Graves build guide

Kemuri is off Ivy and now on Graves

by KemuriVersion 179Updated Sep 27, 2026Guide #448307

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Published guide

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Author's notes

Voted Graves cuz i need a new main NEW AP ORDER, ESSENCE THEFT IS KEY AP ORDER 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 SAVE YOUR POINTS FOR ULT IN LANE THEN FIGHT RIFT WITH HEROIC

Item categories

1First wave
Author's category · 2 items · | | | |
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  Auto Proc on hit, prioritize heroes if you can.
2. 2
  Extra Regen
  Bug abuse
2Core Items
Author's category · 10 items · | | | You want to stack as much spirit power as possible. | .
1. 1
  Extra Spirit
2. 2
  Extra Charge
  do not upgrade
3. 3
  Extra Stamina
3Move Speed Routeoptional
Author's category · 6 items · | | | |
1. 1
  Extra Health
  is better now from the health per boon buff for gravesb
2. 2
  Sprint Boots
  boxes
3. 3
  Enduring Speed
4Time to upgrade your items
Author's category · 9 items
1. 1
  Vortex Web
  Built from Slowing Hex
  New slow speed buffs make this instantly super good on graves. (it was very hard to use this pre slow buffs, I was the first one to notice this)
2. 2
  Divine Barrier
  Built from Guardian Ward
  Dispels your afflicted magic... but better
3. 3
  Improved Spirit
5Final Actives
Author's category · 4 items · | | | | |
1. 1
  Refresher
  Refresher refreshes your refresh
2. 2
  Echo Shard
  Can get early, but should be skipped for other offensive items
3. 3
  Capacitor
  Sell Heroic Aura for this
6Endgame items
Author's category · 2 items · | | | | |
1. 1
  Witchmail
  Sell Enchanter's Emblem for this, if it's more gun heroes than get Plated Armor.
2. 2
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Sell Stamina Mastery for this, reason why is that you have magic carpet, get better movement freaking idiiotbwb
7Thinking section
Author's category · 12 items · This section is for compy donkeys only
1. 1
  Tankbuster
  now your zombies will do extra extra dmg, might be good havent tested throughly with resists and items
2. 2
  Frenzy
  fire rate, bullet lifesteal (fake) and debuff resist, get this if you're going infuser overflow and leech,
3. 3
  Inhibitor
  Debuff item
8Alternatives to Heroicoptional
Author's category · 6 items · | | | | | |
1. 1
  Tesla Bullets
  If your support bought heroic, tell them good job and buy this or another 3.2k
2. 2
  Toxic Bullets
  Toxics your enemies
3. 3
  Stamina Mastery
  Built from Extra Stamina
9Melee Options
Author's category · 6 items · 5 light melees = max essence theft proc
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  counters calico and drifter chip dmg
2. 2
  Spirit Strike
  spirit shred
3. 3
  Melee Charge
  if they punch your tombstone ig.
4. 4
10Some items to consider based on their annotationsoptional
Author's category · 18 items · | | | | | |
1. 1
  Rebuttal
  Yeah!
2. 2
  Weapon Shielding
  gun proc of spirit shielding lmk
3. 3
11History lessonsoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Ballistic Enchantment
  This item used to let zombies give you +5 weapon DMG from NPCS but yoshi thought that was too op or too niche and removed it
2. 2
  Mystic Reverb
  First day i saw someone put this on Deadheads, needless to say we've all been in tomtom3
3. 3
  Surge of Power

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 15