Graves build guide
by crane_Version 18Updated Sep 29, 2026Guide #705933
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good news. they just buffed toxic bullets
1Early game
Game stage · 5 items · play slow until tesla bullets
Restorative Shot
proc 24/7. bonus points if its on a hero
Grit
free trade every 2 waves
Extra Spirit
stuff
Extra Stamina
extra stamina
Tesla Bullets
main dps and farm item
2buy 1 gun, 1 green
Author's category · 6 items
Active Reload
for fighting players
Titanic Magazine
for farming
Bullet Lifesteal
makes it so you can gain health from doing camps (when factoring in death)g
3READoptional
Author's category · 1 items
Split Shot
very powerful for multiple reasons, helps us farm faster before ricochet, and lets us consistently apply debuffs to multiple people at once after ricochet. if you're ahead, buy earlier, and vice versa
4getting stronger
Author's category · 3 items
Surge of Power
Built from Extra Spirit
Capacitor
Built from Tesla Bullets
debuff #5, slowing hex on the go is always good
Ricochet
our main powerspike
5go fight
Author's category · 4 items
Stamina Mastery
Built from Extra Stamina
Toxic Bullets
debuff #3 (essence theft taking gun damage and spirit resist are debuffs 1 and 2)
Escalating Exposure
debuff #4. focus single targets, this + tesla + toxic shreds them
6pick 1
Author's category · 2 items
Spiritual Overflow
better if your playstyle is more balanced, since it gives ability duration and spirit power
Lucky Shot
better for raw gun damage
7pick 1-3
Author's category · 6 items · buy these alongside the alternate late buys
Inhibitor
debuff #6. great into tanks/lifesteal charcters like victor, shiv, wraith, geist, abrams, etc
Vampiric Burst
Built from Bullet Lifesteal
great if you can play around the cooldown, makes you basically unkillable for 5 seconds
Transcendent Cooldown
8alternate late buysoptional
Author's category · 5 items · poop
Plated Armor
better than metal skin for prolonged team fights where theres a ton of random bullshit flying everywhere
Metal Skin
better than plated if you need to 1v1 their gun carries, you can fully apply essence theft while metal skin is active
Spellbreaker
9spirit pivotoptional
Author's category · 6 items · we can full spirit pivot after buying escalating exposure if we're having trouble getting in without dying. spirit lets us do decent damage from farther away. sell resto shot, active reload/titanic mag, and tesla bullets if you have to.
Echo Shard
play around this cooldown
Heroic Aura
1, echo shard, 1, heroic aura
Transcendent Cooldown
10playstyle
Author's category · 0 items · we're buying egg, and we're also rushing tesla bullets, so we need to play very disciplined in lane. once we get tesla, we can use that in combination with our 2 to start farming camps in between waves. don't look to take too many fights because we're going to be running around with a bag 24/7, only fight to win space so that you can farm in peace. sell egg once it lets you afford toxic bullets, and suddenly we become a lot stronger. from here, we should keep pushing for farm, but as you get more and more items you can look to fight more and more.
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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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Spirit Shielding
Built from Grit
stop dying to spirit
Weapon Shielding
Built from Grit
stop dying to gun
Reactive Barrier
Built from Grit
stop dying to bullshit
Leech
Built from Bullet Lifesteal
makes you super sustainable in teamfights
great QoL item, helps toxic, tesla, capacitor, and escalating in addition to our actives and cooldowns
Silencer
debuff #7, great against spirit characters like mina, lash, pocket, paradox, etc
Siphon Bullets
debuff #8, great into tanks
Shadow Weave
high risk high reward item, basically turns you into mini haze
stops all spirit nukers, mina, calico, lash, etc
Indomitable
Built from Reactive Barrier
if cc is killing your ass
Armor Piercer
only if they're buying plated. you have so much damage you can literally just tear through all other bullet amors
Boundless Spirit
more damage = more essence theft, target carries
Superior Duration
better everything
Refresher
double graves ult is incredibly potent for mid/walker/urn/rift and literally useless for anything else
Grasping HandsGrasping Hands | Grasping Hands: Ability unlocked, step 2 | Grasping Hands: 1 AP upgrade, step 9 | Grasping Hands: 2 AP upgrade, step 10 | Grasping Hands: 5 AP upgrade, step 11 |
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Essence TheftEssence Theft | Essence Theft: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Essence Theft: 1 AP upgrade, step 12 | Essence Theft: 2 AP upgrade, step 13 | Essence Theft: 5 AP upgrade, step 14 |
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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 15 | Borrowed Decree: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
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Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
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