Graves vs Yorick in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his ghouls have a smaller hitbox than the gaps in your Q's pellet spread, so you'll whiff on them constantly trying to clear cleanly. 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 · TOPYORICKShepherd of Souls

VS

Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Ghouls dodge your Q

His ghouls have a smaller hitbox than the gaps between your Q pellets — don't expect to clear them cleanly, you'll whiff more than feels right.

Don't force the clear

Path around his ghoul stacks instead of forcing a full Q clear through them — chasing a clean hit wastes time you could spend on lane pressure.

Ignite or TP both work

Either Ignite or Teleport are fine as your second summoner here — take TP if you want to keep pushing side lanes.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never waste your Q trying to clear his ghoul stacks cleanly — the hitbox mismatch means you'll whiff more than you'd expect.

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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