Graves Build, Runes, Abilities, & Matchups

In League of Legends Wild Rift Graves is a Marksman / Fighter champion that highly play in Jungle. View Graves Best builds, Runes, Matchups, and more here.

Graves Build Guide

Full Build

Black Cleaver	Phantom Dancer	Gluttonous Greaves
Deaths Dance	Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel

In Wild Rift Graves build items that increase Physical damage, Armor penetration, and Health point so he can be the main Jungler damage dealer.

Enchantment: Quicksilver is an item that Graves should build.

Core Items

Black Cleaver

Phantom Dancer

Gluttonous Greaves

Graves core items are Black Cleaver, Phantom Dancer, and Gluttonous Greaves.

The core items increase Attack damage, Attack speed, and Physical vamp.

Other Options

Statikk Shiv	Maw of Malmortius	Blade of the Ruined King
Infinity Edge	Rapid Firecannon	Mortal Reminder

Down below are different techniques to build on Graves against enemy match ups.

Build Vs Fighter

Black Cleaver	Phantom Dancer	Gluttonous Greaves
Infinity Edge	Deaths Dance	Bloodthirster

Build Infinity Edge to get extra damage and critical rate.

Build Bloodthirster to get Physical vamp and shied when you have full health.

Build Vs Assassin

Black Cleaver	Phantom Dancer	Gluttonous Greaves
Deaths Dance	Rapid Firecannon	Guardian Angel

Build Rapid Firecannon to get extra attack range, critical rate, and attack speed.

Build Guardian Angel to get revives at death.

Build Vs Mage

Black Cleaver	Phantom Dancer	Gluttonous Greaves
Maw of Malmortius	Infinity Edge	Guardian Angel

Build Maw of Malmortius to get magic resist and gain shield when health are below 35%.

Build Guardian Angel to survive high damage burst by mage combo skills.

Build Stasis Enchant to survive mage combo skills.

Build Vs Tank

Black Cleaver	Phantom Dancer	Gluttonous Greaves
Infinity Edge	Mortal Reminder	Guardian Angel

Build Mortal Reminder to get Armor penetration, and effectively attack tank champions.

Graves Jungle Marksman

Blade of the Ruined King	Statikk Shiv	Gluttonous Greaves
Infinity Edge	Mortal Reminder	Mortal Reminder

Recommend in-game build.

Graves Runes

The Best Wild Rift Graves runes are Conqueror keystone, with Brutal, Backbone, and Pack Hunter.

Conqueror	Gain stacks of Adaptive Force when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Stacks up to 5 times. When fully stacks deal bonus adaptive damage to champions. (Adaptive)
Brutal	Gain AD/AP and penetration. (Adaptive)
Backbone	Gain bonus AR or MR, based on stat you have less of.
Pack Hunter	Gain MS while near allies. For each unique ally you participate in a takedown with, you both gain bonus gold.

Summoner Spells

Flash	Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Smite	Deal true damage to a large or epic monster or minion. Simiting monsters restores Health. Slaying 4 large monsters upgrades Smite to Chilling Smite or Challenging Smite which can target enemy champions.

Graves Abilities Guide

Skill Details

New Destiny	Graves' shotgun has some unique properties: Double Barrel: Graves must reload when he runes out of ammo. Attack speed reduces reload time slightly, but reduces time between attacks dramatically. 12 Gauge: Attacks fire 4 bullets. Units hit take 72% physical damage + 24% for additional bullets. Critical strikes fire 6 bullets and increase each bullet's damage by 40%. Structure only take 75% damage. Buckshot: Bullets cannot pass through enemy units. Non-champions struck by multiple bullets are knocked back slightly.
End of the Line	Fires a power round that deals 45 physical damage and then detonates after 1.5s to deal an additional 85 physical damage. Detonantes in 0.25s if the round hits terrain. Cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 Mana Cost: 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Smoke Screen	Throws a canister that creates a cloud of smoke for 4 seconds. Enemies within the smoke cannot see outside of it. Enemies caught the initial impact take 60 magic damage and slowed by 50% for 0.5 seconds. Cooldown: 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 Mana Cost: 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Quickdraw	Dashes in a direction, reloading one shell and granting True Grit for 4 seconds. True grit grants 4 Armor and refreshes when damaging non-minions. Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 Mana Cost: 40
Collateral Damage	Fires an explosive shell that deals 250 physical damage and knocks Graves back from recoil. The shell explodes upon hitting an enemy champion or reaching the end of its range, dealing 200 physical damage in a cone. Cooldown: 90 / 70 / 50 Mana Cost: 100

Skill Orders

End of the Line	Smoke Screen	Quickdraw	Collateral Damage
1	3	2	5
4	12	8	9
6	14	10	13
7	15	11

Skill Combos

1. Auto Attack > Auto Attack > Quickdraw > End of the Line > Auto Attack.

2. Auto Attack > Auto Attack > Quickdraw > Collateral Damage.

3. Auto Attack > Auto Attack > Quickdraw > Smoking Screen.

Graves Matchups

Graves is Good Against
Amumu	Your Quickdraw can dodge Amumu Bandage toss. Amumu will try to retreat once he miss the hookshot. You can also use Smoking Screen on your position to blind him as well.
Gragas	You have a better chance of winning fight against Gragas in the early game, you have better camp clearing time and can output more damage. You can also use Quickdraw to dodge his Barrel Roll as well.
Evelynn	Evelynn is very squishy against you, when you get Allure try to dodge her Whiplash. If she is losing fight against you and wanted to Ult back to run, try to use Quickdraw and Collateral Damage to finish her.
Lee Sin	Lee Sin heavily relied on Sonic wave to connect his full combo, you can easily counter him with your Smoke screen and disable him from fighting you.

Graves Hard Counters
Olaf	When Olaf connect is Undertow with you, it is hard to run away from him, even with your Quickdraw. When Olaf activate Ragnarok it is very hard to fight against him.
Master Yi	Master Yi has faster attack speed and better damage when fighting against Graves, he also has higher mobility when he has his Ultimate. Master Yi can use is Alpha Strike to dodge your Smoke screen.
Vi	Vi can disable Graves very hard during team fight. Her Ultimate can completely disengage Graves from participating in team fight. When Graves try to run away, Vi can also use Vault Breaker to catch him as well.
Xin Zhao	Xin Zhao has very high damage, fast monster clearing camp and can fight 1vs1 against almost every champions. He can use Audacious Charge to follow up with your Quickdraw and knock you up with his Three Talon Strike.
Jarvan IV	Jarvan IV Demacian Standard combo with Dragon Strike is lethal against you. His Golden Aegis is also a good defensive ability against Graves as well.
Shyvana	Shyvana Dragons Descent and Flame Breath combo is very lethal against you.