How to win lane as Ziggs against Graves · 50% win rate over 30 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Graves' Q Buckshot and passive armor out-trade your Level 1 poke. |
| Level 2 | Graves | At Level 2 his Quickdraw dash closes range you can't hold him off. |
| Level 3 | Graves | Level 3 his full early kit tanks your bombs and out-DPS's you. |
| Levels 4-5 | Graves | Through Levels 4-5 he keeps the range advantage and pressures you off farm. |
| Level 6 | Ziggs | At Level 6 your R burst and W disengage finally give you the exchange. |
| First item | Graves | On his first item Buckshot plus Smoke Screen powers an all-in you can't kite. |
| Two+ items | Ziggs | With two items your artillery range and peel out-poke him from the back. |
Levels 1-4 belong to Graves: his Q Buckshot out-trades your autos, E Quickdraw closes distance you can't kite forever, and his passive armor eats your Bouncing Bomb chip, so farm safe and give ground rather than duel.
The full Ziggs 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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