Graves vs Irelia in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her E stun — dodge it and the matchup becomes playable. 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 · TOPIRELIAthe Blade Dancer

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Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge her E

land it and she has kill pressure; miss it and you can play the matchup.

When her E is down

Her E on cooldown is your window — without the stun she can't lock you down for the kill.

Don't fight post-Botrk

After her Botrk you basically never duel her — just play the waves and farm instead.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never keep dueling her once she finishes Blade of the Ruined King — play for waves instead.

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

IMPROVE YOUR MACRO

Winning lane is only half the game — rotations, wave control and objective tempo decide the rest. Train the map on MOBA Trainer.

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