Graves ARAM Mayhem Build

The Outlaw. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #54 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21MarksmanNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.8%
Pick rate: 11.4%
Rank: #54 of 173
Games: 2,651,381
Patch: 26.21

How to play Graves in ARAM Mayhem

Graves is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #54 of 173 champions, with a 50.8% win rate over 2,651,381 games. It is also one of the most picked champions, showing up in 11% of games, so expect to see it on both sides. Riot rates it 3/10 for difficulty: easy to pick up when it lands on your bench.

89% of Graves's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It deals 43,323 damage to champions in an average game, more than most champions, so play to stay alive and keep hitting.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Hubris, with a 51.5% win rate over 2,024,104 games. On this build 49% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Graves are Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny and Hand of Baron. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Shrink Ray and Pursuit of Haste when you can: they do worst on Graves. A pair to look for: Draw Your Sword with Weapon of Destiny.

Take Flash and Mark (91% of players). Max Q (End of the Line) first, then E, then W.

Graves ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Graves game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Crit build · top ranked

51.5% win rate · 88% of Graves games · 2,024,104 games

Start

Long Sword
Pickaxe

Core items, in buying order

The Collector
Infinity Edge
Hubris

Boots on the Crit build for Graves, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	21%
No boots	49%
Mercury's Treads	16%

Situational, after the core

Death's Dance12% buy it
Endless Hunger5% buy it
Lord Dominik's Regards56% buy it
Axiom Arc6% buy it
Bloodthirster37% buy it
Essence Reaver3% buy it

Other build paths

Other Graves build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, The Collector, Death's Dance		1.6%	52.6%
ADHubris, Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster		0.2%	48.8%

Games: the share of all Graves games that went this way.

Most bought items

The Collector93% of games
Infinity Edge88% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards67% of games
Hubris43% of games
Bloodthirster38% of games
Gluttonous Greaves24% of games
Mercury's Treads17% of games
Immortal Shieldbow12% of games
Berserker's Greaves11% of games
Mortal Reminder10% of games

Best augments for Graves

Every card with enough Graves games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Graves's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Swift and SafeTier S
2Escape PlanTier S
3escAPADeTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Graves

9 S tier and 30 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Graves in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Draw Your Sword	Prismatic	Tier S	You are now melee. Gain 24% Attack Damage, 24% Health, 20% Attack Speed, 20% Lifesteal, and 20% Move Speed (each further increased based on…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier S	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier S	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Jeweled Gauntlet	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Abilities can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance (25%+4.5% Ability Power) Crit Chance.
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Still Here	Gold	Tier A	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Jeweled Bracelet	Gold	Tier A	selected ability can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain 25% Critical Strike Chance.
Soul Siphon	Gold	Tier A	Gain 25% Crit Chance and 12% Lifesteal on Critical Strikes.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Scopier Weapons	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range.
Gift of the Drowned	Silver	Tier A	Bonus Health is converted into Lethality. (100 Health to 5 Lethality) Gain 10–25 (by level) Lethality.
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Scopiest Weapons	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain Melee 250 / Ranged 150 Attack Range.
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Veil of Warding	Silver	Tier A	Gain a Spell Shield every 30 seconds that blocks the next enemy Ability.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
Scoped Weapons	Silver	Tier A	Gain Melee 75 / Ranged 50 Attack Range.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)

Average on Graves
48 cards, best first

Below average on Graves
34 cards, best first

Weakest on Graves
6 cards, best first

Best first augment for Graves

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Graves's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny and Back To Basics come out on top.

The best augments for Graves in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Draw Your SwordTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S
2	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
3	Back To BasicsTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Swift and SafeTier S
4	Ultra HydraTier A	Escape PlanTier S	HellbentTier S	escAPADeTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier A	Jeweled GauntletTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	HellbentTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Graves, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark91% of players · 50.9% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 51.4% win rate
Flash + Ghost8% of players · 49.3% win rate

Skill order

QEnd of the Line
EQuickdraw
WSmoke Screen

Max Q first. 95% of players use this order (51.7% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Graves in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 15.2 / 12.6 / 19.9
KDA: 3.02
Damage to champions: 43,323
Damage taken: 35,387
Self-mitigated: 27,073
Healing on allies: 1
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 21 s
Kill participation: 63%
Game length: 16:46

Damage type

Physical 89%Magic 4%True 6%

Questions and answers

What is the best Graves build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Graves: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Hubris. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Graves in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Graves, best first: Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny, Hand of Baron, Back To Basics and Mad Scientist. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Graves good in ARAM Mayhem?

Graves is tier B on patch 26.21, #54 of 173 champions, with a 50.8% win rate over 2.7 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Graves in ARAM Mayhem?

For Graves's first pick on patch 26.21: Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny, Back To Basics, Ultra Hydra and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Graves counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.