Graves vs Gwen in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her Q sweetspot — the outer tip of Snip Snip! hits far harder, so sidestep it. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPGRAVESthe Outlaw

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPGWENThe Hallowed Seamstress

VS

Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge her Q sweetspot

Snip Snip!'s outer tip is the sweetspot — sidestep it and her poke falls apart.

All-in with Ignite

With Ignite you win every all-in early — commit whenever she Qs and whiffs the sweetspot.

She outscales at 3 items

Past roughly 3 items your stat-check ends — from there you have to outplay, not just brawl.

✕ DON'T

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Never keep forcing all-ins once Gwen has 3+ items — past that you can't stat-check her, you have to outplay.

Runes

PRECISION

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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Graves flexes lethality and crit every game, but the constant is Bloodthirster first for the lifesteal and shield that keep him healthy in lane, then Youmuu's Ghostblade to snowball. Rush an early Cloth Armor or Hexdrinker into heavy AD/AP bursts, and grab Boots of Swiftness when you need to stick to a target.

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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