Graves·Mid Build
Win rate | 48.5%- |
Pick rate | 0.2%- |
Ban rate | 4.2%- |
Matches | 2 886- |
Graves Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 54.5% based on 838 matches
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Most Popular
54.5%Highest WR
60.8%Alternative
41.7%Off-Meta
57.5%Top Players ALL
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77.8%above all#MID OTP
25.0%Matchup Specific
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56.5%runes
spells
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items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 13 sec
Early Items
@ 4 min
Core Items
@ 18 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
E
W
Skills
situational items
Graves Matchups Overview
Graves General information
Graves tips and tricks
Aim your Q so it pushes the minion wave and hits the enemy at the same time. This will give you the most value for your mana pool.
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.
Graves combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Graves Builds, Runes and Items for Mid in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Graves Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Magical Footwear and Biscuit Delivery 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 Mercury's Treads and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Lord Dominik's Regards, Infinity Edge and finish with Bloodthirster. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.5% winrate over 838 matches played.
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, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Biscuit Delivery 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 Stormrazor as your first item, then Mercury's Treads 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 41.7% win rate across 103 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Graves Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Magical Footwear with Biscuit Delivery as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Essence Reaver as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster and Maw of Malmortius. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 57.5% win rate over 80 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 Mid in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.8 the best possible matchups for Graves Mid are:
- vs. Ziggs - 81.8% win rate over 11 games.
- vs. Annie - 73.9% win rate over 23 games.
- vs. Fizz - 58.1% win rate over 43 games.
- vs. Talon - 58.1% win rate over 31 games.
- vs. Orianna - 56.6% win rate over 53 games.
Consider picking Graves into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Mid matchups that currently are in favor of Graves.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Graves in the current patch into the following Mid matchups:
- vs. Brand - 27.3% win rate over 22 games.
- vs. Gragas - 28.6% win rate over 14 games.
- vs. Vladimir - 32.0% win rate over 25 games.
- vs. Taliyah - 37.5% win rate over 64 games.
- vs. Ryze - 38.2% win rate over 34 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.