Graves

Moderate complexity

Graves starts with 730 health and has 4 signature abilities: Jar of Dead, Grasping Hands, Essence Theft, Borrowed Decree. Current win rate is 55.5% across 499k ranked matches.

Base stats

Read from the game files at client version 6677.

Stat	Value
Stamina	2
Max Health	730
Tech Range	1
Crouch Speed	4.75
Reload Speed	1
Sprint Speed	2.2
Weapon Power	0
Tech Duration	1
Max Move Speed	7
Air Dash Duration	0.47
Base Health Regen	1
Move Acceleration	4
Heavy Melee Damage	116
Light Melee Damage	50
Weapon Power Scale	1
Ability Resource Max	0
Ground Dash Duration	0.68
Proc Build Up Rate Scale	1
Stamina Regen Per Second	0.22
Crit Damage Received Scale	1
Air Dash Distance In Meters	8
Ground Dash Distance In Meters	10
Ability Resource Regen Per Second	0

Abilities

Jar of Dead

Passive: Collect death when anything dies nearby and store it in your Jar of Dead. Active: Throw a jar to summon Deadheads that repeatedly deal spirit damage to enemies. Deadheads follow you instead if there's no nearby enemies, and prioritize the target of your weapon.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.15s
Cast Range	0m
Charges	4
Ability Charges Conditionally	1
Charge Delay	13s
Bullet Resist per Stack	0%
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Damage	16
Delay Before Respawning	1
Heal On Hit	0
Heal On Pickup	0
Kill Time	0.2
Max Hits	-1
Max Stacks	0
Pickups Per Boss Death	5
Pickups Per Death	1
Pickups Per Hero Death	5
Pickups Per Neutral Trooper Death	3
Death Required	120
Resource Generation Percent	100
Resource Per Pickup	10
Collection Range	40mm
Deadheads	4
Skull Immune Duration	0.15
Skull Kill Gold	7
Deadhead Lifetime	10s
Deadhead Revives	0
Skulls Apply Passive	0
Skulls Fire Rate On Caster Death	0
Skulls On Caster Death	0
Skulls On Death	0
Skulls On Hero Death	0
Deadheads on Kill	0
Deadheads on Hero Kill	0
Skulls On Zombie Death	0
Slow Duration	0s
Move Speed	0%
Spawn Radius	2m
Stack Duration	0s
Summon Buff Duration	0
Summon Fire Rate	0
Deadhead Health	20
Summon Takes Damage	1
Dash Range	15mm
Target Search Delay Max	1.25
Target Search Delay Min	1.5
Target Search Initial Delay Max	0.2
Target Search Initial Delay Min	0.15
Target Search Initial Stagger	0.13
Search Range	7mm
Tick Rate	0.2

Grasping Hands

Unearth a line of grasping hands, summoning a Ghoul and leaving behind a rift. Enemies who pass through take spirit damage and receive immobilize. Alt-Cast rotates the orientation of the wall.

Stat	Value
Cast Range	24mm
Charges	0
Cooldown	34s
Charge Delay	-1s
Duration	5s
Radius	0.75mm
Move Speed	0%
Buff Duration	0s
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Barrier	0
Damage	90
Max Health Damage	0%
Debuff Duration	0.5s
Ground Aura Pop Delay	1.1
Ground Aura Spacing	1m
Heal Amount	0
Immobilize Duration	1s
Move Speed	40%
Ghouls Raised	1
Tether Duration	1s
Tether Radius	0.1mm
Tick Rate	0.1
Zombie Wall Deploy Time	0.6
Wall Height	2.5mm
Wall Length	14mm

Essence Theft

Your weapon steals weapon damage and spirit resist over time, up to a maximum amount per target.

