Akalivs Graves
Akali vs Graves is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.9. Graves wins with a 60.0% win rate (+20.0%) over Akali based on 5 games. Akali wins the early laning phase while Graves scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Akali build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Akali vs Graves matchup.
Akali Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Akali performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Graves(40.0%)Who Wins the Akali vs Graves Matchup?
Akali vs Graves Matchup Summary
The Akali vs Graves matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 5 recent matches analyzed, Graves wins with a 60.0% win rate compared to Akali's 40.0%, giving Graves a 20.0 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Akali controls the early laning stage, but Graves outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Akali needs to press advantages before Graves reaches their power spikes, while Graves should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Graves leads by 0.4s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Graves has a strong advantage in this matchup. Akali players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Graves overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Akali vs Graves Laning Phase Breakdown
Graves is favored during the laning phase against Akali, winning 5 out of 5 key stat categories. Graves holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Akali Build Against Graves
Spellslinger's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Graves, providing the mobility and stats Akali needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Akali against Graves are Shadowflame, Hextech Gunblade and Rabadon's Deathcap. This combination gives Akali an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Akali vs Graves matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Akali66.7%Graves33.3%Akali0.0%Graves100.0%Akali dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 66.7% win rate — a 33.3 percentage point lead over Graves. This lopsided early game means Akali can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Graves is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 100.0% win rate — 100.0 points above Akali. Extended games heavily favor Graves, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Akali must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Graves reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Graves survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Akali Runes Against Graves
Domination
Precision
The Domination and Precision rune setup gives Akali the best tools to compete against Graves in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Akali matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.9. The table below shows Akali's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Akali build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.19% | 203 | 5.8 | 854 | 11,459 | 54.5% | 53.9% | |
| 45.98% | 174 | 6.0 | 845 | 11,437 | 50.0% | 43.0% | |
| 45.52% | 145 | 6.0 | 784 | 11,883 | 44.8% | 46.0% | |
| 50.00% | 138 | 5.9 | 823 | 11,622 | 45.6% | 53.1% | |
| 43.08% | 130 | 6.1 | 948 | 11,967 | 50.9% | 37.0% | |
| 56.78% | 118 | 6.1 | 887 | 11,805 | 56.9% | 56.7% | |
| 49.12% | 114 | 5.9 | 841 | 11,765 | 51.0% | 47.6% | |
| 51.55% | 97 | 5.8 | 1,002 | 11,866 | 45.6% | 56.9% | |
| 46.88% | 96 | 5.9 | 829 | 11,840 | 50.0% | 44.4% | |
| 64.13% | 92 | 6.2 | 853 | 11,835 | 59.5% | 67.3% | |
| 46.25% | 80 | 6.2 | 838 | 12,118 | 50.0% | 44.0% | |
| 40.00% | 80 | 6.2 | 881 | 11,972 | 27.8% | 50.0% | |
| 51.90% | 79 | 5.8 | 818 | 11,522 | 37.1% | 63.6% | |
| 57.69% | 78 | 5.8 | 953 | 12,093 | 62.1% | 55.1% | |
| 54.05% | 74 | 6.4 | 997 | 12,139 | 48.4% | 58.1% | |
| 43.84% | 74 | 6.3 | 801 | 11,613 | 42.4% | 45.0% | |
| 43.84% | 73 | 5.6 | 740 | 11,154 | 43.8% | 43.9% | |
| 43.06% | 72 | 5.5 | 728 | 10,929 | 38.7% | 46.3% | |
