Gravesvs Rengar
Graves vs Rengar is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.11. Rengar wins with a 51.2% win rate (+2.4%) over Graves based on 125 games. Rengar wins the early laning phase while Graves scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Graves build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Graves vs Rengar 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 Rengar Matchup?
Graves vs Rengar Matchup Summary
The Graves vs Rengar matchup is a very close matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 125 recent matches analyzed, Rengar wins with a 51.2% win rate compared to Graves's 48.8%, giving Rengar a 2.4 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Rengar controls the early laning stage, but Graves outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Rengar 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 CS, where Graves leads by 0.7 CS/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. While Rengar is slightly favored, Graves can absolutely win this lane through smart trading patterns and wave management. Focus on playing around your cooldowns, conceding CS only when necessary, and capitalizing on Rengar's mistakes. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Graves vs Rengar Laning Phase Breakdown
Graves is favored during the laning phase against Rengar, 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 Rengar
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Rengar, providing the mobility and stats Graves needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Graves against Rengar are The Collector, Immortal Shieldbow and Youmuu's Ghostblade. 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 4 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Rengar. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Graves vs Rengar matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Graves45.0%
Rengar55.0%Graves52.3%Rengar47.7%Rengar dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 55.0% win rate — a 10.0 percentage point lead over Graves. This lopsided early game means Rengar can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
In the late game (25+ minutes), Graves takes over with a 52.3% win rate, leading Rengar by 4.6 percentage points. Graves scales more effectively into team fights and objective contests.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Rengar 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 Graves Runes Against Rengar
Precision
Inspiration
The Precision primary with Inspiration secondary combination helps Graves maximize their potential in this closely contested matchup, providing the right mix of offensive and defensive tools to edge out Rengar.
Graves matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.11. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51.09% | 274 | 1.5 | 858 | 14,206 | 52.5% | 50.0% | |
| 45.66% | 265 | 1.5 | 775 | 13,733 | 52.9% | 39.4% | |
| 50.00% | 252 | 1.6 | 831 | 14,099 | 50.9% | 49.3% | |
| 49.20% | 250 | 1.5 | 705 | 13,523 | 50.0% | 48.5% | |
| 49.58% | 240 | 1.6 | 875 | 14,332 | 48.6% | 50.4% | |
| 56.58% | 228 | 1.6 | 837 | 14,103 | 59.8% | 53.7% | |
| 53.99% | 213 | 1.6 | 847 | 13,830 | 52.4% | 55.5% | |
| 41.06% | 207 | 1.6 | 795 | 13,954 | 41.9% | 40.5% | |
| 45.30% | 181 | 1.6 | 825 | 14,352 | 49.2% | 43.1% | |
| 50.00% | 158 | 1.6 | 812 | 13,982 | 50.7% | 49.4% | |
| 44.52% | 146 | 1.6 | 920 | 14,364 | 46.0% | 43.4% | |
| 46.72% | 137 | 1.5 | 764 | 14,444 | 40.4% | 51.3% | |
| 59.09% | 132 | 1.6 | 850 | 14,335 | 57.6% | 60.6% | |
| 44.62% | 130 | 1.4 | 733 | 13,359 | 42.4% | 46.5% | |
| 48.80% | 125 | 1.7 | 817 | 14,655 | 45.0% | 52.3% | |
| 48.39% | 124 | 1.7 | 763 | 13,094 | 41.5% | 55.9% | |
| 54.10% | 122 | 1.4 | 792 | 13,979 | 53.3% | 54.8% | |
| 53.39% | 118 | 1.7 | 800 | 14,216 | 52.7% | 54.0% | |
| 47.71% | 109 | 1.7 | 799 | 13,630 | 47.6% | 47.8% | |
| 52.78% | 108 | 1.7 | 901 | 14,026 | 46.0% | 58.6% | |
| 46.81% | 94 | 1.5 | 839 | 12,521 | 38.8% | 55.6% | |
| 55.68% | 88 | 1.5 | 782 | 13,552 | 52.4% | 58.7% | |
| 51.72% | 87 | 1.7 | 877 | 13,913 | 40.5% | 62.2% | |
| 48.28% | 87 | 1.5 | 835 | 12,917 | 48.1% | 48.6% | |
| 51.25% | 80 | 1.8 | 805 | 13,945 | 48.4% | 53.1% | |
| 44.74% | 76 | 1.8 | 936 | 14,228 | 41.2% | 47.6% | |
| 48.68% | 76 | 1.6 | 787 | 13,963 | 41.9% | 53.3% | |
| 44.00% | 75 | 1.8 | 859 | 14,325 | 53.3% | 37.8% | |
| 49.33% | 75 | 1.7 | 788 | 14,252 | 54.8% | 45.5% | |
| 48.61% | 72 | 1.4 | 750 | 13,111 | 47.2% | 50.0% | |
| 52.11% | 71 | 2.0 | 824 | 13,989 | 54.5% | 50.0% | |
| 60.61% | 66 | 1.8 | 892 | 15,196 | 55.6% | 64.1% | |
| 52.54% | 59 | 1.6 | 875 | 14,778 | 50.0% | 54.5% | |
| 50.00% | 52 | 1.7 | 927 | 14,227 | 42.1% | 54.5% | |
| 36.73% | 49 | 1.4 | 809 | 13,133 | 34.6% | 39.1% | |
| 47.92% | 48 | 1.6 | 817 | 15,672 | 52.9% | 45.2% | |
| 54.17% | 48 | 1.3 | 752 | 12,633 | 59.3% | 47.6% | |
| 44.68% | 47 | 1.6 | 809 | 14,149 | 30.0% | 55.6% | |
| 53.19% | 47 | 1.4 | 798 | 13,817 | 64.0% | 40.9% | |
| 48.84% | 43 | 1.4 | 781 | 14,661 | 52.9% | 46.1% | |
| 34.15% | 41 | 3.0 | 774 | 13,600 | 27.8% | 39.1% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 2.2 | 822 | 13,948 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 50.00% | 40 | 2.0 | 881 | 13,852 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 54.05% | 37 | 2.2 | 1,005 | 12,783 | 47.4% | 61.1% | |
