Graves is an old-school League of Legends pick who does a good job in ARAM. He has great damage, waves clear, and sustain. Today we are gonna cover the most optimal Graves ARAM build, which will enable you to pressure your enemies, and convert more games to wins!
Best ARAM Graves Items
Infinity Edge & Boots
We will spend our starting gold on a BF sword and two pots. The BF sword will serve as our first component towards Infinity Edge. The Infinity Edge purchase will set the foundations of our critical damage Graves build. On our second buy, we will want to pick up Berserker Greaves, which we can upgrade to Zephyr later!
The Collector
The Collector is a generally nice item for Graves, and it is even better in ARAM. The reason for it being great in ARAM is simply that you can stack it much faster. You can proc it more often as well, and you will be able to redeem its bonus gold passive more frequently. It’s really a great item for ARAM team fights.
Blood Thirster
Our third item will be a critical strike one as well, as we will want to maximize our critical chances as fast as possible. Blood Thirster is the best crit option because it will give us great amounts of sustain through healing and the shield it provides.
Lord Dominik’s Regards (LDR)
LDR is my favorite purchase in this build, because it will tie our build together, and enhance all the damage we previously collected. It will give us a major armor penetration upgrade amounting to 45%. After having it built, you will notice a great spike in your damage output.
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow will be our last pick. The item will provide additional sustain through its lifeline passive, and it will make us a little safer in the late game ARAM fights.
Runes for ARAM Graves
- Dark Harvest
- Sudden Impact
- Eyeball Collection
- Treasure Hunter
- Triumph
- Coup de Grace
Dark Harvest will serve us as the best keystone choice, as it will be easy to stack in the perma-fighting ARAM circumstances. Our second rune will be Sudden Impact, which will come great to increase our damage after using our E dash.
Next up we will build Eyeball Collection, which will grant us additional damage for each unique kill we score, this rune is pretty easy to stack in ARAM as well. The fourth rune will be Treasure Hunter and it will help us score items earlier in the game.
We will also take Triumph, the rune that gives healing after scoring a takedown (kill or assist), as we will be able to proc it frequently. Finally, we will take Coup de Grace, which deals bonus damage to low HP enemies. It will help us secure kills, as we already do massive amounts of burst damage.
Graves Build Tips
To make the most out of our build we will want to align our gameplay with the items we are building. Therefore, with this build, we will want to play as aggressively as possible. We want to take every opportunity to push waves, as this will give us the ability to poke enemies, and they will have a limited ability to return fire. We also want to take as many favorable trades as possible, without losing too much HP.
Final Thoughts
Graves is a really solid ARAM pick. He has a range which is a favorable feature in ARAM, as it allows us to push waves faster, and punish enemies by poking. The best way to take advantage of this is to play as aggressively as possible, and by building the most aggressive items.