Graves build guide

Assasin Graves

by HoladdorVersion 10Updated Aug 31, 2026Guide #653028

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Author's notes

Graves is a assasin. You gonna want to place your ult behind enemies and in high ground so that they get bombarded by your zombies. Your 2 is better used behind their back, its very easy to jump over it so you never gonna get them from the front. Your skulls are very fragile, so you wanna use it when they are distracted. I like early game to hide, go over the bridge, and skull them while they are farming. 3 is meh. You will never stack it fast enough against an Haze, Drifter, etc...

Item categories

1Best item in the gameoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Monster Rounds
  Farming is just OP. You should buy this one even if not focusing JG
2Early Core
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  Proca muito facil com a Graves, bom sutain durante Lane.
2. 2
  Extra Spirit
  Early damage boost, skip if you gonna need a counter item.
3. 3
  Quicksilver Reload
  Good for skulls an thats the only damage source you have since Yoshi hates us.
3Pick one.
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Arcane Surge
  Pick this if you want to be silly with your ult.
2. 2
  Stamina Mastery
  This one is if you need more stamina. Dont worry about rushing it if you dont really need it.
4Mid Game Spirit Core
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Mystic Vulnerability
2. 2
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
5Must get!
Author's category · 2 items · Skull Focus, alternatively, you can skip crown and use echo for hands.
1. 1
  Echo Shard
  This is absurdly good.
2. 2
  Heroic Aura
  This boost your skulls attack speed AND zombies SPEED!
6Fancy Stuffoptional
Author's category · 6 items · Depending on the situation...
1. 1
  Greater Expansion
  Larger skull tracking radius, zombie explosion, etc.
2. 2
  Lightning Scroll
  Stuns with zombies, making it easier for the next zombie to hit.
3. 3
  Magic Carpet
  You can use this to make evil ult positions. Also, very good against ground focus characters like brams Victor etc. bsaws a
7End
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Spiritual Overflow
  Built from Spirit Lifesteal
  More sustain, easy to proc, lower cooldowns. This is very good while jumping people with your 1&2 combo. Not worthed if their burst isnt letting you shoot.
2. 2
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
  Stacks really well with skulls, thats if they arent being insta broken.
3. 3
8Sustainoptional
Author's category · 18 items
1. 1
  Healing Rite
  Good even later on as its healing isnt broken by camps.
2. 2
  Rebuttal
  Vs Abrams/Billy/Venator. People who like to punch
3. 3
  Reactive Barrier
4. 4
9Debuffsoptional
Author's category · 10 items
1. 1
  Rusted Barrel
2. 2
  Healbane
  Very useful early against Victor/Abrams, and other high healing champs.
3. 3
  Disarming Hex
  Built from Rusted Barrel
  Turn off wolf/Haze/Viper etc.
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 2				Jar of Dead: 2 AP upgrade, step 6				Jar of Dead: 5 AP upgrade, step 10