How to win lane as Camille against Graves · 52.71% win rate over 1,474 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Graves' two-shot auto burst plus Buckshot out-damages your single Q at level 1, and your passive shield only blocks one instance — concede the trade and farm. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | With a second ability the gap narrows, but his reload burst still answers a half-formed combo and his E dash escapes — wait for level 3 to commit. |
| Level 3 | Camille | Now you E-gapclose, W-slow, and land Q's true-damage re-cast before he can reload or kite — your trade pattern wins the exchange. |
| Levels 4-5 | Camille | Your Q cooldown drops and W's outer-edge max-HP damage plus self-heal grind through him; engage when his Smoke Screen is down. |
| Level 6 | Camille | Hextech Ultimatum traps him in the arena so his E dash and Smoke Screen can't escape or break vision — your hardest all-in and gank setup. |
| First item | Camille | Your first-item bruiser/lethality spike plus E-wall mobility lets you force dives faster than his kite can answer — keep all-ining on his E cooldown. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | He out-scales you: his reload burst plus E-dash kiting reclaim the duel at full items — isolate him with R or the lane drifts even. |
Graves owns level 1 — his two-shot auto burst plus Buckshot (Q) out-damages your single Q, and your Adaptive Defense shield only soaks one hit, so never contest that first trade; keep the shield up and farm. The lane flips at level 2-3: with Q's empowered re-cast (the second hit's bonus true damage) and a point in E, you grapple in, W-slow him so he can't kite, and land both Q hits before his autos reload. Bait his Smoke Screen (W) first — once that blind and slow are on cooldown your autos and Q sail clean through.
The full Camille vs Graves report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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