Graves build guide

Shiri's Support Graves (FULLY ANNOTATED NOW)

by shiri ♡Version 36Updated Oct 7, 2026Guide #646382

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Author's notes

This is probably my favorite way to play graves right now. you aren't as much of a frontline with this build but, more of a spirit nuke ghost for your team. your goal is to not take as much damage and cause a lot of disrupt and sustain for team fights :>

Item categories

1Core
Author's category · 12 items · kinda solved early game but buy what feels right. Grab guardian ward for hard lanes
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  heals in lane without missing it very cool
2. 2
  Grit
  builds into all of the barriers and allows for better lane trading
3. 3
  Mystic Shot
  this item scales with spirit and is really good burst on her due to always activating it...
4. 4
2Util Focus
Author's category · 3 items · most games
1. 1
  Scourge
  pop this on yourself or a frontline and microwave everything... her kit is so cqc so this is extremely useful for survival and dmg
2. 2
  Echo Shard
  it's good on the root for more area denial and zombie pressure. or, you can add more skulls to the mix + passively regening them feels amazing!
3. 3
  Juggernaut
  ruins people's fire rate and good for her 0 movement
3Damageoptional
Author's category · 5 items · when you focus on carrying over support
1. 1
  Spirit Burn
  insane anti heal and burst
2. 2
  Ethereal Shift
  pop grave, sit inside this and hurt people :>
3. 3
  Spiritual Overflow
  very good dmg increase and longer gravestones for better fights! it isn't as good now that it has been nerfed but still gives a ton of value
4Ult Botoptional
Author's category · 3 items · zombie stage
1. 1
  Diviner's Kevlar
  very good on her after the buffs... you get a huge barrier, a ton of spirit power, and duration + cooldown
2. 2
  Refresher
  I get this with a very cordinated team so we can take mid boss with 2 grave stones and 3 million summons
3. 3
  Transcendent Cooldown
5Eat Your Veggiesoptional
Author's category · 4 items · need survival
1. 1
  Counterspell
  this prevents movement debuffs and it gives you a lot of buffs after you hit it
2. 2
  Warp Stone
  get this if you are getting chased a lot and find it hard to get away from mobility heroes + bullet res is super nice
3. 3
  Spirit Resilience
  Most games have too much spirit dmg
6Extra Support Itemsoptional
Author's category · 10 items · if you are behind or need something to counter someone look here
1. 1
  Rusted Barrel
  good for when teamate is peaking a gun carry for way too long during lane / making it really hard for them to kill your summons (sell or upgrade)
2. 2
  Suppressor
  useful anti gun for early game
3. 3
  Slowing Hex
7Misc.optional
Author's category · 8 items · Extra things that can effect games. Just not every game
1. 1
  Rebuttal
  more tombstone parries
2. 2
  Healbane
  really good anti heal for early game
3. 3
  Phantom Strike
  there's someone who need's to be knocked out of the sky right now
8
Author's category · 0 items · Graves is an off support / sudo frontline character. Your main goal is to fill in the gaps that are needed on your team. Her kit is really strong cc and debuff focused so grabbing more items that compliment that is very nice. Divine barrier is great to rush most games because you can get a lot more active in fights and bail out a teammate / use it as a dispel for yourself. Scourge feels like a must have in this current meta so I HIGHLY recommend grabbing it almost every game. Put it on yourself, other frontlines, carries that are getting active, or just whoever is getting focused in a fight.
No items listed.
9What Items Do I Corrupt?
Author's category · 0 items · Still testing but I think divine barrier, heroic aura, and both 3.2k res feels strong. If you want to get more damage, spirit burn, eshift, and compacitor are super good :>
No items listed.
10When Should I Ult?
Author's category · 0 items · Whenever you think it will give value. Prio playing for objectives with it but make sure you place the tombstone agressive and close to them... too many people lose zombie value due to them needing to walk a marathon just to explode in a second
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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 2													Jar of Dead: 2 AP upgrade, step 15