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Graves vs Shaco

YOU · TOP

ENEMY · TOP

Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

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Pink his Deceive

Drop a pink/control ward: it reveals his Deceive stealth and clears his boxes, so his surprise all-in just evaporates.

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Just outscale

He's actually useless as long as you play cautiously: don't panic, farm up, and out-scale him; you come online and he falls off.

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Rush Bloodthirster

Build Bloodthirster for the sustain to scale past him safely, and take Ignite to lock down the kill if he ever commits.

Never get baited into a coinflip fight: play cautiously and outscale, because he's harmless as long as you don't panic.

Runes

PRECISION

INSPIRATION

SHARDS

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

MAX

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Graves · Top · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Graves vs Shaco in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: buy a pink ward, it strips his Deceive stealth and boxes, taking away his whole gimmick.