Ignite both threatens the early kill and cuts the healing his sustain leans on.

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Graves vs Warwick

YOU · TOP

ENEMY · TOP

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

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Survive his early cheese

His cheesy early levels are the only way this goes wrong: don't get caught by the level 1-3 all-in and the lane is yours.

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Kite with Fleet

Kite him with Fleet procs: he has no way to stick to you, so poke, disengage, and take every extended trade.

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Out-sustain with BT

Bloodthirster lets you out-heal and out-trade him in a war of attrition against his sustain.

Never get caught out in his cheesy early levels: that's the only way you lose an otherwise free matchup.

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 Warwick in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: his only path to a lead is his cheesy early all-in, survive it and the matchup is free.