| 50.75% | 67 | 6.3 | 853 | 10,982 | 48.3% | 52.6% | |
| 48.48% | 66 | 5.9 | 772 | 11,096 | 46.0% | 51.7% | |
| 46.15% | 65 | 6.1 | 871 | 12,431 | 38.1% | 50.0% | |
| 43.75% | 64 | 6.0 | 838 | 11,019 | 40.6% | 46.9% | |
| 50.00% | 64 | 6.3 | 998 | 12,061 | 57.7% | 44.7% | |
| 42.86% | 63 | 6.3 | 963 | 10,988 | 41.2% | 44.8% | |
| 43.55% | 62 | 5.9 | 777 | 11,220 | 39.3% | 47.1% | |
| 40.00% | 60 | 5.9 | 853 | 12,023 | 43.5% | 37.8% | |
| 32.20% | 59 | 5.8 | 821 | 10,180 | 27.0% | 40.9% | |
| 37.93% | 58 | 5.9 | 901 | 11,049 | 41.4% | 34.5% | |
| 47.17% | 53 | 5.7 | 772 | 11,249 | 55.0% | 42.4% | |
| 44.23% | 52 | 6.3 | 845 | 11,209 | 46.1% | 42.3% | |
| 50.00% | 50 | 6.1 | 863 | 11,341 | 59.1% | 42.9% | |
| 46.00% | 50 | 6.0 | 823 | 11,668 | 52.0% | 40.0% | |
| 51.02% | 49 | 5.8 | 736 | 10,472 | 43.5% | 57.7% | |
| 59.57% | 47 | 5.8 | 882 | 11,225 | 45.5% | 72.0% | |
| 36.96% | 46 | 6.2 | 942 | 11,678 | 26.3% | 44.4% | |
| 47.83% | 46 | 6.1 | 889 | 11,658 | 64.7% | 37.9% | |
| 58.14% | 43 | 6.1 | 894 | 12,665 | 52.9% | 61.5% | |
| 48.84% | 43 | 5.5 | 883 | 11,634 | 52.6% | 45.8% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 6.4 | 1,000 | 12,178 | 63.2% | 31.8% | |
| 39.02% | 41 | 6.3 | 864 | 11,197 | 47.8% | 27.8% | |
| 51.22% | 41 | 6.3 | 910 | 12,100 | 37.5% | 60.0% | |
| 55.00% | 40 | 6.4 | 894 | 11,802 | 47.4% | 61.9% | |
| 42.50% | 40 | 6.0 | 866 | 12,307 | 60.0% | 36.7% | |
| 57.89% | 38 | 5.9 | 869 | 12,824 | 44.4% | 62.1% | |
| 36.84% | 38 | 5.8 | 835 | 10,897 | 35.0% | 38.9% | |
| 57.89% | 38 | 6.4 | 918 | 11,361 | 55.0% | 61.1% | |
| 47.22% | 36 | 5.8 | 1,006 | 11,473 | 42.9% | 50.0% | |
| 47.22% | 36 | 5.7 | 953 | 11,057 | 46.7% | 47.6% | |
| 47.06% | 34 | 6.0 | 860 | 11,476 | 40.0% | 52.6% | |
| 41.18% | 34 | 6.5 | 878 | 11,041 | 52.6% | 26.7% | |
| 55.88% | 34 | 6.1 | 1,013 | 11,490 | 46.1% | 61.9% | |
| 56.25% | 32 | 6.3 | 1,142 | 12,755 | 54.5% | 57.1% | |
| 43.75% | 32 | 5.6 | 948 | 12,364 | 46.1% | 42.1% | |
| 58.06% | 31 | 5.7 | 1,064 | 12,291 | 61.5% | 55.6% | |
| 32.26% | 31 | 6.3 | 862 | 12,016 | 41.7% | 26.3% | |
| 54.84% | 31 | 5.7 | 802 | 11,539 | 46.1% | 61.1% | |
| 36.67% | 30 | 5.9 | 855 | 11,664 | 40.0% | 35.0% | |
| 48.28% | 29 | 6.4 | 990 | 11,228 | 37.5% | 61.5% | |
| 64.29% | 28 | 5.6 | 871 | 11,480 | 58.3% | 68.8% | |
| 51.85% | 27 | 6.6 | 842 | 12,219 | 45.5% | 56.3% | |
| 46.15% | 26 | 6.3 | 1,006 | 12,540 | 61.5% | 30.8% | |
| 39.13% | 23 | 5.8 | 784 | 10,342 | 30.8% | 50.0% | |
| 54.55% | 22 | 6.6 | 1,044 | 12,145 | 61.5% | 44.4% | |
| 60.00% | 20 | 6.8 | 1,222 | 11,429 | 81.8% | 33.3% | |
| 45.00% | 20 | 6.2 | 827 | 9,646 | 33.3% | 62.5% | |
| 31.58% | 19 | 6.4 | 781 | 10,929 | 44.4% | 20.0% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 6.0 | 832 | 12,069 | 60.0% | 46.1% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 6.3 | 869 | 12,290 | 62.5% | 40.0% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 5.3 | 828 | 11,950 | 57.1% | 40.0% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 6.2 | 876 | 11,325 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 41.18% | 17 | 6.4 | 783 | 12,391 | 42.9% | 40.0% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 6.2 | 885 | 10,298 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 6.2 | 896 | 10,910 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 62.50% | 16 | 7.0 | 1,021 | 12,391 | 62.5% | 62.5% | |
| 68.75% | 16 | 6.5 | 1,145 | 13,363 | 100.0% | 58.3% | |
| 43.75% | 16 | 6.4 | 877 | 10,979 | 30.0% | 66.7% | |
| 56.25% | 16 | 6.4 | 798 | 10,046 | 44.4% | 71.4% | |
| 80.00% | 15 | 5.2 | 778 | 13,701 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 5.5 | 637 | 9,852 | 66.7% | 22.2% | |
| 78.57% | 14 | 6.0 | 832 | 11,825 | 80.0% | 75.0% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 5.4 | 787 | 11,764 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 5.9 | 1,071 | 12,895 | 85.7% | 28.6% | |
