Graves Jungle Build, Best Paths & Clearing Guide for Patch 26.11
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RDiscover the best Graves jungle build for League of Legends Patch 26.11. Learn optimal jungle paths, Graves build runes & items, skill order, counters and explore our pathing guide to maximize your winrate in the Season 16 meta.
Jungle Trends
Highest Winrate First Camp
Red Brambleback (49.5%)
Most Popular First Camp
Blue Sentinel (55.8%)
Top 3 Highest Winrate Paths
Top 3 Highest Popularity Paths
Graves Tips and Tricks
- Graves is able to kite Red/Blue buffs with the proper use of Quickdraw and basic attacks, allowing you to skip buying a potion.
- True Grit stacks from Quickdraw are overpowered in the early game. An experienced Graves player will be able to keep maximum stacks during a full jungle clear (even to the Scuttler), pushing his Armor to huge numbers and making him win all duels as the enemy's basic attacks deal close to no damage.
- If your ally needs help pushing out their lane (if it's frozen, or they simply need to reset), one cast of End of the Line on the minion wave will usually do the trick.
- Smoke Screen is an excellent tool to zone out enemies, especially a jungler that's looking to steal an objective kill.
- Assuming you have two shots available before fighting an enemy, the Graves combo goes like this: auto attack, End of the Line, Quickdraw, auto attack x2.
Graves Matchups
Graves Jungle Pathing Guide
Jungle Pathing represents the choices jungle players make in regards to when and where to gank, invade or just path towards. It includes how camps and buffs are cleared between ganks, anticipating counterganks, and spotting opportunities for invading. Effective pathing requires deep understanding of your champion's abilities, their interactions, and how both team compositions play into those choices.
Full clear with a Red Buff start
The recommended jungle path for Graves starts on Red Buff with Quickdraw at level one to stack True Grit. After Red, unlock End of the Line and clear Krugs followed by Raptors. This levels you to three where you unlock Smoke Screen. From there, path into Wolves, Gromp and Blue Buff. At level four, upgrade End of the Line before contesting Rift Scuttler. Keeping True Grit stacks active throughout the clear is essential for damage reduction, especially during a potential fight at Scuttler.
The route is standard and reliable, letting Graves hit Scuttler with high HP and dueling strength. An alternative is starting Blue Buff into Gromp and Wolves before moving Red side. This provides longer Red Buff duration so you can do two ganks before it runs out.
