Gravesvs Illaoi
Graves vs Illaoi is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.10. Graves wins with a 60.0% win rate (+20.0%) over Illaoi based on 5 games. Graves holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Graves build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Graves vs Illaoi matchup.
Graves Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Graves 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.
Illaoi(60.0%)Who Wins the Graves vs Illaoi Matchup?
Graves vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
The Graves vs Illaoi 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 Illaoi's 40.0%, giving Graves a 20.0 percentage point advantage. Graves dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Illaoi players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Graves leads by 0.5s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Graves players can confidently pick into Illaoi and play aggressively from level 1. Look to establish lane dominance early through favorable trades and zone Illaoi away from CS whenever possible. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Graves vs Illaoi Laning Phase Breakdown
Graves is favored during the laning phase against Illaoi, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Graves holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income and crowd control, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Graves Build Against Illaoi
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Illaoi, providing the mobility and stats Graves needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Graves against Illaoi are Essence Reaver, Lord Dominik's Regards and Infinity Edge. This combination gives Graves 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 Graves vs Illaoi matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Graves50.0%Illaoi50.0%Graves66.7%Illaoi33.3%The early game (first 15 minutes) is a toss-up between Graves and Illaoi, with Graves holding a razor-thin 50.0% win rate edge (+0.0%). Individual skill and jungle proximity will matter more than champion advantage in the early laning phase.
Graves is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 66.7% win rate — 33.3 points above Illaoi. Extended games heavily favor Graves, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Graves holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Illaoi players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Graves Runes Against Illaoi
Domination
Precision
Running Domination primary with Precision secondary allows Graves to press their advantage against Illaoi, amplifying the strengths that make this a favorable matchup.
Graves matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.10. The table below shows Graves'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 Graves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.59% | 370 | 1.5 | 828 | 14,291 | 53.0% | 55.7% | |
| 50.85% | 352 | 1.6 | 801 | 13,789 | 51.5% | 50.3% | |
| 48.12% | 345 | 1.6 | 821 | 13,681 | 47.2% | 48.9% | |
| 48.70% | 308 | 1.6 | 858 | 14,699 | 49.2% | 48.3% | |
| 51.34% | 298 | 1.5 | 785 | 13,431 | 42.4% | 59.7% | |
| 46.32% | 272 | 1.5 | 805 | 13,886 | 40.0% | 52.1% | |
| 56.52% | 253 | 1.6 | 838 | 14,509 | 56.7% | 56.4% | |
| 49.39% | 245 | 1.6 | 791 | 13,511 | 43.8% | 54.1% | |
| 57.27% | 227 | 1.6 | 887 | 15,059 | 60.0% | 56.0% | |
| 46.67% | 210 | 1.5 | 828 | 13,724 | 48.4% | 45.3% | |
| 52.13% | 188 | 1.6 | 847 | 14,020 | 50.6% | 53.2% | |
| 45.93% | 172 | 1.4 | 819 | 13,658 | 41.9% | 49.0% | |
| 52.91% | 172 | 1.5 | 830 | 14,491 | 59.1% | 49.1% | |
| 53.25% | 169 | 1.5 | 792 | 13,195 | 48.3% | 58.5% | |
| 41.56% | 154 | 1.5 | 723 | 13,196 | 45.1% | 37.5% | |
| 46.58% | 146 | 1.4 | 770 | 12,856 | 43.2% | 50.0% | |
| 54.93% | 142 | 1.5 | 843 | 14,650 | 52.8% | 56.2% | |
| 46.21% | 132 | 1.4 | 791 | 14,109 | 50.9% | 43.0% | |
| 49.23% | 130 | 1.6 | 798 | 14,117 | 47.5% | 50.7% | |
| 54.26% | 129 | 1.6 | 811 | 13,819 | 41.3% | 66.7% | |
| 48.82% | 127 | 1.4 | 832 | 13,108 | 50.7% | 46.4% | |
| 64.52% | 124 | 1.6 | 889 | 14,173 | 56.1% | 71.6% | |
| 54.92% | 122 | 1.6 | 840 | 13,567 | 47.5% | 61.9% | |
| 54.10% | 122 | 1.6 | 766 | 14,105 | 44.4% | 61.8% | |
| 50.43% | 117 | 1.5 | 806 | 13,494 | 53.9% | 47.7% | |
| 50.00% | 108 | 1.5 | 889 | 13,782 | 47.4% | 52.9% | |
| 43.93% | 107 | 1.6 | 793 | 14,144 | 41.5% | 45.5% | |
| 43.81% | 105 | 1.5 | 788 | 13,457 | 47.1% | 40.7% | |
| 50.00% | 100 | 1.6 | 774 | 13,595 | 48.6% | 50.8% | |
| 38.78% | 98 | 1.6 | 791 | 14,801 | 37.8% | 39.3% | |
| 54.17% | 96 | 1.8 | 942 | 14,280 | 64.4% | 45.1% | |
| 48.91% | 92 | 1.6 | 801 | 14,144 | 53.7% | 45.1% | |
| 47.25% | 91 | 1.5 | 723 | 12,827 | 34.8% | 60.0% | |
| 48.19% | 83 | 1.5 | 875 | 14,026 | 41.4% | 51.9% | |
| 51.22% | 82 | 1.5 | 777 | 12,835 | 44.2% | 59.0% | |
| 45.83% | 72 | 1.5 | 833 | 13,310 | 55.3% | 35.3% | |
| 61.11% | 72 | 1.5 | 849 | 15,141 | 60.0% | 61.9% | |
| 49.30% | 71 | 1.6 | 884 | 13,124 | 48.8% | 50.0% | |
| 51.47% | 68 | 1.6 | 771 | 14,224 | 54.5% | 48.6% | |
| 60.71% | 56 | 1.9 | 791 | 13,570 | 63.0% | 58.6% | |
| 63.64% | 55 | 2.0 | 1,058 | 14,313 | 63.0% | 64.3% | |
| 43.40% | 53 | 2.0 | 738 | 13,311 | 52.0% | 35.7% | |
| 59.62% | 52 | 2.1 | 886 | 15,208 | 64.7% | 57.1% | |
| 48.89% | 45 | 1.6 | 836 | 14,232 | 40.9% | 56.5% | |
| 59.09% | 44 | 1.7 | 835 | 15,033 | 64.7% | 55.6% | |
| 39.02% | 41 | 1.8 | 745 | 13,350 | 36.4% | 42.1% | |
