How to win lane as Yone against Graves · 50.54% win rate (8,568 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Bait his key tool — E-burst him on the Quickdraw cooldown and snap back out.
Track: Graves's E — Quickdraw (16–12s cooldown). His dash + armor stacks. Engage when it's down.
Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Graves.
This is Yone's own plan; across 8,568 pooled games the lane is even.
| 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 End of the Line (Q) plus shotgun 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), 26s at rank 1, just feeds him a free chunk.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Nobody on paper — a 50.54% win rate over 8,568 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Yone vs Graves is a genuine skill matchup: 50.54% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Yone vs Graves win rate is 50.54%, an even lane decided by execution.
Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Graves.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.
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