Graves build guide

meatball63's flying melee graves

by Fruitfly63Version 104Updated Oct 2, 2026Guide #710144

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Author's notes

secret shaolin monk flying carpet melee graves besties with the lich <3 have you ever parried with your lane on the line? - updated CONTENT PATCH

Item categories

1channeling the dead!
Author's category · 10 items · id:710144 | bh63 on discord
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  Can replace with resto-shot if you want
2. 2
  Mystic Shot
  Very good burst damage and spirit power for very cheap. Allows you to take insanely good trades with restoshot in lane
3. 3
  Arcane Surge
  Surge EVERY ult. Surge skulls gives extra healing. Surging wall is good for midboss, thats about it
4. 4
2hot topic trip with the lich!!!
Author's category · 6 items · core
1. 1
  Superior Duration
  Duration for ult, items, and theft
2. 2
  Crushing Fists
  Built from Melee Charge
  Light meleeing is preferred that way shred and theft is built up before they miss a parry, which will net you 2 hyperboosted heavys
3. 3
  Cheat Death
  Peak survivability item, sometimes you'll get cursed or die to spirit burn, but otherwise should basically never die once you get this
3i am being controlled by a fruitflyoptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Kinetic Dash
  Funny item to have, basically infinite stamina
2. 2
  Heroic Aura
  Buffs everything. Strong active but not mandatory in this build
3. 3
  Majestic Leap
  Good engage and rotation tool, but mostly just fun
4need to finish my paper on wuthering heights...optional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Disarming Hex
  Bullet shred = more melee damage, disarm = forced to melee skulls/fight (free parry)
2. 2
  Knockdown
  Usually gives a free heavy and a wall, which will kill. Buy early against flyers to force them to buy counterspell or dispel, can sell for P-strike later
3. 3
  Spirit Snatch
5graves family investment planoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  Alternative to MLS
2. 2
  Trophy Collector
  Worth considering if they are genuinely just feeding you. All the stats are pretty good on Graves, and the downside is completely negligible
6life's hard sometimesoptional
Author's category · 12 items
1. 1
  Restorative Locket
  HMC and really really good heal, resist, and stamina restore
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
  Will basically always proc and stop a ton of damage, buy as needed
3. 3
  Dispel Magic
  DOTs and CC really mess you up, so this item should be at least thought about quite frequently
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Author's category · 0 items · 削弱格雷福斯！她太强了！她必须被削弱！我发誓，她绝对是游戏里最强的英雄，我一点都没夸张！她现在就需要加强，否则我就要退款了。
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8ok so new update, to play this build, play lane mostly to go neutral. melee waves as they come up to guardian. dont overcommit anything, just take trades. if you're ever too low to stay in lane, go do box run for fruits and boxes. very good. midlane is OKAY but prefer sidelanes. after lane, spam wall and ult off cooldown on camps to auto farm everything while you run boxes and sinners. you can farm faster than any other hero in the game by doing this, and you should generally be most fed in lobby. splitpush things and escape for free with carpet+cheatdeath. splitpushing base guards and shrines is VERY strong now
Author's category · 0 items
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9make sure to corrupt either phantom strike or transcendant cooldown. you CAN do carpet as well but its a little cooked tbh
Author's category · 0 items
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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 14