| 69.23% | 13 | 5.6 | 952 | 9,195 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 5.8 | 880 | 11,772 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 6.0 | 1,038 | 12,171 | 50.0% | 71.4% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 6.7 | 844 | 12,710 | 60.0% | 37.5% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 6.5 | 903 | 12,828 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 5.3 | 719 | 10,517 | 60.0% | 42.9% | |
| 72.73% | 11 | 6.7 | 918 | 10,958 | 83.3% | 60.0% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 5.6 | 856 | 11,385 | 75.0% | 42.9% | |
| 18.18% | 11 | 6.4 | 1,108 | 11,679 | 0.0% | 28.6% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 5.8 | 1,070 | 12,502 | 66.7% | 42.9% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 6.2 | 1,028 | 12,824 | 100.0% | 28.6% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 5.8 | 671 | 10,046 | 57.1% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 5.6 | 853 | 11,112 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 20.00% | 10 | 5.5 | 851 | 12,385 | 20.0% | 20.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 6.6 | 867 | 12,351 | 66.7% | 25.0% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 5.2 | 851 | 11,409 | 25.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 5.6 | 761 | 11,022 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 5.9 | 965 | 14,470 | 100.0% | 14.3% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 6.2 | 759 | 10,130 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 6.5 | 1,025 | 13,660 | 0.0% | 20.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.7 | 1,035 | 12,396 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.3 | 895 | 12,627 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.4 | 584 | 7,504 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 5.9 | 714 | 10,258 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.9 | 1,061 | 15,156 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.7 | 695 | 10,905 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.0 | 969 | 9,995 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
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Akali vs Graves - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Akali do against Graves in League of Legends?
Graves wins the Akali vs Graves matchup with a 60.0% win rate compared to Akali's 40.0%, a 20.0 percentage point difference. This data is based on 5 recent ranked games in patch 26.9.
How does Akali do against Graves in the early game?
In the early game, Akali has the advantage against Graves with a 66.7% win rate versus 33.3%. Akali players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Akali do against Graves in the late game?
In the late game, Graves takes over the Akali vs Graves matchup with a 100.0% win rate compared to 0.0%. Graves scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Akali vs Graves matchup?
Graves wins the matchup against Akali with a 60.0% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.9. The 20.0 percentage point advantage means Graves is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 5 games analyzed.
What is the best Akali build against Graves?
The best Akali build against Graves includes Shadowflame, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon's Deathcap with Spellslinger's Shoes. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Akali runes against Graves?
The best Akali runes against Graves use the Domination primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Akali vs Graves matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Akali counter Graves?
No, Akali struggles against Graves with only a 40.0% win rate. Graves has the advantage in this matchup. Akali players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Graves's lead.
How do I play Akali against Graves?
When playing Akali against Graves, play cautiously and avoid Graves's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Graves has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.