How to win lane as Trundle against Graves · 48.53% win rate over 614 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Graves's first two shells deal more burst than your Q Chomp heals back at level 1 — farm at ability range and don't force an auto-trade into his reload. |
| Level 2 | Graves | He gains Quickdraw at level 2 and can dash into double-shell range then escape before your Frozen Domain activates — respect the burst window. |
| Level 3 | Graves | With Q and W up he plants Smoke Screen on your face, blinding your Chomps and autos before dashing out — you lose this trade cleanly. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Neither of you has a decisive edge: your W healing matches his reload cadence but he still has the range advantage when you're outside your zone. |
| Level 6 | Trundle | Subjugate steals his Quickdraw-stacked armor mid-fight — he gets squishier as you get tankier inside Frozen Domain, and the duel swings hard your way. |
| First item | Trundle | Iceborn Gauntlet's Chomp slow zone neutralises Quickdraw's escape value — he is trapped in your W and your stolen armor makes you nearly impossible to burst. |
| Two+ items | Trundle | You out-scale Graves into late game: your W heals more than his burst deals, and Subjugate is devastating against any tank or bruiser who steps into your domain alongside him. |
Graves has two shotgun shells that hit harder than you expect at level 1 — don't walk into his auto range just to land a Q Chomp; farm at the tip of Q distance and let him come to you. At level 2 he will Quickdraw in, unload both shells, then dash back out, and his smoke makes your Q Chomp miss entirely if he plants it on your face before the trade. Don't commit a full trade into his smoke window — let the blind expire, then respond. Your passive King's Tribute heals from minion deaths, so you're not losing HP as fast as it looks; you are stable but not winning these early exchanges.
The full Trundle 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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