How to beat Graves

Common role: Jungle

A gun-toting jungler who bursts with shotgun shells and smokes your vision.

What makes Graves dangerous

Graves fires two shotgun shells for heavy close-range burst, dashes with his E (gaining armor), and his smoke (W) blinds and slows. He's a strong early-game skirmisher and duelist who builds like a bruiser-carry, out-trading most junglers in a straight fight.

How to play against Graves

• 1His shells hit hardest at close range where both pellets land — space out so only part of his Q connects.
• 2His E dash gives armor stacks — don't dump AD burst right as he dashes. Trade when his E is on cooldown.
• 3Don't fight inside his W smoke — it blinds you (autos miss) and slows. Step out of the cloud.
• 4He's strong early — respect his level 3-6 duels. Track his aggressive pathing and counter-gank.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Damage falls off outside close range.
• ✓Smoke blind only affects auto-attacks.
• ✓E armor is temporary — punish when it's down.
• ✓Reload window between shots leaves him vulnerable.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Graves's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  新命运

  格雷福斯的散弹枪拥有一些独特性能。他的弹药打光后就必须重新装弹。每次攻击会发射4颗弹丸，弹丸无法穿透单位。会击退被多颗弹丸命中的非英雄单位。

• Q
  穷途末路

  格雷福斯发射一颗爆破性的榴弹，会在1秒后引爆，或是在碰到地形后立刻爆炸。

  Strong: two shells hit hardest at point-blank where both pellets land. Weak: space out so only part of his Q connects.

• W
  烟幕弹

  格雷福斯朝目标区域掷出一颗烟幕弹。如果敌人处在烟幕之中，则其视野会被降低。被烟幕弹的初始冲击所命中的敌人会受到魔法伤害并且移动速度会被短暂降低。

  Strong: smoke blinds (autos miss) and slows to zone a fight. Weak: it only stops auto-attacks — step out of the cloud and use abilities.

• E
  快速拔枪

  格雷福斯向前冲刺，获得一层持续数秒的护甲和魔法抗性加成。如果格雷福斯朝着一名敌方英雄冲刺，则会获得两层纯爷们效果。格雷福斯的每次未被闪避的普通攻击，都会减少这个技能的冷却时间并刷新该防御属性加成。

• R
  终极爆弹

  格雷福斯射出一枚爆破弹，对它所命中的第一个敌人造成大量伤害。在命中一名英雄或者达到它的最大射程之后，爆弹会爆炸，并对锥形范围内的敌人造成伤害。

Itemization

Graves is a burst AD skirmisher. Space out of his close-range shells, avoid his W smoke, and armor plus attack-speed slows blunt him. Punish his reload and E-down windows.

This guide covers Graves's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.