Graves Counters

Best picks against Graves

Highest win rate versus Graves in Jungle.

1. 1Ivern166 games58.4%
2. 2Sejuani615 games56.8%
3. 3Dr. Mundo522 games55.6%
4. 4Rammus556 games55.2%
5. 5Gragas177 games54.8%
6. 6Rek'Sai243 games54.7%
7. 7Aatrox181 games54.7%
8. 8Gwen161 games54.7%
9. 9Bel'Veth536 games54.5%
10. 10Shyvana1,010 games54.5%
11. 11Elise629 games54.2%
12. 12Diana985 games54.2%
13. 13Xin Zhao941 games54.2%
14. 14Amumu537 games54.0%
15. 15Poppy274 games53.6%

Worst picks against Graves

Lowest win rate versus Graves in Jungle.

1. 1Trundle168 games42.9%
2. 2Rengar744 games44.9%
3. 3Taliyah181 games45.9%
4. 4Zed693 games46.3%
5. 5Nasus3,132 games46.8%
6. 6Shaco1,093 games47.4%
7. 7Volibear411 games47.5%
8. 8Hecarim1,135 games47.8%
9. 9Qiyana1,460 games47.9%
10. 10Jax556 games48.2%
11. 11Karthus310 games48.4%
12. 12Vi964 games48.5%
13. 13Nunu & Willump390 games49.0%

Best lane counters vs Graves

Largest gold lead over Graves at 15 minutes in Jungle.

1. 1Nidalee209 games+357
2. 2Talon333 games+270
3. 3Qiyana115 games+238
4. 4Kha'Zix402 games+232
5. 5Hecarim210 games+228
6. 6Zed199 games+220
7. 7Viego883 games+129
8. 8Briar580 games+110
9. 9Diana371 games+58
10. 10Ekko301 games+38

How to play against Graves

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

In lane and in teamfights

1. Avoid contesting early invades when you are low on health or resources. Ward the entrance, give space, and punish him later when he overextends.
2. Turn his ganks with nearby allies instead of retreating in a straight line. Graves struggles when his first burst does not end the play.
3. Deny him short fog approaches around camps and river brushes. Make him cross open space where W cannot isolate one target.
4. Force skirmishes after he uses E forward. Without that reposition, he has fewer ways to dodge crowd control or keep firing safely.
5. 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.