Stat	Value
Cast Range	0m
Charges	0
Charge Delay	-1s
Duration	4s
Bonus Weapon Angle	0
Bonus Weapon Tethers	0
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Cooldown Reduction	0s
Delay Before Loss	0.5
Heal Amount	0
Heal Per Second	0
Max Weapon Damage Stolen	25%
Max Fire Rate Stolen	0%
Max Spirit Resist Stolen	10%
Max Steal Targets	3
Melee Build Up	0.2
Spirit Damage	0
Progress Loss Multiplier	2.3
Progress Loss Per Second	1
Time for Max Damage	4s
Skull Build Up	0
Tick Interval	0.15
Zombie Explosion Build Up	0
Zombie Melee Build Up	0

Borrowed Decree

Stat	Value
Cast Range	20mm
Channel Duration	0.66s
Charges	0
Cooldown	140s
Charge Delay	0s
Duration	16s
Radius	8mm
Blocker Scale Factor	1
Health Regen	0
Bonus Spirit Damage	15%
Buff Duration	-1s
Bullet Resist	12.5%
Channel Move Speed	0m
Barrier	0
Cooldown Refund	0%
Current Health as Damage	0%
Damage	115
Damage Slow Duration	0.5
Damage Slow Percent	20
Decay Duration	1
Decay Tick Rate	0.1
Explosion Delay	0.23s
Explosion Radius	6.5mm
Gravestone Health	100
Gravestone Takes Damage	1
Grow Time	0.1
Damage Taken Per Stack	0%
Knockup Radius	4m
Knockup Side Ratio	1
Knockup Speed	240
Max Gravestones	3
Max Health Heal	0%
Max Stacks	40
Move Speed Percent	0
Outgoing Damage Per Stack	0%
Push Force	300
Replicate Zombie Cast	1
Slow Duration	1.25s
Move Speed	80%
Move Speed per Stack	0.5%
Spawn Duration	1.5
Spirit per Stack	0
Stack Duration	5s
Stacking Debuff Tick Rate	0.25
Stun Duration	0s
Summon Burst Count	2
Summon Burst Frequency	0.1
Time to Summon	4s
Summon Health	180
Summon Initial Delay	0.3
Summon Lifetime	20s
Summon Max Count	32
Melee Damage	40
Summon Search Radius	4m
Spirit Resistance per Stack	-0.5%
Tick Rate	0.4
Zombie Charge On Cast	0

Most-built items on Graves

Weighted by the number of matches behind each build that includes them.

Item	Tier
Dispel Magic	3
Escalating Exposure	4
Boundless Spirit	4
Reactive Barrier	2
Counterspell	3
Spirit Shielding	2
Disarming Hex	3
Spirit Resilience	3

Full Graves builds ranked by win rate →

Graves matchups

Hardest opponents: Victor (49.0%), Seven (49.5%), Paige (49.8%), McGinnis (50.2%), Ivy (50.7%)

All Graves counters →

Patch history

Every recorded change to Graves, newest first. This is what "nerfed last patch" actually meant.

Patch	Stat	Before	After	Change
2026-06-30	Required Gold	5,400	4,600	-14.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	6,200	5,300	-14.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	7,100	6,000	-15.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	8,000	6,800	-15.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	9,000	7,600	-15.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	10,000	8,400	-16.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	11,000	9,200	-16.4%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	12,000	10,100	-15.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	13,200	11,000	-16.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	14,500	11,900	-17.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	300	200	-33.3%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	16,000	12,800	-20.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	17,500	13,800	-21.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	19,000	14,900	-21.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	20,500	16,100	-21.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	22,000	17,400	-20.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	23,500	18,900	-19.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	25,000	20,600	-17.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	26,500	22,500	-15.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	28,000	24,600	-12.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	29,500	26,900	-8.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	600	500	-16.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	31,000	29,400	-5.2%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	32,500	32,100	-1.2%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	34,000	35,000	+2.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	35,500	38,100	+7.3%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	37,000	41,400	+11.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	38,500	44,900	+16.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	40,000	48,600	+21.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	1,500	1,400	-6.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	2,200	2,000	-9.1%
2026-06-30	Bonus Currencies	—	—	changed
2026-06-30	Required Gold	3,000	2,600	-13.3%
2026-06-30	Bonus Currencies	—	—	changed
2026-06-30	Required Gold	3,800	3,200	-15.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	4,600	3,900	-15.2%
2026-06-30	Modifier Value Base Health From Level	35	33	-5.7%
2026-06-03	Weapon	—	—	changed
2026-06-03	Modifier Value Tech Armor Damage Resist	0	—	changed
2026-06-03	Modifier Value Tech Damage Multiplier	—	0	changed