How to win lane as Graves against Lillia · 37.5% win rate over 16 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 you both have one ability and short effective range — she can Dream Dust-poke but has no W move speed yet, so the first trade is a genuine wash before her kite comes online. |
| Level 2 | Lillia | She picks up W (Blooming Blast) move speed and her Dream Dust DOT starts compounding faster than a single shell volley can answer — she kites your first step-up. |
| Level 3 | Lillia | With Q-E-W she bounces away on every approach and re-pokes with Swirlseed and DOT; your two-shell magazine reloads while she resets the trade on her terms. |
| Levels 4-5 | Lillia | True Grit armor is wasted against her magic Dream Dust DOT, and her W speed lets her slip your Quickdraw-and-shell windows through Levels 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Graves | Collateral Damage is your one nuke that out-damages her kite — catch her after a Swirlseed or mid-W-bounce and the R cone can delete her before she speeds away. |
| First item | Lillia | Even at your Eclipse/Youmuu's peak she just W-kites between your reload windows and re-applies Dream Dust — your item spike cannot close the gap on her. |
| Two+ items | Lillia | Her R sleep into max Dream Dust one-shots you, and the Lvl 11/16 W upgrades make her uncatchable — she fully out-scales your point-blank range. |
Lillia is an off-meta top pick, but she still out-ranges your point-blank shells and pokes with passive Dream Dust DOT, so the lane is annoying from minute one. Your one good window is Level 2-3: with Q and E up, drop End of the Line on the wave so the detonation slows her, then Quickdraw in for the 4-shell spread burst before her W (Blooming Blast) has any move-speed stacked. Do NOT chase past one Quickdraw charge — Blooming Blast hands her speed on every bounce and she'll kite you under tower while Dream Dust ticks. Your Smoke Screen blind is wasted on her ability-based DOT, so use the smoke to zone her off the wave instead of to fight.
The full Graves vs Lillia 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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