Gravesvs Nasus
Graves vs Nasus is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.14. Graves wins with a 50.5% win rate (+1.1%) over Nasus based on 95 games. Graves wins the early laning phase while Nasus scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Graves build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Graves vs Nasus 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.
Who Wins the Graves vs Nasus Matchup?
Graves vs Nasus Matchup Summary
The Graves vs Nasus matchup is a very close matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 95 recent matches analyzed, Graves wins with a 50.5% win rate compared to Nasus's 49.5%, giving Graves a 1.1 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Graves controls the early laning stage, but Nasus outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Graves needs to press advantages before Nasus reaches their power spikes, while Nasus should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Nasus leads by 1,263 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Graves has a statistical edge, but the margin is close enough that respecting Nasus's strengths is important. Trade when cooldowns are favorable, track the enemy jungler, and build toward your strongest item spikes to convert the slight advantage into a decisive lead. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Graves vs Nasus Laning Phase Breakdown
Graves is favored during the laning phase against Nasus, 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 Nasus
Gluttonous Greaves is the optimal boots choice against Nasus, providing the mobility and stats Graves needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Graves against Nasus are Voltaic Cyclosword, Hubris and The Collector. This combination gives Graves an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 100.0% win rate across 3 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Nasus. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Graves vs Nasus matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Graves61.5%
Nasus38.5%Graves42.9%Nasus57.1%Graves dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 61.5% win rate — a 23.1 percentage point lead over Nasus. This lopsided early game means Graves can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Nasus is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 57.1% win rate — 14.3 points above Graves. Extended games heavily favor Nasus, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Graves must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Nasus reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Nasus 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 Graves Runes Against Nasus
Domination
Precision
The Domination primary with Precision secondary combination helps Graves maximize their potential in this closely contested matchup, providing the right mix of offensive and defensive tools to edge out Nasus.
Graves matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.14. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51.63% | 184 | 1.6 | 875 | 13,924 | 50.7% | 52.2% | |
| 53.25% | 154 | 1.4 | 807 | 14,031 | 51.6% | 54.4% | |
| 51.82% | 137 | 1.6 | 807 | 14,046 | 48.0% | 54.0% | |
| 46.40% | 125 | 1.6 | 835 | 13,837 | 40.4% | 50.0% | |
| 45.38% | 119 | 1.6 | 791 | 13,505 | 44.0% | 46.4% | |
| 51.82% | 110 | 1.5 | 757 | 12,884 | 56.4% | 47.3% | |
| 49.52% | 105 | 1.5 | 820 | 12,808 | 56.9% | 42.6% | |
| 49.48% | 97 | 1.5 | 834 | 13,184 | 40.5% | 56.4% | |
| 52.08% | 96 | 1.6 | 798 | 14,516 | 48.4% | 53.9% | |
| 50.53% | 95 | 1.4 | 909 | 13,029 | 61.5% | 42.9% | |
| 62.92% | 89 | 1.6 | 863 | 14,221 | 60.6% | 64.3% | |
| 49.33% | 75 | 1.5 | 730 | 11,704 | 40.0% | 57.5% | |
| 52.94% | 68 | 1.6 | 794 | 13,714 | 50.0% | 55.0% | |
| 50.75% | 67 | 1.6 | 917 | 13,837 | 37.0% | 60.0% | |
| 45.16% | 62 | 1.7 | 887 | 14,033 | 52.2% | 41.0% | |
| 55.74% | 61 | 1.5 | 850 | 13,938 | 39.1% | 65.8% | |
| 43.33% | 60 | 1.6 | 797 | 13,257 | 37.5% | 47.2% | |
| 54.24% | 59 | 1.5 | 832 | 12,103 | 57.6% | 50.0% | |
| 49.12% | 57 | 1.4 | 835 | 13,784 | 50.0% | 48.5% | |
| 47.27% | 55 | 1.4 | 800 | 13,280 | 38.5% | 55.2% | |
| 47.17% | 53 | 1.9 | 758 | 12,673 | 39.1% | 53.3% | |
| 62.26% | 53 | 1.9 | 797 | 13,281 | 57.1% | 65.6% | |
| 58.82% | 51 | 1.8 | 826 | 13,919 | 60.0% | 57.7% | |
| 48.94% | 47 | 1.5 | 872 | 12,497 | 55.2% | 38.9% | |
| 50.00% | 46 | 1.8 | 817 | 13,693 | 46.7% | 51.6% | |
| 45.45% | 44 | 1.6 | 795 | 14,002 | 46.7% | 44.8% | |
| 41.46% | 41 | 1.6 | 789 | 13,538 | 46.1% | 39.3% | |
| 41.46% | 41 | 1.6 | 867 | 13,169 | 57.9% | 27.3% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 1.8 | 924 | 14,606 | 60.0% | 43.5% | |
| 63.16% | 38 | 1.4 | 806 | 14,141 | 55.6% | 70.0% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 1.5 | 845 | 12,236 | 34.8% | 73.3% | |