| 52.78% | 36 | 1.5 | 680 | 13,917 | 60.0% | 47.6% | |
| 50.00% | 34 | 1.9 | 747 | 14,288 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 54.84% | 31 | 2.0 | 708 | 12,045 | 57.9% | 50.0% | |
| 32.26% | 31 | 1.9 | 713 | 13,444 | 35.7% | 29.4% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 2.0 | 854 | 13,648 | 37.5% | 71.4% | |
| 34.48% | 29 | 2.2 | 801 | 13,579 | 45.5% | 27.8% | |
| 39.29% | 28 | 2.8 | 735 | 13,154 | 50.0% | 31.3% | |
| 62.96% | 27 | 2.0 | 872 | 14,560 | 58.3% | 66.7% | |
| 57.69% | 26 | 2.5 | 859 | 13,403 | 54.5% | 60.0% | |
| 80.00% | 25 | 1.7 | 1,098 | 15,785 | 81.8% | 78.6% | |
| 52.00% | 25 | 1.8 | 820 | 14,501 | 55.6% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 25 | 2.4 | 822 | 13,527 | 69.2% | 50.0% | |
| 60.87% | 23 | 1.5 | 787 | 14,663 | 20.0% | 72.2% | |
| 40.91% | 22 | 3.3 | 803 | 12,460 | 44.4% | 38.5% | |
| 38.10% | 21 | 1.5 | 819 | 15,213 | 16.7% | 46.7% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 1.7 | 802 | 14,234 | 63.6% | 25.0% | |
| 56.25% | 16 | 1.4 | 807 | 15,312 | 71.4% | 44.4% | |
| 62.50% | 16 | 1.7 | 736 | 12,665 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 1.7 | 760 | 12,207 | 20.0% | 37.5% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 3.5 | 752 | 12,941 | 60.0% | 37.5% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 4.2 | 882 | 12,539 | 20.0% | 42.9% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 2.0 | 723 | 13,506 | 25.0% | 42.9% | |
| 81.82% | 11 | 1.5 | 892 | 16,099 | 83.3% | 80.0% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 4.5 | 774 | 12,599 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 20.00% | 10 | 2.3 | 732 | 13,738 | 33.3% | 14.3% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 4.7 | 1,132 | 17,672 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 6.1 | 699 | 13,693 | 66.7% | 42.9% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 2.2 | 1,027 | 14,402 | 60.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 4.5 | 884 | 13,836 | 66.7% | 42.9% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 1.4 | 648 | 10,487 | 71.4% | 33.3% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 2.9 | 975 | 18,281 | 50.0% | 37.5% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 1.6 | 850 | 16,430 | 75.0% | 16.7% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 6.3 | 1,168 | 15,996 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 4.4 | 1,063 | 15,850 | 100.0% | 71.4% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 4.8 | 732 | 15,119 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 85.71% | 7 | 7.5 | 805 | 14,236 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 6.5 | 777 | 17,515 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.0 | 850 | 14,257 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 5.5 | 1,123 | 17,594 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 1.7 | 855 | 15,735 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.9 | 683 | 10,010 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.4 | 923 | 15,240 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 4.8 | 853 | 11,533 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 2.4 | 965 | 15,287 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 6.5 | 806 | 13,582 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
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Graves vs Rengar - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Graves do against Rengar in League of Legends?
Rengar wins the Graves vs Rengar matchup with a 51.2% win rate compared to Graves's 48.8%, a 2.4 percentage point difference. This data is based on 125 recent ranked games in patch 26.11.
How does Graves do against Rengar in the early game?
In the early game, Rengar has the advantage against Graves with a 55.0% win rate versus 45.0%. Rengar players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Graves do against Rengar in the late game?
In the late game, Graves takes over the Graves vs Rengar matchup with a 52.3% win rate compared to 47.7%. Graves scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Graves vs Rengar matchup?
Rengar wins the matchup against Graves with a 51.2% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.11. The 2.4 percentage point advantage means Rengar is moderately favored in this lane matchup based on 125 games analyzed.
What is the best Graves build against Rengar?
The best Graves build against Rengar includes The Collector, Immortal Shieldbow, Youmuu's Ghostblade with Plated Steelcaps. 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 Rengar?
The best Graves runes against Rengar use the Precision primary tree with Inspiration secondary. This rune setup achieves a 60.0% win rate in the Graves vs Rengar matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Graves counter Rengar?
No, Graves struggles against Rengar with only a 48.8% win rate. Rengar has the advantage in this matchup. Graves players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Rengar's lead.
How do I play Graves against Rengar?
When playing Graves against Rengar, play cautiously and avoid Rengar's power spikes. Focus on safe farming — you outscale Rengar in the late game. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.