How to win lane as Graves against Urgot · 45.83% win rate over 24 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You are both short-range and weak at level 1 — neither can punish, so just last-hit and stay clear of his Q poke range. |
| Level 2 | Graves | Your second ability lets you Q-and-E-in for a point-blank shell burst before his percent-HP legs and Disdain shield scale. |
| Level 3 | Graves | With Q, E and W online you out-burst a level-3 Urgot and dash out before his sustained shotgun DPS turns the trade around. |
| Levels 4-5 | Urgot | His percent-HP W shots ignore True Grit armor and his rising tankiness mean he out-DPSes you in any extended fight at 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Graves | Collateral Damage adds a nuke plus a wall-escape, letting you burst him and bail before his E flip and R execute land. |
| First item | Urgot | Your Eclipse/Youmuu spike is real, but his first tank item lets his percent-HP shots out-trade you toe-to-toe. |
| Two+ items | Urgot | He out-scales the duel hard: his E flip drags you into the W cloud and his R suppress-executes you in the fight he wants. |
Urgot is short-range like you, so levels 2-3 are your window: lead with Q's powder trail, E in for a point-blank 4-shell volley, then E back out before he can answer. Note that Smoke Screen's blind only stops basic attacks — it does NOT stop his W shotgun shots or his Q, so save W to disengage or block his autos rather than expecting it to shut off his DPS. Do not stand and trade autos: his W deals percent-max-HP and chips through your True Grit armor no matter how much you stack, so every trade must be a quick burst then dash out. Reloading your two-shell magazine in his face is how you eat a free Q-into-shotgun-leg combo.
The full Graves vs Urgot 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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