Champion sheet · Jungle

Graves

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

8.2%#93 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.7%picked in 1,025 of 27,775 games
Ban: 4.5%1,007 bans over 22,574 games, against 10.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle49.9% between 47.3% and 52.5% over 1,014 gamesSoloQ 49.5%: no clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 27.2 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itDark Harvest, then Hubris, The Collector, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 98% of junglers.Map pressureDamagePokeInvade
With / againstBetter than expected against Renekton in amateur play: +21.6 pts over 40 games, range above zero.+21.6 pt40 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.8%
SoloQ
4.0%
1.8% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
4.0%
SoloQ
10.0%
4.0% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 10.0% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
27.2 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 27.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Dark Harvest, then Hubris, The Collector, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDark Harvest56% · 43,956

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 79,085

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 116 games

Core (3 legendaries)41% · 19,541

41%of soloQ games

Hubris
The Collector
Lord Dominik's Regards

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 98% of junglers.

Team damagetop2%23% · junglers: 17%
Invadetop8%10% · junglers: 7%
Map pressuretop23%5.1 · junglers: 4.7

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Map pressure
Damage
Poke
Invade

Like other junglers

Damage in late game
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Crowd control (CC)
Jungle farm

What it is not

Nothing below junglers.

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 86 in lane, 81 in mid game and 65 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

410+27 vs 383

866+71 vs 796

1,110+54 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Gravesjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 94% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

5.1takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 86 of 100 among junglers410 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 81 of 100 among junglers866 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 65 of 100 among junglers1,110 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 93 of 100 among junglers+425 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 94 of 100 among junglers+799 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 77 of 100 among junglers5.1 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 33 of 100 among junglers605 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 37 of 100 among junglers51% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 63 of 100 among junglers21% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 20 of 100 among junglersrank 20 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 59 of 100 among junglers0.8 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 98 of 100 among junglers23% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 72 of 100 among junglers68 · median 66
Invade · rank 92 of 100 among junglers10% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Renekton in amateur play: +21.6 pts over 40 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Renekton70.0% · expected 48.4% · 40 g+21.6 ptSoloQ +1.9

Ambessa56.8% · expected 49.4% · 44 g+7.4 ptSoloQ +0.2

Gnar60.0% · expected 51.4% · 35 g+8.6 ptSoloQ +1.3

Ornn54.5% · expected 49.5% · 55 g+5.1 ptSoloQ -0.6

Olaf53.3% · expected 46.8% · 30 g+6.6 ptSoloQ +1.6

Junglegap to expected

Sylas58.7% · expected 49.0% · 63 g+9.7 ptSoloQ +2.0

Lee Sin55.6% · expected 50.3% · 135 g+5.3 ptSoloQ +0.4

Xin Zhao56.5% · expected 50.0% · 46 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +0.2

Viego59.4% · expected 50.8% · 32 g+8.5 ptSoloQ -0.7

Jarvan IV53.1% · expected 51.4% · 81 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +0.8

Midgap to expected

Sylas56.6% · expected 50.0% · 53 g+6.6 ptSoloQ +1.0

Aurora56.8% · expected 50.8% · 37 g+6.0 ptSoloQ -2.6

Galio54.1% · expected 50.9% · 37 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +4.3

ADCgap to expected

Jhin69.1% · expected 52.3% · 68 g+16.8 ptSoloQ -1.3

Caitlyn50.6% · expected 48.0% · 79 g+2.7 ptSoloQ -0.4

Aphelios59.5% · expected 53.6% · 37 g+5.8 ptSoloQ 0.0

Tristana55.0% · expected 49.9% · 40 g+5.1 ptSoloQ -0.2

Ezreal53.5% · expected 53.2% · 71 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -0.2

Supportgap to expected

Neeko64.5% · expected 48.1% · 31 g+16.4 ptSoloQ -2.2

Rell58.3% · expected 46.2% · 48 g+12.1 ptSoloQ 0.0

Lulu58.3% · expected 52.4% · 103 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +1.4

Alistar53.5% · expected 48.8% · 43 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +0.7

Thresh50.0% · expected 48.5% · 60 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +0.4

With

Topgap to expected

Malphite62.2% · expected 49.5% · 45 g+12.7 ptSoloQ +0.6

Gragas60.6% · expected 47.6% · 33 g+13.0 ptSoloQ +2.8

Sion56.7% · expected 49.4% · 60 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -1.1

Dr. Mundo51.5% · expected 46.9% · 33 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +2.0

Ambessa51.0% · expected 50.4% · 49 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +0.5

Midgap to expected

Locke62.2% · expected 49.5% · 37 g+12.7 ptSoloQ +1.7

Ahri59.7% · expected 52.0% · 77 g+7.8 ptSoloQ +0.5

Viktor56.9% · expected 50.4% · 58 g+6.5 ptSoloQ -0.2

Syndra55.9% · expected 50.7% · 59 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -1.4

ADCgap to expected

Ashe64.8% · expected 51.2% · 54 g+13.6 ptSoloQ 0.0

Tristana61.0% · expected 49.9% · 41 g+11.1 ptSoloQ -0.8

Jinx61.2% · expected 51.7% · 49 g+9.6 ptSoloQ -0.7

Yunara56.8% · expected 52.0% · 88 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -2.1

Kai'Sa51.2% · expected 49.4% · 86 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -0.6

Supportgap to expected

Thresh62.0% · expected 51.3% · 71 g+10.7 ptSoloQ +0.2

Braum60.3% · expected 51.8% · 78 g+8.4 ptSoloQ -0.5

Leona52.2% · expected 48.8% · 92 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +1.8

Blitzcrank54.0% · expected 51.6% · 50 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +1.6

Seraphine52.3% · expected 50.9% · 44 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -1.7

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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