# Graves Counters Who counters Graves? Best and worst picks against Graves by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Graves in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) ## Page Content [Graves guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) [Play against Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/how-to-play-against/) [Graves counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/counters/) Best and worst picks against Graves in Jungle at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Ivern, Sejuani and Dr. Mundo beat Graves most often. Nidalee, Talon and Qiyana win the laning phase against Graves by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Graves Highest win rate versus Graves in Jungle. - 1 [Ivern](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ivern/) 166 games 58.4% - 2 [Sejuani](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sejuani/) 615 games 56.8% - 3 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 522 games 55.6% - 4 [Rammus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rammus/) 556 games 55.2% - 5 [Gragas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gragas/) 177 games 54.8% - 6 [Rek'Sai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/reksai/) 243 games 54.7% - 7 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 181 games 54.7% - 8 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 161 games 54.7% - 9 [Bel'Veth](https://baronbuff.com/champions/belveth/) 536 games 54.5% - 10 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 1,010 games 54.5% - 11 [Elise](https://baronbuff.com/champions/elise/) 629 games 54.2% - 12 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 985 games 54.2% - 13 [Xin Zhao](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xinzhao/) 941 games 54.2% - 14 [Amumu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/amumu/) 537 games 54.0% - 15 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 274 games 53.6% ## Worst picks against Graves Lowest win rate versus Graves in Jungle. - 1 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 168 games 42.9% - 2 [Rengar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rengar/) 744 games 44.9% - 3 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 181 games 45.9% - 4 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 693 games 46.3% - 5 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 3,132 games 46.8% - 6 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 1,093 games 47.4% - 7 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 411 games 47.5% - 8 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 1,135 games 47.8% - 9 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 1,460 games 47.9% - 10 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 556 games 48.2% - 11 [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) 310 games 48.4% - 12 [Vi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vi/) 964 games 48.5% - 13 [Nunu & Willump](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nunu/) 390 games 49.0% ## Best lane counters vs Graves Largest gold lead over Graves at 15 minutes in Jungle. - 1 [Nidalee](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/) 209 games +357 - 2 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 333 games +270 - 3 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 115 games +238 - 4 [Kha'Zix](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/) 402 games +232 - 5 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 210 games +228 - 6 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 199 games +220 - 7 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 883 games +129 - 8 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 580 games +110 - 9 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 371 games +58 - 10 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 301 games +38 ## How to play against Graves Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Avoid contesting early invades when you are low on health or resources. Ward the entrance, give space, and punish him later when he overextends. - Turn his ganks with nearby allies instead of retreating in a straight line. Graves struggles when his first burst does not end the play. - Deny him short fog approaches around camps and river brushes. Make him cross open space where W cannot isolate one target. - Force skirmishes after he uses E forward. Without that reposition, he has fewer ways to dodge crowd control or keep firing safely. - Check flank pockets before starting Baron. Graves can clean up fights if he enters from fog after your cooldowns are spent. ## Where Graves is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Graves deals best at short range, so disciplined spacing forces him to cross dangerous ground before contributing. - He lacks reliable hard crowd control, making failed invades or ganks easy to turn with coordinated allies. ## Graves counters: questions ### Who counters Graves in Jungle? At Gold+, Ivern (58.4%), Sejuani (56.8%) and Dr. Mundo (55.6%) have the highest win rates against Graves. ### Who does Graves counter? Graves wins most often against Trundle (42.9%), Rengar (44.9%) and Taliyah (45.9%). ### Who wins lane against Graves? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Nidalee (+357), Talon (+270) and Qiyana (+238) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Graves. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Jungle Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jungle/) - [Nidalee counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/counters/) - [Talon counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)