| 43.24% | 37 | 1.6 | 1,021 | 14,177 | 54.5% | 38.5% | |
| 41.67% | 36 | 1.5 | 804 | 12,122 | 60.0% | 28.6% | |
| 41.67% | 36 | 1.6 | 959 | 14,402 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 51.52% | 33 | 1.9 | 771 | 14,263 | 44.4% | 54.2% | |
| 50.00% | 30 | 1.6 | 812 | 12,656 | 58.3% | 44.4% | |
| 48.15% | 27 | 2.0 | 947 | 15,203 | 62.5% | 42.1% | |
| 55.56% | 27 | 1.9 | 684 | 12,809 | 50.0% | 61.5% | |
| 62.96% | 27 | 1.8 | 865 | 11,537 | 61.5% | 64.3% | |
| 43.48% | 23 | 1.5 | 843 | 13,264 | 45.5% | 41.7% | |
| 27.27% | 22 | 2.1 | 947 | 11,905 | 25.0% | 28.6% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 1.2 | 843 | 11,926 | 70.0% | 44.4% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 2.4 | 832 | 14,350 | 42.9% | 50.0% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 1.8 | 752 | 12,078 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 52.63% | 19 | 1.8 | 910 | 14,175 | 40.0% | 57.1% | |
| 38.89% | 18 | 1.7 | 615 | 12,542 | 57.1% | 27.3% | |
| 66.67% | 18 | 1.4 | 809 | 15,104 | 80.0% | 61.5% | |
| 52.94% | 17 | 1.4 | 705 | 12,908 | 62.5% | 44.4% | |
| 35.29% | 17 | 1.4 | 725 | 13,749 | 40.0% | 33.3% | |
| 68.75% | 16 | 1.6 | 921 | 13,543 | 77.8% | 57.1% | |
| 56.25% | 16 | 1.6 | 911 | 12,324 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 2.7 | 747 | 11,655 | 57.1% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 2.7 | 964 | 16,054 | 80.0% | 33.3% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 1.5 | 812 | 14,697 | 60.0% | 25.0% | |
| 25.00% | 12 | 2.0 | 813 | 12,055 | 0.0% | 42.9% | |
| 25.00% | 12 | 1.9 | 689 | 11,417 | 28.6% | 20.0% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 4.0 | 779 | 12,701 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 2.0 | 875 | 12,421 | 33.3% | 37.5% | |
| 80.00% | 10 | 1.6 | 872 | 16,252 | 100.0% | 71.4% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 2.3 | 907 | 12,616 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 1.5 | 801 | 13,045 | 20.0% | 60.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.4 | 1,068 | 15,308 | 33.3% | 80.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.2 | 639 | 8,793 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 3.0 | 896 | 14,742 | 66.7% | 75.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.6 | 751 | 14,043 | 66.7% | 25.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 3.7 | 705 | 11,227 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 7.0 | 800 | 14,012 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 7.8 | 806 | 15,932 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 1.6 | 1,127 | 13,193 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 4.0 | 1,010 | 14,274 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 2.4 | 1,048 | 15,995 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.3 | 925 | 12,594 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 1.6 | 587 | 11,697 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 6.4 | 761 | 8,584 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
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Graves vs Nasus - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Graves do against Nasus in League of Legends?
Graves wins the Graves vs Nasus matchup with a 50.5% win rate compared to Nasus's 49.5%, a 1.1 percentage point difference. This data is based on 95 recent ranked games in patch 26.14.
How does Graves do against Nasus in the early game?
In the early game, Graves has the advantage against Nasus with a 61.5% win rate versus 38.5%. 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 Nasus in the late game?
In the late game, Nasus takes over the Graves vs Nasus matchup with a 57.1% win rate compared to 42.9%. Nasus scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Graves vs Nasus matchup?
Graves wins the matchup against Nasus with a 50.5% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.14. The 1.1 percentage point advantage means Graves is slightly favored in this lane matchup based on 95 games analyzed.
What is the best Graves build against Nasus?
The best Graves build against Nasus includes Voltaic Cyclosword, Hubris, The Collector with Gluttonous Greaves. This build achieves a 100.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Graves runes against Nasus?
The best Graves runes against Nasus use the Domination primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 45.5% win rate in the Graves vs Nasus matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Graves counter Nasus?
Yes, Graves has a favorable matchup against Nasus with a 50.5% win rate. Graves slightly edges out Nasus in lane based on current patch 26.14 data.
How do I play Graves against Nasus?
When playing Graves against Nasus, 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.