LEAGUE OF LEGENDS / CHAMPION
Graves
Minor net nerf (score -1, 3 buffs / 4 nerfs). Notable: Q initial damage 45→50; Q secondary damage 85→80; E armor per stack 4→7. Touched across patches 25-20, 25-21, 26-4, 26-7.
- Patches touched
- 4
- Cumulative score
- -1.0
- Released
- 2011-10-19
Abilities
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.
End of the Line
Graves fires an explosive shell that detonates after 1 second, or after colliding with terrain.
- Cooldown
- 13s11.39.57.86
- Mana
- 8080808080
- Range
- 925
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
- 26s24222018
- Mana
- 7075808590
- Range
- 950
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
- 16s15141312
- Mana
- 4040404040
- Range
- 425
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
- 100s8060
- Mana
- 100100100
- Range
- 1,000
Base stats
| Stat | Base (Lv 1) | Per level |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 625 | +106 |
| Mana | 325 | +40 |
| Attack damage | 66 | — |
| Attack speed | 0.475/s | +3.000/s |
| Armor | 33 | +4.6 |
| Magic resist | 30 | +1.3 |
| Move speed | 340 | — |
| Attack range | 425 | — |
Lore
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...
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. In recent years, he has reconciled a troubled partnership with Twisted Fate, and together they have prospered once more in the turmoil of Bilgewater's criminal underbelly.
Tips
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.
Patch impact
Changelog
- BASEBase attack damage68→66nerf
- EArmor per Stack4→7buff
- EMR per Stack2→3.5buff
- BASEMagic Resistance32→30nerf
- BASEMagic Resistance Growth2.05→1.3nerf
- QInitial Damage45→50buff
- QSecondary Damage85→80nerf
- QCombined Damage130→130neutral
Live performance
Win rate, pick rate, and ban rate from third-party tracker data will overlay here once the fetcher pipeline ships. Patch trajectory tells you what was changed; the live overlay will tell you whether the change worked.
Champion data sourced from Riot Data Dragon (opens in new tab) (16.10.1).