How to win lane as Graves against Dr. Mundo · 60% win rate over 25 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Mundo is one of the weakest level-1s — only one Q rank, no passive regen yet — so your point-blank shell spread and End of the Line chunk him for free before he can answer. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | He gets his second Q rank but you get your second ability — it is an even step where his percent-HP slow-cleaver trades against your reload-gated point-blank burst. |
| Level 3 | Dr. Mundo | With Q-E and passive regen online he soaks your shells and cleavers your high health bar, out-sustaining any poke war you start. |
| Levels 4-5 | Dr. Mundo | His first tank item plus passive heals let him facetank your spread and slow-cleaver you at range, so extended trades favor him. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Your Eclipse spike makes a clean Quickdraw-in burst lethal, but his R Maximum Dosage max-HP heal can survive it — the all-in is a coinflip, not a guaranteed kill. |
| First item | Dr. Mundo | On two tank items and full R value he simply out-heals your burst and frontlines through your armor and MR stacking — you cannot solo him here. |
| Two+ items | Graves | Your second-item skirmish tempo lets you roam and side-lane delete him before he finishes the tank items that make him unkillable — end the game now. |
Mundo's whole early game is a regen sponge, so your edge is the level-1 — walk up and unload a point-blank 4-shell spread plus an End of the Line cone before his passive cheese-death regen kicks in and before his cleaver out-trades you. Once he hits 3 and his Q percent-HP cleaver plus passive heals are online, stop facetanking: his cleaver scales off your fat health bar and his sustain eats your chip, so last-hit with the tip of your Q-cone and bank Quickdraw charges. Do not throw poke into a champ who heals it back for free — pick the all-in, not the trade war.
The full Graves vs Dr. Mundo 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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