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Dead Man Walking Graves Top - Odious' In-Depth Guide

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Sorry for the long break, lyf I guess. Items have been properly updated as of patch 10.20 due to overlap of Phantom and MaW Unique Passive. I plan to keep this guide updated as much as possible! Thanks for all the support so far! :D

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When would you suggest going conquerer, I assume just against tanks?

Conq is really strong in general right now, so it's safe to probably use against anyone.

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really good guide, its well done i agree, i am a graves top main, one thing that debatable is going IE early, normally i rush essence to help with sustaining his mana pool is bad. going boots if swiftness is a good option too, like graves gets a good benefit from attack speed, but being more focused on the raw damage i feel is more important i normally don't go pd, but getting stroms razor is a good option for graves that sweet damage crit and burst is nice when you can get to the back like which should be your goal. and as a personal preference i take ultimate hunter, i feel like it provides more end game for graves healing i nice but graves is about that burst damage and having your ult up as much as possible and being able to ult from the backline is important too. as far as threats are concerned, i would say sett, trend, Garren, and Jax. anyone that can close the gap rapidly and get in your face is a threat to graves as his escapes are not all that amazing. but gg and thats just my 2 cents, love juice box heroes 1.7 million mastery graves top (yes bronze :(* )

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Interesting guide, I agree that Graves top can be very strong since the champion really shines in an 1v1 and can push very fast. Could you add a matchup section? The thing you generally look for with this kind of pocket pick is how to deal with the current meta.

Duskblade is pretty awkward in a crit + lifesteal build tho.

Also, if you've played this build recently and have any matchup suggestions, please comment them and I will take them into consideration too!

Due to the play style I have with this build, I am uncertain of good/bad matchups since over 50% of the time I either won or held lane, only obviously lost lane a few times and I think it was due to lack of focus on my play. However, I will start making a matchup list during the day and get a second opinion from a friend of mine who knows the game much more than I do (and is familiar with the build because we played a lot when I did it) and will update the guide!

As for Duskblade, I still feel that this item is strong personally, but I think that comes back down to my play style with the build. Switching it out for Statik Shiv would still be just as strong I think (or any other burst/crit item?).

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Love this build, would love an update

Updated! Let me know if you use the guide and how it goes, not 100% on the changes since I haven't played much (uni lyf :/).

Working on it now, just need to play test!

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Why graves top > graves jungle?

There was a period where Graves top was even picked in LCS, there are some advantages of playing Graves top from that point of view, but for me personally Graves' kit and build path makes laning in top really easy and really fun!