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Graves

The Outlaw

Malcolm Graves is a renowned mercenary, gambler, and thief—a wanted man in every city and empire he has visited. Even though he has an explosive temper, he possesses a strict sense of criminal honor, often enforced at the business end of his double-barreled shotgun Destiny.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

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P
New Destiny
Q
End of the Line
W
Smoke Screen
E
Quickdraw
R
Collateral Damage

Graves

Overview

On patch 16.21, Graves is rated C tier in the jungle, winning 48.5% of 6,045 ranked games with a 6.2% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Dark Harvest with Flash and Smite and builds The Collector, Hubris, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Plated Steelcaps.

Graves struggles most against Shyvana (34.9%), Taliyah (35.5%), and Fiddlesticks (36.1%) and does best against Quinn (70%), Aatrox (66.7%), and Darius (58.3%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 6,045 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

48.5%

Win rate

6.2%

Pick rate

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as Graves

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

Playing against Graves

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

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Matchups

All Graves matchups

Strong against

Quinn70.0%20
Aatrox66.7%24
Darius58.3%36
Hecarim58.0%100
Ambessa57.1%21

Weak against

Shyvana34.9%83
Taliyah35.5%31
Fiddlesticks36.1%61
Elise38.3%81
Cho'Gath38.4%172

Abilities

P
New Destiny
Graves' shotgun has some unique properties. He must reload when he runs out of ammo. Attacks fire 4 bullets, which cannot pass through units. Non-champions struck by multiple bullets are knocked back.
Q
End of the Line
Graves fires an explosive shell that detonates after 1 second, or after colliding with terrain.
Cooldown: 13/11.25/9.5/7.75/6Cost: 80Range: 925
W
Smoke Screen
Graves fires a smoke canister at the target area creating a cloud of smoke that reduces sight range. Enemies caught in the initial impact are dealt magic damage and have their Move Speed reduced briefly.
Cooldown: 26/24/22/20/18Cost: 70/75/80/85/90Range: 950
E
Quickdraw
Graves dashes forward gaining an Armor and Magic Resist boost for several seconds. If Graves dashes towards an enemy champion, gain two stacks of True Grit instead. Hitting enemies with basic attacks lowers the cooldown of this skill and refreshes the resistance boost.
Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12Cost: 40Range: 425
R
Collateral Damage
Graves fires an explosive shell dealing heavy damage to the first champion it hits. After hitting a champion or reaching the end of its range, the shell explodes dealing damage in a cone.
Cooldown: 100/80/60Cost: 100Range: 1000