Graves build guide

AndrewChicken's Raging Swarm Build

by AndrewChickenVersion 18Updated Sep 30, 2026Guide #439088

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Author's notes

Devastate your enemies with Echo Shard skulls! This is AndrewChicken's main Graves build.

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 5 items · L-R. Get green spike before gun spike if tough lane.
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  She procs this for free. Insane early lane healing! Sell later.
2. 2
  Improved Spirit
  This adds a lot of damage to her abilities. Upgrade to Boundless Spirit.
3. 3
  Rapid Recharge
  This lets her double the amount of minions on the field and adds a ton of spirit power.
4. 4
  Recharging Rush
  ESSENTIAL item. This lets you summon Raging Spirits out of thin air if you do damage quickly enough. Much easier to make this proc after getting Heroic Aura.
5. 5
  Heroic Aura
  This is a MASSIVE damage increase on the Raging Spirits, and it also provides nice stats to you too.
2Green 4.8k
Author's category · 3 items · Get all three of these (or alts) at some point.
1. 1
  Enduring Speed
  Graves is slow. This fixes that.
2. 2
  Enchanter's Emblem
  Spirit resist and good stats.
3. 3
  Healbane
  Anti-heal is always good.
3Counterplayoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Rebuttal
  For parry baiting and spamming on the Tombstone.
2. 2
  Disarming Hex
  Disarm them and they can't shoot the minions!
4Mid game
Game stage · 6 items · L-R. Get this after getting Green 4.8k
1. 1
  Echo Shard
  Double the minions, double the fun!
2. 2
  Arcane Surge
  Use this before using Tombstone or Grasping Hands!
3. 3
  Compress Cooldown
  Imbue this on the Tombstone for more uptime.
4. 4
5Green Alternativesoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Reactive Barrier
  They have CC :(
2. 2
  Spirit Lifesteal
  Good sustain item. After testing, I realized that this is only a marginal increase over the inherent healing from Jar of Dead's passive.
3. 3
  Spirit Shielding
  If their spirit damage is REALLY oppressive.
6Extrasoptional
Author's category · 8 items · For when the game goes too long and you don't know what to buy.
1. 1
  Spirit Burn
  Huge damage and anti-heal item.
2. 2
  Focus Lens
  Apply this to a target and watch your minions eat them alive.
3. 3
  Infuser
  Built from Spirit Lifesteal
  She does mostly spirit damage, so this is an essential late-game healing item.
7Situationaloptional
Author's category · 6 items · Buy as needed.
1. 1
  Bullet Resilience
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
3. 3
  Counterspell
4. 4

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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 5		Jar of Dead: 2 AP upgrade, step 7	Jar of Dead: 5 AP upgrade, step 8