How to win lane as Vladimir against Graves · 50.42% win rate over 1,769 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Graves' shotgun autos and Buckshot out-damage your level 1. |
| Level 2 | Graves | True Grit armor and his burst win the level 2 trade. |
| Level 3 | Graves | Quickdraw dashes dodge your Q and let him reset trades ahead. |
| Levels 4-5 | Graves | Through 4-5 his sustained AD damage keeps him in front. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | At 6 your Hemoplague all-in punishes his squishy no-sustain frame. |
| First item | Vladimir | First-item sustain lets your Q out-value his poke. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | You out-scale a sustain-less Graves into every teamfight. |
Graves is brutal early — his shotgun autos, Buckshot (Q), and True Grit (P) armor stacking let him out-trade you repeatedly, while Quickdraw (E) dashes dodge your Transfusion (Q) and keep him at his ideal range.
The full Vladimir 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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