How to win lane as Volibear against Graves · 50.64% win rate over 2,727 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Before Graves' kit is fully online, your Passive autos make Level 1-2 a genuine skill window. |
| Level 2 | Graves | Level 2 Graves gets Smoke Screen (W) to blind your autos and win the trade. |
| Level 3 | Graves | Level 3-5 Buckshot burst plus True Grit armor out-trade your melee damage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Graves | His End of the Line (E) dash escapes your dive even as you hit power spikes. |
| Level 6 | Graves | At Level 6 Graves' burst and mobility still slip your R leap. |
| First item | Graves | First-item Graves out-bursts your W heal in any full-health all-in. |
| Two+ items | Volibear | Late, your tanky W sustain and R lockdown finally outlast his cooldown-gated shots. |
Levels 1-2 are close — before Graves has his full kit online, your Passive autos and Q gap-close let you contest, and one clean trade can put him behind. Play it as a skill window and punish any greedy step-up.
The full Volibear 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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