Champion sheet · Jungle

Graves

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

8.9%#91 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.5%picked in 830 of 18,319 games
Ban: 4.4%772 bans over 17,354 games, against 5.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle50.1% between 47.2% and 52.9% over 823 gamesSoloQ 49.3%: no clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 26.2 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 341,014 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 Jhin in amateur play: +21.1 pts over 57 games, range above zero.+21.1 pt57 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

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
2.3%
SoloQ
4.1%
2.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.1% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
3.9%
SoloQ
5.6%
3.9% ban rate in amateur play over 11,485 games, against 5.6% in soloQ over 148,633 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
26.2 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 26.2 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 Harvest74% · 20,674

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 27,811

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 105 games

Core (3 legendaries)33% · 5,090

33%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 Jhin in amateur play: +21.1 pts over 57 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

Renekton66.7% · expected 49.4% · 33 g+17.2 ptSoloQ +1.8

Ambessa60.5% · expected 50.4% · 38 g+10.2 ptSoloQ +1.5

Ornn56.1% · expected 48.1% · 41 g+8.0 ptSoloQ -8.9

Gnar56.7% · expected 51.0% · 30 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -0.2

Nasus48.8% · expected 48.6% · 41 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -1.2

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin56.3% · expected 51.4% · 128 g+4.9 ptSoloQ +0.4

Sylas57.1% · expected 49.4% · 56 g+7.7 ptSoloQ +1.6

Xin Zhao57.6% · expected 49.7% · 33 g+7.8 ptSoloQ -0.6

Vi55.6% · expected 49.9% · 36 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +0.8

Jarvan IV54.4% · expected 51.9% · 57 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +0.4

Midgap to expected

Sylas62.2% · expected 52.2% · 45 g+10.0 ptSoloQ +0.5

Galio53.3% · expected 50.5% · 30 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +6.8

ADCgap to expected

Jhin75.4% · expected 54.3% · 57 g+21.1 ptSoloQ -1.2

Aphelios63.6% · expected 54.3% · 33 g+9.3 ptSoloQ -0.8

Caitlyn51.5% · expected 47.7% · 66 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +0.1

Zeri47.8% · expected 46.3% · 46 g+1.5 ptSoloQ -1.0

Xayah50.0% · expected 48.4% · 34 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +5.6

Supportgap to expected

Rell62.9% · expected 45.8% · 35 g+17.0 ptSoloQ -0.3

Karma61.8% · expected 52.0% · 34 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -4.5

Lulu55.3% · expected 52.3% · 85 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -0.2

Alistar54.5% · expected 48.8% · 33 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +0.5

Thresh50.0% · expected 48.5% · 52 g+1.5 ptSoloQ 0.0

With

Topgap to expected

Sion56.9% · expected 49.8% · 51 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +0.8

Malphite60.6% · expected 51.8% · 33 g+8.8 ptSoloQ +2.6

Gragas56.7% · expected 49.7% · 30 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +2.1

Ambessa53.7% · expected 49.8% · 41 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -0.6

Midgap to expected

Ahri63.6% · expected 52.8% · 55 g+10.8 ptSoloQ -0.9

Viktor58.1% · expected 50.5% · 43 g+7.7 ptSoloQ -0.1

Syndra53.3% · expected 50.4% · 45 g+2.9 ptSoloQ +0.7

ADCgap to expected

Ashe73.7% · expected 52.6% · 38 g+21.1 ptSoloQ +2.4

Tristana66.7% · expected 48.6% · 30 g+18.0 ptSoloQ -0.4

Jinx65.0% · expected 54.1% · 40 g+10.9 ptSoloQ -2.1

Yunara56.0% · expected 52.2% · 75 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -0.9

Caitlyn56.5% · expected 52.4% · 62 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -0.9

Supportgap to expected

Braum62.0% · expected 52.7% · 71 g+9.3 ptSoloQ +0.6

Thresh61.3% · expected 51.7% · 62 g+9.6 ptSoloQ +0.4

Leona52.6% · expected 51.0% · 78 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +2.5

Seraphine56.7% · expected 51.2% · 30 g+5.4 ptSoloQ +0.1

Blitzcrank53.3% · expected 50.8% · 45 g+2.5 ptSoloQ +3.1

Matchups and allies

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