Graves vs Udyr in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: you have almost no kill pressure — once he's got tabis and his shield, he just out-sustains you. 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 · TOPUDYRthe Spirit Walker

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Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Can't out-sustain him

Once tabis and his shield come online he out-sustains the lane — respect that you can't simply duel him down.

Fight before tabis

Your best window is early, before he finishes tabis — after that his sustain wins every extended fight.

Bring Ignite

Ignite is your main tool here — the healing cut is what keeps you relevant against his sustain.

✕ DON'T

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Never expect to out-trade him once he has tabis — respect the sustain and farm rather than forcing kills.

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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