How to win the jungle race as Graves against Evelynn · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Graves's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Evelynn.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Graves Dominant | End of the Line plus knockback autos shred melees holding a buff pit, while pre-stealth Evelynn is the weakest level-1 champion in the jungle. Only one of those wins at the first buff, so press it: take the level-1 crossing, then leave with a camp and a chunk of their health bar. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Graves Dominant | Quickdraw (E) True Grit armor stacking lets you out-trade in tight jungle lanes. Pre-stealth Evelynn is the weakest level-1 champion in the jungle, and with one camp still up on both sides that is not an answer. Take the level-2 skirmish and make Evelynn path away from the camps you want. |
| Level 3 Route | Graves Dominant | Smoke Screen's blind caps a kit that wins almost every close-quarters exchange. There is no version of this Evelynn wins right now — pre-stealth Evelynn is the weakest level-1 champion in the jungle, and that folds at the opening scuttle. Show on their side of the river and take the first scuttle and the gank window behind it. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Graves Favoured — Take Duels | The 4-5 window is yours if you pick it: she is still farming for six and cannot contest anything she does not out-number. Track that pattern, arrive one camp early, and take the fight before the follow-up shows. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Respect Evelynn's R | The six-spike belongs to Evelynn, and Graves's does not bridge the gap: from six on she is invisible — every face-check is a charm into Last Caress. Buy sweepers, hug control wards, and never path alone through her quadrant. Your own ultimate is a tool here, not a trump card — spend it to escape or equalize, not to start fights. |
| First Item Spike | Youmuu's / Umbral Glaive Spike | Completing your core lethality component grants a devastating physical damage and armor penetration spike that completely destabilizes their defensive stat builds. Your camp clearing mechanics become completely automated, letting you wipe whole sides in seconds before invading deep into their jungle tracks. Evelynn's first item plus camouflage is the spike that flips the matchup — the charm rotation starts killing outright. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Respect Evelynn Late — End Early | You do not want the late 1v1 here. She is invisible and lethal, and every unswept corridor is a charm into a delete — so trade the map instead, and keep every fight a numbers fight. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp — Quickdraw (E) refreshes its own cooldown and resistance boost on a hit, which keeps your armor/MR up through the first two camps — then continue down toward the scuttle crab. Evelynn's Demon Shade (P) only heals her out of combat, so tracking her camp-clear noise for openings matters more here than watching for a lane arrival. Evelynn clears slowly and unhealthily before six, so her early pathing is usually the safest, longest route she can take.
Ranked by the race windows in Graves's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Graves vs Evelynn report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Graves's race plan controls 5 of the 7 windows — Graves holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Graves's race plan controls 5 of the 7 windows, so Evelynn is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
Graves takes Fleet Footwork on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace, and Domination secondary (Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter) vs Evelynn.
Start Mosstomper Seedling + Health Potion and back for Serrated Dirk / Cloak of Agility — keep full-clearing into invades. Build Youmuu's / Umbral Glaive first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps / Berserker's Greaves.
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