Jamlex Tank Graves
Jamlex Tank Graves has a really high winrate and the guy seems to have found the next great Graves build. Battle tested in high elo as well. Give it a shot. Also, all the items have nice descriptions for when and how to use them. Real quality build.
Graves
Build updated Oct 22, 2026
872212Item and ability data:
Ability order
| Ability | Unlock | 1 AP | 2 AP | 5 AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | Step 5 | Step 11 | Step 12 | |
| Step 2 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 10 | |
| Step 3 | Step 6 | Step 13 | Step 14 | |
| Step 4 | Step 9 | Step 15 | Step 16 |
SOS (optional)
Only when scared/ heavy poke. Can buy this first and then sell whenver you need money/slots after lane.
Sell priority: 1
Early Game [16k]
Best Sustain item in lane, cannot miss with Graves, try to track CD and use on enemies in lane for +50 heal
Sell priority: 2Insanely strong Trading + Survivability in lane. I often use this on high health to win an important trade in lane!
Sell priority: 0+10 spirit to help abilities + items + sustain off jar of the dead healing
Sell priority: 0Can't miss, massive damage, 3 - 5k damage per game. Huge with Resto Shot to trade. Can build tesla first instead!
Sell priority: 0Massive Damage item, good for farming + fighting. Spreads MVuln, make sure to IAD + Slide with this to get the most use out of activations
Sell priority: 0Buy when you need it. No longer 2 stam victim
Sell priority: 0Green Imp spirit, 15 Spirit conditonally with 18% spirit resist permanantly. 25% spirit resist w/ mvuln
Sell priority: 0Purple Spike AoE for Farm + Fight, another instance of spirit damage. IAD kite with range to get maximum value
Sell priority: 0+8 spirit to help scalings on abilities + items. +27 spirit when bought on 4.8k spike. Or suppressor but Imp gives a noticble increase on damage
Sell priority: 0IAD + more stam to be able to kite everyone and chase. Massive Power Spike + Green spike now
Sell priority: 0
Roughly L -> R based on priority, feel free to adjust based on what you need! Sell Resto Shot when slot locked.
Optional (optional)
I think it's better to buy if you can spare slots. Shield scales on level. The barrier shields ALL damage not just spirit!!! +18% resist only works on shield. The shield inherits all % resists
Sell priority: 0
Mid Game [36k]
4th Instance of Damage. % Health Damage valuable vs all. Extremely Strong w/ 22% spirit res shred.
Sell priority: 0Spirit resist for you and Spirit Resist Shred on enemies 8% with MVuln, 22% with MVuln + Essence theft. Damage Amp for you + the team & nullify enemy spirit resist purchases
Sell priority: 0Can't be Anti Healed. % Health True Damage on enemies w/ Toxic + Scourge you fry Tanks. Also fixes Graves Health Issues. Building early for Suvivability, Bullet Resist + %Health Damage!
Sell priority: 0Major Damage upgrade + active for picks. This is one of Graves best damage items. You can EE first but Capac will be more damage.
Sell priority: 04 stacks ∼= boundless, EE better when damage instance stacking. Mystic shot, Tesla, Torment, Toxic x52% from Escalating. Our 5th Damage Instance
Sell priority: 0
6 dmg instance, 42% Sres after EE + 1 theft
Late Game (optional)
Prio vs heavy frontline. Scourge for more Spirit Resist (70-80%) with +40% Debuff Resist, True Tank here with AoE % Health Damage.
Sell priority: 0Extremely valuable to sustain and Fight longer and Win fights you shouldn't. Upgrade into Spirtual Overflow later.
Sell priority: 0THIS OR INFUSER. Overflow is only 29 Spirit less than Boundless. +Fire rate +Spirit +Duration
Sell priority: 0+50 spirit
Sell priority: 0Sell shield/enchanters. You are now Viktor. If you want more damage build Spirtual Overflow instead
Sell priority: 0
prio scourge then buy any OR counter.
Counters (optional)
if you need would slot instead of spirit resilience
Sell priority: 0if you need would slot instead of spirit resilience
Sell priority: 0Vs heavy Spirit Team Comp
Sell priority: 0vs major m1 threat
Sell priority: 0vs 1 time CC's don't buy into Artic Blasts, Unstop better
Sell priority: 0Vs Carbine Paradox and other high burst spirit
Sell priority: 0Vs Multiple M1s/ On-hits
Sell priority: 0Replace enchanters/shield if buying.
Sell priority: 0Vs Pocket to cleanse Affliction
Sell priority: 0This or Imp Spirit. -- Suppresor is only -11 mshot, -2 tesla, -3 torment; damage @ spirit spike. I don't build Boundless anymore if you want to then buy Imp spirit here.
Sell priority: 0Test instead of MShot, it could be more damage with instance stack + EE to make it total 28% shred
Sell priority: 0
Putting Boundless Spirit back into the build for 200 spirit late game
Items 7
Items 8 (optional)
35% spirit resist shred with essence theft + mvuln + spirit shredder bullets
Sell priority: 0Escalating Res 30% bullet resist with some Mag Size + Health
Sell priority: 0
Item Shelf - ignore
TCD Option (optional)
Imbue: Grasping Hands
Sell priority: 0Reduces CD on Mystic Shot, Torment Pulse, Tesla/Capacitor, Heroic Aura, Escalating Exposure, Siphon Bullets
Sell priority: 0
Creator notes
Tank meaning Mitagation + Sustain; 10% Bres (+ET), 67%+ Sres, w/ SiphonB + Lifesteal. Call it bruiser instead if you don't like the word tank.
Explanation + Gameplay on Youtube @ Jamlex, Tested + Played in Ascendant.
Tankier Variant: 908388
Resist + H Stack w/ item instance damage stacking.
Torment + Tesla/Capacitor + Toxic + Scourge x Escalating Exposure, - TCD (++ Siphon)
Leo Solved Gun Graves [788707] - best gun build
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