Graves vs Darius in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Apprehend pull from a bush is the cheese to avoid — stay out of grab range and reach lane before him. 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 · TOPDARIUSthe Hand of Noxus

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Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his E pull

His E pull from a bush is how he cheeses you — get to lane before him so he can't grab you into a fight.

Punish stack greed

Many Darius players over-commit to land all 5 bleed stacks even in a losing fight — that greed is a free kill for you.

Rush level 2

Get a fast level 2 and bully him before he spikes.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never leash if it means arriving after Darius — lose bush control and you're on your jungler's mercy.

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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