How to win lane as Yone against Graves · 50.54% win rate over 8,568 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Graves's level-1 double-shot autos and Q out-trade your unstacked Q. |
| Level 2 | Graves | Level 2 he keeps the burst-trade edge before your combo exists. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | At 3 your Q stacks and E even the trades into a skill window. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yone | By levels 4-5 you punish his Dash cooldown with an E-tether all-in. |
| Level 6 | Yone | At 6 Fate Sealed catches him once his escapes are down. |
| First item | Yone | First-item Yone all-ins through his burst while his cooldowns are long. |
| Two+ items | Yone | Yone out-scales and R-flanks past Graves's short-range late game. |
Graves owns the first two levels: his Buckshot (Q) plus double-shot autos deal more than your unstacked Mortal Steel can answer, so give ground and farm rather than contest early trades. Walking into his Smoke Screen (W) range at this point just feeds him a free chunk.
The full Yone 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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