Graves build guide

LORE ACCURATE NECROMANCER [SPIRIT GRAVES]

by DronoVersion 5Updated May 9, 2026Guide #615733

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Author's notes

Spirit focus build. Infinite skulls. Insane scaling.

Item categories

1Healingoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Healing Rite
  buy only if cant lane
2. 2
  Extra Regen
  sustain in lane
2EARLY
Author's category · 10 items · L->R
1. 1
  Golden Goose Egg
  This item is really strong on graves
2. 2
  Restorative Shot
  Hit this on heroes off cooldown. Infinite sustain.
3. 3
  Monster Rounds
  U kinda need this because egg -10% hurts a lot in lane
4. 4
3MIDGAME
Author's category · 6 items · L->R
1. 1
  Heroic Aura
  Overpowered sinergy with Echo Shard.
2. 2
  Superior Duration
  Built from Duration Extender
  More duration.
3. 3
  Boundless Spirit
  Built from Improved Spirit
  Damage.
4LATEoptional
Author's category · 12 items · Buy spirit into gun if ahead. Buy greens if even or bhind
1. 1
  Mercurial Magnum
  Pretty good for consistent damage.
2. 2
  Escalating Exposure
  U get this after Magnum, because now u apply this item almost instantly.
3. 3
  Ricochet
  Pretty good for teamfighting
5GREENSoptional
Author's category · 10 items · Buy 1 or 2 max only if the item is REALLY good vs enemy team
1. 1
  Reactive Barrier
  Vs cc heroes (Abrams, Viscous, Dynamo, etc.)
2. 2
  Return Fire
  Vs heavy gun lane (Haze+Wraith, Venator+Silver, etc.)
3. 3
  Debuff Reducer
  Buy if u need to get Unstoppable asap.
6SITUATIONALoptional
Author's category · 10 items
1. 1
  Rebuttal
  Get this in lane vs Billy/Abrams/Viscous/any melee spamming hero
2. 2
  Toxic Bullets
  U can go this if u dont like Heroic or need a lot of antiheal
3. 3
  Slowing Hex
  Vs movement abilities (Apollo, Mina, Shiv, etc.)

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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 6			Jar of Dead: 5 AP upgrade, step 9