Lockit v6861

Heroes / Graves

Graves hero card

Graves

Morbid · Area Denial · Necromancer

Build Graves Counter Graves

Meta right now

1,274,672 Graves games, Nov 1 to Nov 15, all ranks, from deadlock-api tracked matches.

Base stats

Abilities

  1. Jar of Dead

    Ability 1

    4 Deadheads16 Damage

    Passive: Collect death when anything dies nearby and store it in your Jar of Dead.. Active: Throw a jar to summon Deadheads that repeatedly deal spirit damage to enemies.. Deadheads follow you instead if there's no nearby enemies, and prioritize the target of your weapon.

    1. T11 APCollecting death heals 5 health per pickup
    2. T22 APOn Hit: Apply 24% Slow for 1s
    3. T35 AP+2 Deadheads. +4s Deadhead Lifetime

  2. Grasping Hands

    Ability 2

    34 s Cooldown1 Ghouls Raised90 Damage

    Unearth a line of grasping hands, summoning a Ghoul and leaving behind a rift. Enemies who pass through take spirit damage and receive immobilize.. Alt-Cast rotates the orientation of the wall.

    1. T22 AP+90 Damage and +10m Wall Length
    2. T35 AP+1 Ghouls Raised. -14s Cooldown. +0.75s Immobilize Duration

  3. Essence Theft

    Ability 3

    25% Max Weapon Damage Stolen10% Max Spirit Resist Stolen

    Your weapon steals weapon damage and spirit resist over time, up to a maximum amount per target.

    1. T35 AP+1 Max Steal Targets. All Summons now apply Essence Theft

  4. Borrowed Decree

    Ultimate

    140 s Cooldown115 Damage64% Move Speed

    1. T11 AP+25% Ghoul Speed. -15s Cooldown
    2. T22 AP+10s Duration
    3. T35 APOn Death: Deal +5% Current Health as Damage. -0.3s Time To Spawn

Best items on Graves

Most-bought items per tier, ranked by how much they lift Graves's win rate. Compared within each tier, so late items don't look better just for being late.

800 souls

  1. Gritbought 50.9% · ~5 min +1.5
  2. Extra Staminabought 84.5% · ~9 min +0.4
  3. Restorative Shotbought 90.2% · ~2 min +0.2
  4. Extra Spiritbought 77.9% · ~6 min +0.1

1,600 souls

  1. Weapon Shieldingbought 24.7% · ~13 min +2.6
  2. Mystic Vulnerabilitybought 57.1% · ~20 min +1.7
  3. Enchanter's Emblembought 35.0% · ~17 min +1.4
  4. Spirit Lifestealbought 61.8% · ~20 min +1.3

3,200 souls

  1. Torment Pulsebought 33.8% · ~17 min +3.4
  2. Tesla Bulletsbought 49.8% · ~13 min +1.5
  3. Toxic Bulletsbought 71.6% · ~20 min +1.2
  4. Stamina Masterybought 68.4% · ~20 min +1.1

6,400 souls

  1. Siphon Bulletsbought 23.8% · ~34 min +5.1
  2. Escalating Exposurebought 46.1% · ~30 min +3.7
  3. Spiritual Overflowbought 29.1% · ~32 min +3.0
  4. Ricochetbought 20.6% · ~31 min +2.7

How to counter Graves

Summons and turretsStuns and disablesChannelled ultimateAbility burst

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