A comprehensive guide to Graves in the jungle for Emerald+ ranked play.

Core Build

• Summoner Spells: Flash, Smite
• Main Items: Youmuu's Ghostblade > Plated Steelcaps > The Collector > Lord Dominik's Regards > Immortal Shieldbow > Infinity Edge
• Skill Order: Q > E > W

Optimal Runes

• Primary: Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, Treasure Hunter
• Secondary: Legend: Alacrity, Triumph
• Shards: Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling

Key Tips

• Position Q against walls for quick explosions in duels
• Cancel auto-attack animations with E, but preserve it when you have 2 autos available
• Use E and R for both chase and escape, including wall jumps

Strong Against (56%+ WR)

• Gragas (56.6%)
• Elise (55.5%)
• Talon (55.1%)

Weak Against (Sub 45% WR)

• Rengar (42.4%)
• Zyra (44.0%)
• Nunu & Willump (45.0%)

Best Duo Synergies

• Swain (56.7%)
• Akshan (54.8%)
• Talon (54.3%)

Alternative Build Consider Hubris as first item instead of Youmuu's Ghostblade in matches where you need more survivability. This off-meta build maintains a solid 51.3% win rate.

Situational Items Adapt your item build and rune shards (Armor/Magic Resist) based on enemy team composition and specific matchups.

Current Performance The standard build maintains a 52.7% win rate across 18,906 matches in Emerald+ ranked games.

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