How to win lane as Graves against Riven · 54.29% win rate over 35 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Riven | Riven's Q dashes give her an early trade and reposition while you have one ability, point-blank-only shells, and no E to escape. |
| Level 2 | Graves | You hit level 2-3 and start weaving in — Quickdraw to close, point-blank shells to burst, and her E shield only eats one hit. |
| Level 3 | Graves | Full kit online: E in, Smoke Screen blinds her auto and slashes her vision, and you unload before her E shield resets. |
| Levels 4-5 | Graves | True Grit resist stacking and double Quickdraw charges compound — you dash through her third-Q knockup and out-DPS her in the extended fight. |
| Level 6 | Graves | Collateral Damage turns an even trade into a kill — fire it on her dash-in or against a wall so the cone hits behind her, and it doubles as your escape. |
| First item | Graves | Your first-item shell burst out-paces her Eclipse spike — keep forcing the all-in while her E shield and stun are on cooldown. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | A fed Riven flanks and one-combos your backline with her three-dash engage — group as a carry and never facecheck her in brush. |
At level 1 she's ahead — her Q dashes let her poke and reposition while you've got one ability, no E to peel off, and a shell spread that only hurts point-blank. Don't contest; last-hit with End of the Line and the tip of your shells. The lane flips the second you hit 2 and especially 3: now you Quickdraw in, drop Smoke Screen on her so the blind blanks her auto and cuts her vision range, and dump the close-range spread she can't out-trade. Her E shield blocks one instance, not your whole magazine.
The full Graves vs Riven 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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