How to win lane as Lillia against Graves · 56% win rate (25 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He pokes, you jog through it — close the gap diagonally and make every trade end on your Q ring.
Track: Graves's E — Quickdraw (16–12s cooldown). Dash + armor stacks — burst him after the charges are spent.
Read from Lillia's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Graves.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Graves' shotgun auto out-trades your single-ability level 1 — farm Q from range and concede the opener, neither of you wants to commit yet. |
| Level 2 | Lillia | Your Q sweetspot stacks move speed and your E slow lands, so you kite him and the Dream Dust burn ticks while he reloads. |
| Level 3 | Lillia | Layered Q sweetspots plus the compounding DoT mean every shotgun step-up costs him HP he can't sustain, and your speed keeps you out of his auto range. |
| Levels 4-5 | Lillia | Full-rank Q and the burn at its strongest let you grind him down on your move-speed stacks while his autos and E dash are on cooldown. |
| Level 6 | Graves | Quickdraw plus Smoke Screen's sight cut let him all-in through your 150s Lilting Lullaby and burst you before the sleep lands — his window, play anti-engage. |
| First item | Lillia | Your Liandry's/Riftmaker or Blackfire spike turns W and Dream Dust into percent-HP melt that beats his tanky-ADC durability — force skirmishes here. |
| Two+ items | Lillia | Graves doesn't out-statcheck your burn like the hard scalers do, so your DoT and isolate-sleep keep winning fights and roams at two-plus items. |
Level 1 you concede — you only have Q and Graves' shotgun chunks you, so farm Q from max range and eat nothing. The lane flips at 2-3: once Blooming Blows starts stacking move speed and Swirlseed lands, you become uncatchable and Dream Dust ticks every time he steps up to auto. His attacks fire four bullets and then he must reload — bait the burst, chase on your speed stacks, and that reload window is free DoT damage he cannot shoot back.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Lillia's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Lillia 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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Lillia — a 56% win rate vs Graves in top lane over 25 games is a real advantage.
Not really — Lillia holds a real statistical advantage (56% win rate), so Graves is the one working uphill.
Statistically yes — Lillia counters Graves in top lane, winning 56% of 25 Emerald+ games.
Lillia takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Sorcery secondary (Transcendence and Celerity) vs Graves.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Fated Ashes (≈900g) — burn comes online. Build Liandry's Torment first, then Riftmaker / Rylai's Crystal Scepter, with Plated Steelcaps / Swifties.
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