How to win lane as Quinn against Graves · 54.89% win rate (1,115 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Bait his key tool — blind his Quickdraw and kite the all-in apart.
Track: Graves's E — Quickdraw (16–12s cooldown). His dash + armor stacks. Engage when it's down.
Read from Quinn's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Graves.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Quinn | At level 1 your range and Harrier auto-resets out-trade his two shotgun shells before he has E to reposition. |
| Level 2 | Quinn | Your W attack-speed/move-speed steroid lets you stick on him and stack Harrier procs his single E hop can't escape. |
| Level 3 | Quinn | Full Q-W-E online: E in for the Harrier proc, W to chase, and Q-blind his shotgun blast to win every extended trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Quinn | You keep converting the trade lead to plates while his E and smoke are still on cooldown after each engage. |
| Level 6 | Graves | At 6 his R AoE burst plus stacking True Grit tankiness let him survive your all-in and shove you off the wave. |
| First item | Graves | His first item (IE/Eclipse) plus build-tank shotgun crits out-trade your squishy frame — kite, don't duel. |
| Two+ items | Quinn | At 2+ items your range and Q blind reclaim the kite — you outscale a tank-built Graves' burst if you stayed ahead. |
Graves is a ranged skirmisher but he can't pick up the smoke before W and his E dash is a single short hop, so levels 1-3 you simply out-trade him. Bait his E or wait for it to be down, then E in for the Harrier proc, pop W for the attack-speed/move-speed steroid, and stick to him resetting Harrier with autos. Land Q to blind his next shotgun blast — that single missed shell is most of his trade damage. Don't walk into a fresh smoke-screen; if he W's first, back off two steps and let it expire, then re-engage.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Quinn's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Quinn 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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Quinn, slightly — a 54.89% win rate edge over 1,115 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Quinn has a small statistical edge (54.89% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Quinn has a slight edge (54.89% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Quinn takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Graves.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Youmuu's Ghostblade (roam + burst) first, then The Collector, with Plated Steelcaps.
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