Graves build guide
by SwoleBenjiVersion 9Updated Sep 4, 2026Guide #538051
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This build allows you to deal decent sustained damage in early lane, jungle as FAST as possible, Split Push with Ghouls, and turn into a spirit NUKER that can also be VERY tanky late game.
1Early Lane
Author's category · 9 items
Extra Health
Extra Stamina
Sprint Boots
Extended Magazine
2Roam / Jungle / Gank
Author's category · 9 items · Put Compress Cooldown and Duration Extender on Borrowed Decree. Sell Close Quarters for item slot.
Compress Cooldown
Enduring Speed
Built from Sprint Boots
Fortitude
Built from Extra Health
3Late game
Game stage · 8 items · Sell Close Quarters, Opening Rounds, then Intensifying Magazine, then Titanic Magazine for slots. Bind Echo Shard to Jar of Dead. Sell Split Shot as well whenever you don't need to farm.
Extra Spirit
Improved Spirit
Built from Extra Spirit
Boundless Spirit
Built from Improved Spirit
4Very Late Game
Author's category · 3 items · Sell Fortitude and Stamina Master for Colossus and Cheat Death.
Colossus
Built from Extra Health
Cheat Death
Juggernaut
Built from Enduring Speed
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.
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 6 | Jar of Dead: 5 AP upgrade, step 7 |
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Close Quarters
Titanic Magazine
Built from Extended Magazine
Intensifying Magazine
Opening Rounds
Split Shot
Stamina Mastery
Built from Extra Stamina
Duration Extender
Superior Duration
Built from Duration Extender
Superior Cooldown
Built from Compress Cooldown
Transcendent Cooldown
Built from Superior Cooldown
Refresher
Echo Shard
Infuser
Escalating Exposure
Spirit Burn
Witchmail
Grasping HandsGrasping Hands | Grasping Hands: Ability unlocked, step 2 | Grasping Hands: 1 AP upgrade, step 14 | Grasping Hands: 2 AP upgrade, step 15 | Grasping Hands: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
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Essence TheftEssence Theft | Essence Theft: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Essence Theft: 1 AP upgrade, step 11 | Essence Theft: 2 AP upgrade, step 12 | Essence Theft: 5 AP upgrade, step 13 |
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Borrowed DecreeBorrowed Decree | Borrowed Decree: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Borrowed Decree: 1 AP upgrade, step 8 | Borrowed Decree: 2 AP upgrade, step 9 | Borrowed Decree: 5 AP upgrade, step 10 |
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Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
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Current patch: the Oct 5, 2026 update, Oct 5, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC to today · ranked and unranked · all match average ranks
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