| 43.90% | 41 | 1.8 | 820 | 13,814 | 55.0% | 33.3% | |
| 35.00% | 40 | 1.9 | 638 | 12,397 | 33.3% | 36.8% | |
| 65.00% | 40 | 1.9 | 813 | 14,008 | 76.5% | 56.5% | |
| 47.37% | 38 | 3.3 | 890 | 13,941 | 42.9% | 50.0% | |
| 44.44% | 36 | 2.5 | 946 | 12,780 | 47.1% | 42.1% | |
| 44.12% | 34 | 1.6 | 786 | 14,014 | 35.3% | 52.9% | |
| 35.29% | 34 | 1.8 | 766 | 13,736 | 35.7% | 35.0% | |
| 59.38% | 32 | 1.9 | 798 | 13,487 | 68.8% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 32 | 1.8 | 1,069 | 14,636 | 58.8% | 40.0% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 1.7 | 749 | 13,365 | 41.7% | 61.1% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 2.0 | 867 | 14,306 | 53.9% | 52.9% | |
| 52.00% | 25 | 1.4 | 794 | 13,451 | 54.5% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 24 | 1.9 | 881 | 13,577 | 57.1% | 80.0% | |
| 52.17% | 23 | 1.7 | 852 | 13,601 | 37.5% | 60.0% | |
| 34.78% | 23 | 1.7 | 842 | 14,083 | 27.3% | 41.7% | |
| 63.64% | 22 | 2.8 | 928 | 13,702 | 66.7% | 60.0% | |
| 31.82% | 22 | 2.1 | 857 | 14,900 | 20.0% | 41.7% | |
| 59.09% | 22 | 2.8 | 951 | 14,599 | 62.5% | 57.1% | |
| 78.95% | 19 | 1.5 | 966 | 14,986 | 75.0% | 81.8% | |
| 62.50% | 16 | 1.5 | 809 | 14,513 | 40.0% | 72.7% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 2.2 | 934 | 15,273 | 16.7% | 42.9% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 1.5 | 914 | 14,197 | 80.0% | 37.5% | |
| 15.38% | 13 | 6.7 | 801 | 13,550 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 4.4 | 730 | 10,959 | 57.1% | 40.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 4.7 | 914 | 12,130 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 7.1 | 1,155 | 15,818 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 5.7 | 953 | 13,422 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 77.78% | 9 | 6.2 | 799 | 14,672 | 100.0% | 71.4% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.5 | 707 | 15,221 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 4.3 | 766 | 14,037 | 66.7% | 33.3% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 5.0 | 898 | 12,774 | 42.9% | 50.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 7.0 | 829 | 14,027 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 2.4 | 1,100 | 16,585 | 100.0% | 28.6% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 2.1 | 819 | 16,506 | 80.0% | 50.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 2.7 | 734 | 14,284 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 6.9 | 765 | 11,603 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 1.6 | 917 | 12,393 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 5.5 | 961 | 13,919 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 2.8 | 871 | 14,447 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 6.4 | 907 | 16,077 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 1.4 | 930 | 14,652 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.4 | 744 | 8,707 | 80.0% | 0.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 7.7 | 963 | 13,594 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 4.8 | 657 | 13,101 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 3.8 | 771 | 12,517 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 7.0 | 909 | 13,930 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 6.9 | 648 | 10,127 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.1 | 942 | 9,574 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 7.2 | 800 | 12,536 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 6.6 | 706 | 9,574 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 793 | 14,978 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
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Graves vs Illaoi - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Graves do against Illaoi in League of Legends?
Graves wins the Graves vs Illaoi matchup with a 60.0% win rate compared to Illaoi's 40.0%, a 20.0 percentage point difference. This data is based on 5 recent ranked games in patch 26.10.
How does Graves do against Illaoi in the early game?
In the early game, Graves has the advantage against Illaoi with a 50.0% win rate versus 50.0%. Graves players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Graves do against Illaoi in the late game?
In the late game, Graves takes over the Graves vs Illaoi matchup with a 66.7% win rate compared to 33.3%. Graves scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Graves vs Illaoi matchup?
Graves wins the matchup against Illaoi with a 60.0% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.10. The 20.0 percentage point advantage means Graves is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 5 games analyzed.
What is the best Graves build against Illaoi?
The best Graves build against Illaoi includes Essence Reaver, Lord Dominik's Regards, Infinity Edge with Plated Steelcaps. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Graves runes against Illaoi?
The best Graves runes against Illaoi use the Domination primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Graves vs Illaoi matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Graves counter Illaoi?
Yes, Graves has a favorable matchup against Illaoi with a 60.0% win rate. Graves strongly counters Illaoi in lane based on current patch 26.10 data.
How do I play Graves against Illaoi?
When playing Graves against Illaoi, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.