Jarvan IVvs Graves
Jarvan IV vs Graves is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.7. Graves wins with a 51.8% win rate (+3.6%) over Jarvan IV based on 110 games. Graves holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Jarvan IV build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Jarvan IV vs Graves matchup.
Jarvan IV Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Jarvan IV 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(48.2%)Who Wins the Jarvan IV vs Graves Matchup?
Jarvan IV vs Graves Matchup Summary
The Jarvan IV vs Graves matchup is a moderate matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 110 recent matches analyzed, Graves wins with a 51.8% win rate compared to Jarvan IV's 48.2%, giving Graves a 3.6 percentage point advantage. Graves dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Jarvan IV players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Jarvan IV leads by 658 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. While Graves is slightly favored, Jarvan IV 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 Graves's mistakes. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Jarvan IV vs Graves Laning Phase Breakdown
Graves is favored during the laning phase against Jarvan IV, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Graves holds advantages in farming, damage and gold income, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Jarvan IV Build Against Graves
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Graves, providing the mobility and stats Jarvan IV needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Jarvan IV against Graves are Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver and Sterak's Gage. This combination gives Jarvan IV 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 Graves. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Jarvan IV vs Graves matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Jarvan IV47.9%Graves52.1%Jarvan IV48.4%Graves51.6%During the early laning phase (first 15 minutes), Graves has a meaningful 52.1% win rate, outperforming Jarvan IV by 4.2 percentage points. Graves players should look to press this advantage through aggressive trades, wave priority, and early jungle coordination.
In the late game (25+ minutes), Graves takes over with a 51.6% win rate, leading Jarvan IV by 3.2 percentage points. Graves scales more effectively into team fights and objective contests.
Graves holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Jarvan IV players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Jarvan IV Runes Against Graves
Precision
Domination
The Precision and Domination rune setup gives Jarvan IV the best tools to compete against Graves in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Jarvan IV matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.7. The table below shows Jarvan IV'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 Jarvan IV 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.18% | 110 | 1.0 | 557 | 12,321 | 47.9% | 48.4% | |
| 50.46% | 109 | 0.9 | 610 | 12,807 | 38.1% | 58.2% | |
| 45.87% | 109 | 1.0 | 605 | 12,186 | 55.6% | 36.4% | |
| 53.26% | 92 | 1.0 | 664 | 12,905 | 56.8% | 50.0% | |
| 51.72% | 87 | 1.0 | 609 | 13,196 | 63.6% | 44.4% | |
| 39.53% | 86 | 0.9 | 579 | 12,031 | 38.1% | 40.9% | |
| 48.72% | 78 | 0.8 | 610 | 12,471 | 47.4% | 50.0% | |
| 44.16% | 77 | 1.0 | 602 | 12,985 | 53.3% | 38.3% | |
| 61.11% | 72 | 0.9 | 607 | 12,988 | 50.0% | 71.0% | |
| 52.38% | 63 | 1.0 | 676 | 13,562 | 50.0% | 53.7% | |
| 44.83% | 58 | 0.9 | 587 | 11,960 | 50.0% | 41.2% | |
| 41.38% | 58 | 0.9 | 647 | 11,916 | 42.9% | 39.1% | |
| 41.82% | 55 | 0.9 | 657 | 12,901 | 45.8% | 38.7% | |
| 42.59% | 54 | 0.9 | 594 | 12,678 | 45.5% | 40.6% | |
| 59.62% | 52 | 1.0 | 659 | 12,235 | 71.4% | 45.8% | |
| 48.00% | 50 | 1.1 | 562 | 12,460 | 50.0% | 45.8% | |
| 45.65% | 46 | 0.9 | 549 | 12,010 | 43.5% | 47.8% | |
| 39.13% | 46 | 0.8 | 625 | 11,930 | 31.8% | 45.8% | |
| 36.96% | 46 | 0.8 | 606 | 12,654 | 42.9% | 32.0% | |
| 52.38% | 42 | 1.0 | 633 | 12,708 | 61.1% | 45.8% | |
| 41.46% | 41 | 1.1 | 631 | 13,226 | 53.3% | 34.6% | |
| 36.59% | 41 | 1.0 | 564 | 12,497 | 42.9% | 30.0% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 1.1 | 612 | 11,996 | 54.2% | 35.3% | |
| 64.10% | 39 | 1.0 | 624 | 11,650 | 59.1% | 70.6% | |
| 50.00% | 34 | 0.9 | 676 | 12,798 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 41.18% | 34 | 0.8 | 712 | 12,482 | 41.2% | 41.2% | |
| 55.88% | 34 | 1.1 | 636 | 13,388 | 57.1% | 55.0% | |
| 56.67% | 30 | 1.2 | 669 | 13,903 | 60.0% | 53.3% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 1.0 | 617 | 11,598 | 40.0% | 66.7% | |
| 55.17% | 29 | 0.9 | 607 | 11,865 | 46.7% | 64.3% | |
| 57.14% | 28 | 0.9 | 630 | 13,524 | 41.7% | 68.8% | |
| 65.38% | 26 | 1.2 | 771 | 13,416 | 41.7% | 85.7% | |
| 57.69% | 26 | 0.8 | 644 | 13,455 | 50.0% | 64.3% | |
| 40.00% | 25 | 1.0 | 620 | 12,722 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 33.33% | 24 | 1.3 | 627 | 10,843 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 41.67% | 24 | 1.1 | 789 | 12,823 | 50.0% | 30.0% | |
