Graves build guide

p2mg utility graves (#5 graves NA) annotated

by p2mgVersion 39Updated Aug 15, 2026Guide #749036

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Author's notes

p2mg on all socials. Phantom I currently || Eternus IV peak before rank update.

Item categories

1go-to.
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  skippable. can opt for extra regen or improved spirit.
2poke/canceroptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  can upgrade to heal booster post-reverb
3otheroptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Golden Goose Egg
2. 2
  Monster Rounds
  good with egg
4Can also opt for getting 1600 in spirit right away. It scales the HP you recover from your skulls. || you dont have to buy anything on the left if you dont want to.
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
5Early game
Game stage · 8 items · items are also here just to symbolize WHAT investments and WHEN since youre better building for utility. heroic and extra health are every game.
1. 1
  Slowing Bullets
2. 2
  Rusted Barrel
3. 3
  Extra Health
  necessary
4. 4
61600optional
Author's category · 4 items · l-r by frequency
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  vs mobile comp. you replace your first 1600 of purple with this
2. 2
  Mystic Vulnerability
  -22% spirit resist with essence theft || i dont build it often, it might be much better than I think.
3. 3
  Arcane Surge
  if youre gay / want 1 extra stam but not 2
73200optional
Author's category · 4 items · can get multiple if needed || l-r by frequency
1. 1
  Decay
  2+ tanks that you dont think you can get toxic on. can also get toxic as well. great item
2. 2
  Knockdown
  cuckdicta or gay talon or anyone fuckable
3. 3
  Silence Wave
  yamato, geist. can also be a pseudo slowing hex.
81600optional
Author's category · 9 items · l-r by frequency
1. 1
  Healbane
  need wider application of heal cut
2. 2
  Reactive Barrier
  cc
3. 3
  Spirit Shielding
  basically everyone procs this
4. 4
9post-early game. skippable
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Stamina Mastery
  stam mastery = you need ways to get out of stuff/kite with verticality.
2. 2
  Toxic Bullets
  toxic = can focus down one person or tank
103200optional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Counterspell
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
3. 3
  Spirit Resilience
4. 4
11Mid game
Game stage · 3 items
1. 1
  Echo Shard
  always on wall. insane zone control
2. 2
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
  you can get the passive on this pretty frequently because youre not always "in" the fight per se.
3. 3
  Boundless Spirit
  Built from Improved Spirit
12capstone
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Refresher
  its funny seeing 1 million zombies
2. 2
  Transcendent Cooldown
  10000% must buy if you get refresher
3. 3
  Spirit Burn
  tanky/healy
4. 4
13You aren't ever supposed to "go in" on graves ever. Think about your positioning as if you're playing a top down RTS game. You control the space of a fight and apply pressure and damage that way. You are also an anti-carry so look to disable the most important targets every game. || When I build decay, its for giga healers or large HP pool sustain characters. Think of abrams, shiv, mo, silver, etc. || Sometimes I build decay and disarming hex. This is when they are both tanky, and shoot their gun to do damage. || Knockdown is similar to slowing hex, where you build it against very mobile characters. However, knockdown is better for air mobility. ||@p2mg in the Deadlock discord for any questions.optional
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
14Mid gameoptional
Game stage · 4 items
1. 1
  Mystic Shot
  skippable || can al so get slowing bullets here if they have mobility.
2. 2
  Split Shot
3. 3
  Fleetfoot
4. 4
153200optional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Hunter's Aura
  anti gun. idk tho
2. 2
  Tesla Bullets
3. 3
  Alchemical Fire
  lots of gun dmg on your team. not bad fr fr
16slursoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Rapid Recharge
  if you buy this youre trash
2. 2
  Lightning Scroll
3. 3
  Suppressor
  dont think so. get hex.

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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