Graves vs Gragas in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: Explosive Cask is his one real win condition here — sidestep his ult and the fight is yours. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPGRAVESthe Outlaw

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPGRAGASthe Rabble Rouser

VS

Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his ult

Sidestep Explosive Cask — his ult is the one spell that can flip a fight against you here.

Sustain wins it

With lifesteal online this is actually a good matchup — you out-sustain him in extended fights.

Not what he was

Gragas isn't as oppressive as he used to be — play it straight and hit your power spikes.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never get baited into eating his cask in a losing spot — that's the one way he takes the fight back.

Runes

PRECISION

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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Graves flexes lethality and crit every game, but the constant is Bloodthirster first for the lifesteal and shield that keep him healthy in lane, then Youmuu's Ghostblade to snowball. Rush an early Cloth Armor or Hexdrinker into heavy AD/AP bursts, and grab Boots of Swiftness when you need to stick to a target.

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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