How to win lane as Graves against Lucian · 60.81% win rate over 74 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Lucian | Lucian's Lightslinger double-shot and Piercing Light poke win the Level 1 range war while you have one ability and no Quickdraw charge to close on him. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | You pick up a second ability and start contesting, but without your full Quickdraw/Smoke Screen kit it's still even — neither of you commits. |
| Level 3 | Graves | With Q, E and W online you Quickdraw in for the point-blank shell spread and blind his autos with Smoke Screen — his single Relentless Pursuit can't kite a gap you've closed. |
| Levels 4-5 | Graves | True Grit armor and two stacked Quickdraw charges let you win the extended trades he tries to dash out of in this window. |
| Level 6 | Graves | Collateral Damage turns any caught Piercing-Light animation into a kill — the R blast plus your shell spread deletes a squishy ADC. |
| First item | Graves | Eclipse or Youmuu's is your peak duel power and his only escape is one Relentless Pursuit dash — all-in the moment it's down. |
| Two+ items | Graves | You still beat him 1v1, but force the all-in now before his 2-3 item Navori kiting and Lightslinger shred take over teamfights. |
Level 1 is his — his Piercing Light poke and Lightslinger double-shot chunk you while you have one ability and no Quickdraw to close, so just last-hit and accept the chip. The lane flips hard at 2-3: once End of the Line, Quickdraw and Smoke Screen are all up, you Quickdraw in onto him, drop Smoke Screen on top so the blind cancels his autos and the empowered double-shot, and unload the 4-shell spread at point-blank where it actually hurts. His only escape is one Relentless Pursuit dash, so bait it before you commit.
The full Graves vs Lucian 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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