Minor Update - 09-16-2026 · Sep 16, 2026
- Health per boon increased from 33 to 35
Mystic · Medium to play · Pistol
Graves build & counters
Graves is a mystic in Deadlock. Since the 10-05-2026 patch Graves has a 56.3% win rate over 220,927 games, which is S tier across all ranks and A tier in Phantom to Eternus games. The most-bought Graves items after the first shop are Improved Spirit, Superior Duration and Boundless Spirit. Most players max Grasping Hands first. Graves's hardest matchup is Paige.
- Tier
- S
- Win rate
- 56.3% −0.1
- Pick rate
- 40.5%
- KDA
- 2.66
- Souls / game
- 41,379
- Games
- 220,927
Tier by rank
- All ranksS56.3%
- Initiate – AcolyteS54.4%
- Sentinel – RitualistS55.7%
- Emissary – OracleS54.0%
- Phantom – EternusA51.4%
Best Graves items
The items Graves players buy most at each shop tier this patch, with the win rate of the players who bought them. Late items show higher win rates because winning players can afford them, so compare items within a tier.
Tier 1 · 800 souls
Restorative Shot81% buy · 56.3% win
Extra Stamina80% buy · 56.4% win
Extra Spirit70% buy · 56.5% win
Monster Rounds22% buy · 55.4% win
Tier 2 · 1,600 souls
Improved Spirit75% buy · 56.8% win
Arcane Surge54% buy · 56.8% win
Mystic Shot53% buy · 57.7% win
Enchanter's Emblem49% buy · 57.3% win
Tier 3 · 3,200 souls
Superior Duration52% buy · 57.4% win
Toxic Bullets50% buy · 57.0% win
Stamina Mastery47% buy · 57.3% win
Heroic Aura44% buy · 58.4% win
Tier 4 · 6,400 souls
Boundless Spirit50% buy · 58.7% win
Echo Shard32% buy · 59.5% win
Transcendent Cooldown28% buy · 57.6% win
Escalating Exposure24% buy · 59.9% win
Abilities and skill order
1. 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.
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.
3. Essence Theft
Your weapon steals weapon damage and spirit resist over time, up to a maximum amount per target.
4. Borrowed Decree · ultimate
Most common skill order
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 1
Numbers match the abilities above: each box is one ability point, left to right. This exact order wins 62.2% of 5,258 games. Grasping Hands is maxed first in 78% of common orders.
Graves counters and matchups
How to counter Graves
Enemies that lower Graves's win rate most
Percentage points against Graves's overall win rate of 56.3%, all ranks, pairs with at least 300 games.
Recent official changes
Minor Update - 07-09-2026 · Jul 9, 2026
- Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16
- Jar of Dead now build up faster from neutral creeps
- Grasping Hands immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s
- Grasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s
- Essence Theft now procs from melee hits
- Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4
- Borrowed Decree T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed"
- Borrowed Decree T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration" to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration"
FAQ
What is the best Graves build?
By purchase rate this patch: tier 1: Restorative Shot, Extra Stamina; tier 2: Improved Spirit, Arcane Surge; tier 3: Superior Duration, Toxic Bullets; tier 4: Boundless Spirit, Echo Shard. Percentages above show how often Graves players buy each item and how often they win when they do.
How do you counter Graves?
Pick heroes Graves struggles against. Graves wins least often when the enemy team has Paige, Rat King and Seven. Win rates compare games with that enemy against Graves's overall 56.3%.
Updated Oct 13, 2026.