Graves build guide

Elendilli - Tempo Macro Graves

by Professional Space CreatorVersion 87Updated Oct 4, 2026Guide #430849

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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Author's notes

Twitch.tv/Elendilli (rare streams) Cheat Death is the core of this build. It allows you to play up/aggressive on the enemy, especially carries and once it procs assess whether you can back off to save your life or keep fighting / making enemies overcommit. Combined with Toxic/Inhib/Sup.Duration, (works on Cheat Death too) you can literally ruin enemy carry players game.

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 8 items · Split shot push out waves really fast / neutrals / Splitshot if 2+ Heroes
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  required to lane
2. 2
  Extra Stamina
  lets you make plays like a normal character
3. 3
  Grit
  Very good in lane when taking trades. Just using this shield can discourage players. If not the shield can save your life + Resto heal can outplay. UPGRADE TO SHIELDING IF NEEDED
4. 4
2Laneoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Sprint Boots
  box runs. required vs uninteractable lanes and just in general u should do box runs even without sprint boots
2. 2
  Rebuttal
  For lanes against Viscous or Billy generally. Other lesser melee users also apply.
3. 3
  Close Quarters
  Rebuttal + Close Quarters = melee damage users are fked
3Ult Tempo (buy and ult before objectives)
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Compress Cooldown
  tempo ult spam during the right time (use before contesting midboss, use when rift spawns in another lane, use before any OBJ).
2. 2
  Duration Extender
  tempo ult duration. if contesting midboss place it near your t2 walker to push middle while midbossing or during rift & go fight rift
4Mid/Late
Author's category · 6 items · Never sell Splitshot. Toxic can be bought earlier sometimes
1. 1
  Superior Duration
  Built from Duration Extender
  Buy when ur 2 is maxed and for ult/cheat death duration and even your 1 & 2 & 3 ability.
2. 2
  Toxic Bullets
  evil item with cheat death or inhibitor + toxic + cheat death.
3. 3
  Inhibitor
  evil item if you have cheat death alongside toxic. silencer is a bit too expensive alongside it but you get the idea.
5BubbleGirl (double shield is good)optional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Weapon Shielding
  Built from Grit
  Bubble Girl (x2 shields or Enchanters + Weapon shielding)
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
  Built from Grit
  Bubble Girl (x2 shields)
3. 3
  Enduring Speed
6Luxuryoptional
Author's category · 11 items
1. 1
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  tempo for all abilities (buy if slot locked to hit 4800 OR skip and buy later when Grasping Hands is maxed. Sometimes u can T2 skulls to T5 hands if game require lane janitor (send zombies to lanes)
2. 2
  Diviner's Kevlar
  Ult CDR and duration. Makes our ult cooldown with superior CD that much faster
3. 3
7Defensivesoptional
Author's category · 11 items · Healbane good for cheap anti heal in losing games when you can't get Inhib for double anti heal.
1. 1
  Battle Vest
2. 2
  Healbane
  decent alongside toxic. can be substituted for Enduring Speed
3. 3
  Return Fire
  unironically viable since even after you die its still procing (cheat death).
8Situationaloptional
Author's category · 22 items · AP order always changes depending on game. 2-5-2-2 (struggling), 5-0-2-2 (early damage), 2-5-5-2 (steal dmg)
1. 1
  Fleetfoot
  Replace Active Reload with Fleetfoot sometimes. Melee Cancel (bait parry) and box enjoyer.
2. 2
  Slowing Bullets
  to slow someone a lot since this is a debuff spam build
3. 3
  Cultist Sacrifice

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Jar of DeadJar of Dead	Jar of Dead: Ability unlocked, step 1	Jar of Dead: 1 AP upgrade, step 2						Jar of Dead: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Jar of Dead: 5 AP upgrade, step 9