Urgot vs Graves — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Urgot against Graves · 51.22% win rate over 2,624 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Urgot is favoured — Urgot owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Graves's 1. Urgot wins 51.22% of games vs Graves in top lane (2,624 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even because his point-blank Buckshot trades roughly with your autos and frame.
Level 2UrgotLevel 2 favours you as you bait his shells and commit Q-W into his cooldowns.
Level 3UrgotLevel 3-5 favours you since sustained trades beat his burst and your Q denies his kiting.
Levels 4-5UrgotLevels 4-5 stay yours as Purge grinds him down past his first rotation.
Level 6UrgotLevel 6 favours you because R flips and executes his Quickdraw all-in.
First itemGravesFirst item favours Graves as an early lifesteal/lethality spike out-bursts you before you close.
Two+ itemsUrgotWith 2+ items you win — your HP and shred outlast him and R punishes him in fights.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 is a skill lane — Graves' point-blank Buckshot hits hard but you have the frame to trade back with Echoing Flames autos, so respect the first shell and don't over-walk into a double-shot. From level 2-3 you tilt ahead: bait his Buckshot, then commit Q and W once his burst is down, because your sustained shred beats his cooldown-reliant damage.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Urgot 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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