| 45.83% | 24 | 1.1 | 724 | 12,525 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 1.0 | 621 | 11,561 | 38.5% | 60.0% | |
| 52.17% | 23 | 0.8 | 687 | 13,022 | 46.1% | 60.0% | |
| 40.91% | 22 | 1.0 | 639 | 13,416 | 50.0% | 30.0% | |
| 60.00% | 20 | 0.9 | 558 | 11,861 | 63.6% | 55.6% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 1.0 | 558 | 12,676 | 54.5% | 55.6% | |
| 68.42% | 19 | 1.4 | 497 | 11,763 | 81.8% | 50.0% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 1.0 | 635 | 13,861 | 60.0% | 57.1% | |
| 68.42% | 19 | 1.1 | 625 | 12,537 | 58.3% | 85.7% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 0.7 | 641 | 11,368 | 30.0% | 55.6% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 1.1 | 599 | 12,413 | 57.1% | 60.0% | |
| 35.29% | 17 | 2.1 | 524 | 11,304 | 20.0% | 41.7% | |
| 50.00% | 16 | 0.8 | 585 | 11,104 | 42.9% | 55.6% | |
| 73.33% | 15 | 0.9 | 680 | 10,953 | 75.0% | 66.7% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 0.8 | 824 | 12,912 | 33.3% | 75.0% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 1.0 | 515 | 11,891 | 57.1% | 14.3% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 1.2 | 524 | 11,282 | 44.4% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 1.6 | 573 | 9,924 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 1.0 | 446 | 11,251 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 83.33% | 12 | 1.4 | 635 | 13,096 | 100.0% | 71.4% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 1.6 | 723 | 13,225 | 75.0% | 42.9% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 0.8 | 635 | 12,351 | 50.0% | 80.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 1.1 | 621 | 11,878 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 1.4 | 624 | 14,400 | 0.0% | 77.8% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 0.6 | 517 | 12,561 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.3 | 646 | 11,803 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.9 | 647 | 11,346 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 1.8 | 587 | 13,364 | 66.7% | 80.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 2.1 | 728 | 11,834 | 50.0% | 80.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 1.6 | 585 | 9,156 | 75.0% | 33.3% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 0.9 | 636 | 12,686 | 33.3% | 75.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 2.5 | 564 | 12,382 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 1.6 | 505 | 12,719 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 3.0 | 709 | 12,790 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 2.1 | 555 | 10,303 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 1.5 | 457 | 9,982 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 1.4 | 629 | 10,035 | 66.7% | 33.3% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 1.6 | 658 | 12,770 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 1.1 | 527 | 10,841 | 33.3% | 100.0% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 3.8 | 790 | 12,180 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 0.6 | 584 | 13,841 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 2.1 | 726 | 11,869 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 0.8 | 676 | 13,201 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 3.5 | 1,005 | 13,272 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
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Jarvan IV vs Graves - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Jarvan IV do against Graves in League of Legends?
Graves wins the Jarvan IV vs Graves matchup with a 51.8% win rate compared to Jarvan IV's 48.2%, a 3.6 percentage point difference. This data is based on 110 recent ranked games in patch 26.7.
How does Jarvan IV do against Graves in the early game?
In the early game, Graves has the advantage against Jarvan IV with a 52.1% win rate versus 47.9%. Graves players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Jarvan IV do against Graves in the late game?
In the late game, Graves takes over the Jarvan IV vs Graves matchup with a 51.6% win rate compared to 48.4%. Graves scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Jarvan IV vs Graves matchup?
Graves wins the matchup against Jarvan IV with a 51.8% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.7. The 3.6 percentage point advantage means Graves is moderately favored in this lane matchup based on 110 games analyzed.
What is the best Jarvan IV build against Graves?
The best Jarvan IV build against Graves includes Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage 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 Jarvan IV runes against Graves?
The best Jarvan IV runes against Graves use the Precision primary tree with Domination secondary. This rune setup achieves a 55.6% win rate in the Jarvan IV vs Graves matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Jarvan IV counter Graves?
No, Jarvan IV struggles against Graves with only a 48.2% win rate. Graves has the advantage in this matchup. Jarvan IV players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Graves's lead.
How do I play Jarvan IV against Graves?
When playing Jarvan IV 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.