Liandry's and Riftmaker made him much stronger: he out-statchecks you even harder than before.

Matchups › Graves › vs Mordekaiser

Graves vs Mordekaiser

YOU · TOP

ENEMY · TOP

Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

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Don't get isolated

His R pulls you into a 1v1 where he runs you down and statchecks you: don't take it without Maw and BT.

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Kill early or never

There is some chance to kill him early game: better than Irelia, Jax or Malphite, who give you none.

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Need full build

Until you have Maw and BT, don't duel him: just farm and survive the run-down.

Never run him down without Maw and BT: he just statchecks you back.

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 Mordekaiser in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: without Maw and BT he just statchecks you, don't fight it.