How to win lane as Kled against Graves · 51.2% win rate over 959 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Graves chips Skaarl with burst shotgun autos at Level 1 while you have no spammable poke — but you concede your own Level 1 too, so it's a wash where neither commits. |
| Level 2 | Graves | His E dash and smoke blind let him kite your level-2 W shots; he out-trades you before your full combo is online. |
| Level 3 | Graves | Even with re-E online, his E reset plus blind smoke breaks your yank-in all-in and he pelts you back out. |
| Levels 4-5 | Graves | His sustained shotgun-auto poke whittles Skaarl's mount bar faster than you can punish, keeping you on the back foot 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Graves | His R + E true damage plus the W blind delete dismounted-Skaarl Kled before you remount — this is his hardest kill window. |
| First item | Graves | His Eclipse/Youmuu's tank-ADC spike with E-reset dashing out-kites your Eclipse all-in if you can't land the Q pin. |
| Two+ items | Kled | Two items in, your percent-HP Q and W on-hit shred his tanky-ADC build and Skaarl out-sustains his autos once you pin him with R or terrain. |
Graves concedes nothing at Level 1 the way a melee would — his burst shotgun autos chip Skaarl's mount health while you have no answer, so don't walk up for a trade you can't win. The moment your W (Violent Tendencies) and Q (Bear Trap) come online, you get a real window: land the Q slow, yank yourself in, and force the W on-hit shots before he can E-dash away. The problem is his E dash and smoke blind reset the kite every time, so if you whiff the Q he just pelts you and walks off with the trade.
The full Kled vs Graves 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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