Graves
Graves's shotgun fires multiple pellets in a cone, and his basic attack has two ammo charges.
- Damage8
- Durability5
- Magic3
- Difficulty3
- Mobility8
- CC3
Counters by laneEach lane has counters + tips
Top
JunglePrimary
How to play as Graves
- Kite with E (Quickdraw) — each dash refunds an ammo reload
- Q (End of the Line) in fog or choke points — true damage punches through
- Build Eclipse + Bloodthirster + Edge of Night
- Passive gives bush vision — use for surprise engages
- R (Collateral Damage) cone — aim through multiple clumped targets
- Jungle clear: Q + auto on thick camps
How to beat Graves
- Don't fight in fog — passive (New Destiny) gives him vision there
- Stay grouped to soak Q (End of the Line) — true damage AOE
- Quicksilver Sash breaks R (Collateral Damage) cone displacement
- Avoid walls — he uses E (Quickdraw) reload + dash off them
- Stay out of ammo range — autos are 2 shells then long reload
- Ward jungle — he wants to power farm before ganks
Mid
ADC
Support
How to play as Graves
Support: keep vision + peel for ADC, build Locket of the Iron Solari + Knight's Vow.
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Weak against
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Abilities
New Destiny
Innate - Double Barrel: Graves' basic attacks consume ammunition within 2 rounds, he will briefly reload immediately after expending all rounds or withholding leftover rounds for a while. The reload time is reduced by Graves' level and bonus attack speed, and can be interrupted by declaring an attack or casting an ability.
Innate - 12-Gauge: Graves' basic attack sprays 4 pellets in a cone that each collide with the first enemy unit or structure hit. This deals % AD physical damage plusfor each subsequent pellet hitting the same target, up to % AD physical damage. Only the first pellet to hit each enemy applies on-hit effects. The damage is reduced to 25% against turret.
Critical strikes spray 6 pellets over a 25% wider cone, with each pellet dealing .
- Crit
- 6 bullets, 130% damage each
- Crit with Infinity Edge
- 6 bullets, 140% damage each
End of the Line
Active: Graves fires a shell in the target direction that deals physical damage to enemies it passes through and leaves behind a powder trail.
After 1 second, or 0.25 seconds upon colliding with terrain, the shell detonates to deal physical damage to enemies within a wide perpendicular area and in a reverse wave along the powder trail.
End of the Line deals 105% damage against monsters.
- Second half bonus Attack Damage
- 80/110/140/170%
- Damage of the first phase
- 55/75/95/115 + 80% bonus AD
- Cooldown
- 10/9/8/7s
- Damage to monsters
- 110%
- Bonus Attack Damage ratio of the explosion
- 110%/130%/150%/170%
Smoke Screen
Active: Graves fires a canister at the target location that deals magic damage to enemies within the area and slow them by 50% for 0.5 seconds.
This leaves a smoke screen for 4 seconds that inflicts nearsight of outside the area to enemies within every 0.25 seconds, reducing their sight radius relative to the center.
Quickdraw
Active: Graves dashes to the target location, reloading 1 round and generating a stack of True Grit for 4 seconds, stacking up to 6 times. Dashing towards an enemy champion generates 2 stacks.
Quickdraw's remaining cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds for every pellet impacting an enemy.
True Grit: For each stack, Graves gains bonus armor. Subsequent casts of Quickdraw and attacks versus non-minions will refresh the duration.
- Armor bonus per stack of True Grit
- 13/18/23/28
- Cooldown
- 13/13/13/13s
Collateral Damage
Active: Graves fires an explosive shot in the target direction that deals physical damage to enemies hit and makes him dash 300 units backward.
Upon hitting an enemy champion or reaching maximum range, the shot explodes in a cone that deals physical damage to additional enemies.
- Base damage
- 300/450/600
Balance history6 patches
- End of the Line · Bonus Attack Damage ratio of the explosion: 80%/110%/140%/170%→110%/130%/150%/170%
- Quickdraw · Cooldown: 16/15/14/13s→13/13/13/13s
- Base Stats · Base Magic Resistance: 38→40
- End of the Line · Cooldown: 11.5/10/8.5/7s→10/9/8/7s
- End of the Line · Damage to monsters: 105%→110%
- Quickdraw · Armor bonus per stack of True Grit: 8/14/20/26→13/18/23/28
- End of the Line · Damage of the first phase: 45/65/85/105+80% bonus AD→55/75/95/115 + 80% bonus AD
- Base Stats · Base Attack Damage: 64→66
- Base Stats · Base Health: 570→630
- End of the Line · Second half bonus Attack Damage: 70/100/130/160%→80/110/140/170%
- Collateral Damage · Base damage: 275/425/575→300/450/600
- New Destiny · Crit: 6 bullets, 120% damage each→6 bullets, 130% damage each
- New Destiny · Crit with Infinity Edge: 6 bullets, 130% damage each→6 bullets, 140% damage each