How to win lane as Graves against Singed · 64.71% win rate over 34 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 he only walks up to flick Poison Trail and you have one ability with no E charges yet — neither of you can punish the other, it's a wash. |
| Level 2 | Graves | Your second ability online means you E-in and dump the point-blank 4-shell magazine the instant he Flings or steps up — one Fling and poison ticks can't out-trade that burst. |
| Level 3 | Graves | Full Q-E-W lets you weave the magazine, slow and vision-cut him with Smoke Screen, and detonate Q's cone before his sustain ramps in the extended trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Graves | Your True Grit armor and refreshing E charges compound across a long trade while his only damage is poison ticks and a single Fling on cooldown. |
| Level 6 | Graves | Collateral Damage catches a dash-less Singed: with only Ghost and Mega Adhesive to escape, R off a wall plus your magazine turns his engage into his death. |
| First item | Graves | Your Eclipse/Youmuu's spike is your peak duel power — punish his stand-and-Fling proxies hard before his drain-tank items exist. |
| Two+ items | Singed | Full-build Singed out-sustains your two-shell magazine, runs you down with Ghost and move speed, and his Poison Trail and Fling ignore your armor stacking — past two items he reclaims the lane. |
"Level 1 is even — Singed just walks up to flick Poison Trail on you, and with only one ability and no E charges yet you can't punish him for it either. The lane turns yours at 2-3: the moment he steps to a minion or commits his Fling, E-in, dump the point-blank 4-shell magazine, and detonate Q's cone on top of him. His early damage is one Fling on cooldown plus Poison Trail ticks, and neither out-trades that burst. The traps to avoid are chasing him into his own poison cloud or standing in it stacking ticks for free, and his Fling tossing you backward into his tower or the minion wave — hold an E charge to dash straight back out."
The full Graves vs Singed 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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