Deathy's Fully Annotated Graves Build

Try to always hit heroes off cooldown, can't miss it. By far the best laning item on Graves.

This allows you to take longer trades which is exactly what Graves wants to take advantage of her Essence Theft.

Allows you to take longer trades and not get bursted

2 stamina hero with low mobility, extra stam always mandatory

By far the best damage item on this hero, main reason is it allows you to do damage while you're reloading. Don't forget melees refresh the duration.

You can buy this item WAY earlier if you are jungling a lot. Helps you clear T3 camps way easier.

Good if they melee your tombstone often

buy if you are very hurt

This is great if they have a lot of gun damage and also if you want to amplify your skull's damage. Best if you go Echo Shard later.

only buy if you are consistently running out of charges on your 1

Duration also good, works with active reload, all of your abilities, as well as toxic/inhib/etc.

Allows you to take longer trades

Best mobility item for Graves

Sell Split Shot if you buy this, very good if you are super late or slot locked

Skip this if they have no gun damage, but almost always great buy

ALWAYS first 6.4k - reduces their damage significantly and makes you way tankier (35%+ more eHP)

The preferred defensive option as it allows you to keep debuffing people easily and keep your movement unpredictable.

Great against debuffs or disarm

Good vs heavy burst predictable abilities (lash, yamato, pocket, etc.)

Not always needed but sometimes nice, you get a lot of spirit resist from your Essence Theft but if they have a lot of spirit damage, might be needed.

Great vs spell dependent heroes, if not an issue prioritize leech/ricochet

Good replacement for Active Reload once you are slot locked

Better if you bought Heroic, usually not the best option but can give more damage

Buy if you have nothing else to buy and are slot locked and have some active items

Incredibly strong item - would probably buy most games if it's 30+ mins. Can completely shut down certain heroes and give Debuff Resistance.

Almost mandatory if game is 40+ mins. Incredibly good for mid boss fights.

Good if you're a bit weaker and more supportive or need to remove certain ultimates (i.e. Pocket Ult)

Become unkillable against gun heroes

Only buy if this can win you the next fight which would win the game (ex: mid boss fight wins the game)

Usually not needed, but if getting melted by a weapon damage hero, good buy