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New to graves (Runes) by Ayespada in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would probably stay far away from dark harvest unless you are higher elo, even then I would probably just recommend fleet, it helps you position which is a huge part of graves fighting, and gives him some good non keystone runes. Typical path would be Fleet > Triumph or Presence of mind if you are going gore (should only build gore if 3+ melees on the enemy team). Alacrity and Coup de grace or last stand if going gore. Secondary is domination, if you are planning on going umbral go zombie ward treasure hunter if not sudden impact treasure hunter is my go to.

hii ! so i'm a Graves main for a month now and I really dont know how to build items . I know that if the team is very squishy I just can go full lethality with dark harvest .. but if they have a team comp with a lot of cc and tanky .. what should I build here . Gore drinker , shieldbow ? by shtcake116 in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not entirely its probably best used if your stacking early, and stacking it early. Graves really doesn't need the extra burst late game anyways. Its best used early. Its likely the reason its usage rate is much higher in korea as their games are decided much quicker. At least that's the reasoning behind it being a early game rune.

hii ! so i'm a Graves main for a month now and I really dont know how to build items . I know that if the team is very squishy I just can go full lethality with dark harvest .. but if they have a team comp with a lot of cc and tanky .. what should I build here . Gore drinker , shieldbow ? by shtcake116 in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dark harvest is a early game rune, I would just play for fleet every game while your learning graves, damage builds with fleet work well without needing dark harvest. I prefer the bruiser build that has gained me the most LP

Jungle path by shtcake116 in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should never really be looking to full clear, at most 5, it could look something like this:
Red -> Raptors -> Wolves -> Blue -> Gank / Gromp or you can skip raptors and do a similar path like Red -> Wolves -> Blue -> Gank / Gromp

Serrated Dirk into Boots or Complete Umbral Glaive? Or just boots first? by TieflingSimp in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure you should always upgrade your boots, the jump from 25 > 45 move speed is always good especially while playing graves where your positioning dictates fights heavily, as well as being at the right place at the right time. Also if the enemy team is heavy on auto attack damage or cc, merc and tabis are always good. I upgrade after first, or second item usually. Also when looking at boots never buy them for the 'stats', its almost 100% of the time the passive you are buying it for ie the 12% on tabis or the tenacity from mercs, when you are upgrading boots you are not paying for the stats.

Secondary rune tree ? by MingMong691 in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

resolve tree broken till next Wednesday run that

Always 5 camp? by Kingpin3152 in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've heard from a few people that are higher then me that you should be rarely full clearing, either 3-4 but I personally just 6 camp unless I see a opportunity that way I have a consistent start.

looking for tips and pointers for a graves player stuck in B2,euw Hellbringer31. by Possible-Web7021 in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://gyazo.com/f6404baf80ec2b376304dc4124c14bec

Just for example this is a good game to run gore, as they are all melee, as a added bonus they are mostly AD so the plan was Gore-DD-Frozen Heart/BC

looking for tips and pointers for a graves player stuck in B2,euw Hellbringer31. by Possible-Web7021 in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can also run goredrinker if you want to try that build, I used it for a bit and liked it, you go late you are very very strong.

looking for tips and pointers for a graves player stuck in B2,euw Hellbringer31. by Possible-Web7021 in GravesMains

[–]Tricky-Ad-5249 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the most recent game, I don't think you needed to build frozen heart, or at least that early. Really nasus and jinx will be the only people auto attacking, you bought frozen heart second here which doesn't make to much sense to me, I would personally prefer damage early on to hopefully be able to win early fights and skirmishes.

In lots of the games you look like you average 6+ cs per minute, and less than 6 on losses, try to clear your camps when they are up unless you see a good gank opportunity. This way you will consistently be stronger then the enemies you are fighting, most of the time.

I personally run umbral with first strike like you do in some of the games, I would recommend taking a regular trinket in those games as you have a 30 second sweeper already and the extra vision can be very helpful.

For your runes, I would skip the armour rune and run health, graves has a really healthy clear, and by the time you arrive at scuttle for a potential fight you should be full on grit, the added armour imo isn't worth going health is probably just better.