Graves

Deadlock hero Graves: win rate, tier, counters, synergies, builds and every buff and nerf received. Current win rate 56.6% across all ranks, tier S in our live tier list.

Strong against

• Mirage — 63.1% win rate
• Silver — 62.0% win rate
• Paradox — 61.7% win rate
• Shiv — 61.7% win rate
• The Doorman — 61.3% win rate

Struggles against

• Rat King — 44.4% win rate
• Paige — 49.1% win rate
• Seven — 50.0% win rate
• Victor — 50.0% win rate
• Kelvin — 52.3% win rate

Best teammates

• Rat King — 66.4% win rate
• Paige — 62.8% win rate
• Victor — 61.7% win rate
• Seven — 61.2% win rate
• Kelvin — 60.6% win rate

Recent changes

• In-game role changed from Marksman to Mystic (not in the announcement) (change, Listen up, Crumbums! Your King is here.)
• Graves can now destroy Venator's traps with her gun (buff, City Never Sleeps)
• Health per boon increased from 33 to 35 (buff, Minor Update - 09-16-2026)
• Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16 (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Jar of Dead now build up faster from neutral creeps (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Grasping Hands immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s (nerf, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Grasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Essence Theft now procs from melee hits (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4 (buff, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Borrowed Decree T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed" (rework, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Borrowed Decree T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration" to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration" (rework, Minor Update - 07-09-2026)
• Jar of Dead collection rate reduced by 20% (takes longer to gain a charge) (nerf, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
• Jar of Dead damage reduced from 17+0.27 to 16+0.25 (nerf, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
• Jar of Dead bounty increased from 5+0.25/boon to 7+0.5/boon (nerf, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
• Grasping Hands T3 Immobilize duration reduced from +1s to +0.75s (nerf, Minor Update - 06-11-2026)
• Jar of Dead damage reduced from 20 + 0.31/spirit to 17 + 0.27/spirit (nerf, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
• Ghouls damage reduced by 15% (nerf, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
• Ghouls bounty increased from 25+1/min to 35+2/min (nerf, Minor Update - 05-31-2026)
• Sprint speed increased from 1.6 to 2.2 (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Grasping Hands now spawns a ghoul in the base ability (T3 still increases it by 1) (change, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Updated dash ranges for Deadheads to be calculated from the center of Graves when they are following her (change, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Fixed Fire Rate buffs for Deadheads not being applied to their next attack, but only on subsequent attacks (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Fixed Deadheads being unable to dash through veils (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Fixed Deadheads being unable to dash to targets at the very end of your attack range when they are in follow mode (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Fixed Deadhead's damage taken from bullets being unaffected by fall-off (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Added 0.1s buffer duration for Deadheads losing line-of-sight before they stop following an enemy (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Fixed Deadheads becoming inactive if Graves dies while they are following her (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Jar of Dead spirit scaling reduced from 0.35 to 0.31 (they are better at dealing damage now) (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Increased speed & acceleration of Deadheads only when they are following Graves - doesn't affect in-combat (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Fixed certain projectiles (i.e Gray Talon's Bird) colliding with Deadheads (bugfix, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Update Grave's melee to also set the dash target for Deadheads (change, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Bullet damage and growth reduced by -10% (nerf, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Grasping Hands spirit damage scaling reduced from 1.9 to 1.6 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
• Grasping Hands T3 reduced from 2 Ghouls Summoned to 1 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
• Grasping Hands T3 now also reduces cooldown by 10s (buff, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
• Borrowed Decree Ghoul HP reduced from 200 + 12/boon to 180 + 8/boon (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
• Borrowed Decree Ghouls damage reduced from 150 to 135 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
• Jar of Dead spirit scaling increased from 0.25 to 0.35 (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
• Jar of Dead health per boon increased from 1 to 1.3 (buff, Small Update - 03-21-2026)
• Jar of Dead fixed colliding with the world sometimes (bugfix, Small Update - 03-21-2026)