if he dashes towards an enemy champion. Stacks grant him 4 / 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 armor. Stacks are refreshed when damaging a non-minion.

Each bullet hit from Graves' attacks reduces this ability's cooldown by 0.5 seconds. E

Collateral Damage

Graves fires an explosive cartridge, blasting himself backwards. The cartridge deals 275 / 425 / 575 (+1.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to the first enemy hit. After hitting an enemy champion or reaching the end of its range, the cartridge explodes outward, dealing 200 / 320 / 440 (+1.2 per bonus attack damage) physical damage. R

Graves Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Smite

Smite is a unit-targeted summoner spell that deals true damage to the target large or medium monster, enemy minion, or pet.

Graves Runes

Graves Items

Graves Ability Order

Graves Matchups Overview

Strong against

Talon

Lillia

Gragas

Shaco

Rek'Sai

Fiddlesticks

Weak against

Rengar

Nidalee

Kha'Zix

Zed

Bel'Veth

Briar

Graves Tips and Tricks

When duelling an enemy champion, position your Q towards a wall so it explodes quickly. You can cancel auto-attack animations with your E. Never use your E if you have 2 auto attacks available, as your E will reset 1 auto. Your E and Ultimate R can be used to chase or escape sticky situations. You can also use both of them to get over walls.

The Best Graves Builds, Runes and Items for Jungle

Most Popular

For the most popular Graves Jungle build, take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, 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 Triumph in the secondary tree. For rune shards, use Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health Scaling in defense, depending on the matchup. For your items, build Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and The Collector. Finish with Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and Infinity Edge. Stick with Q - E - W for your skill order.

Alternative

For an alternative Graves Jungle build, take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with 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. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. Start with The Collector as your first item, then build Plated Steelcaps and Youmuu's Ghostblade as your next items. Complete the build with Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and Infinity Edge. Keep the skill order as Q - E - W.

Off-Meta

For an off-meta Graves Jungle build, take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, and Treasure Hunter in the primary rune tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph in the secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. Build Hubris as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps and The Collector as your second and third items. Finish with Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and Infinity Edge. Stick with Q - E - W for ability max order.

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 taking specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state, and matchup to plan your Graves build accordingly. For rune shards, you may want to take Armor or Magic Resist depending on the champion you're facing in lane.