Graves vs Evelynn Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the jungle: Graves the marksman, Evelynn the assassin/mage hybrid. The sample behind this page is 1,471 games from patch 16.13.1, and Graves wins 45.6% of them. A deficit of 4.5 points is what earns Evelynn its counter flag in this matchup.
Graves threatens Collateral Damage; Evelynn counters through Allure. Collateral Damage and Last Caress are the two buttons that end the exchange outright.
Graves deals mostly physical damage while Evelynn leans magic, so the first defensive buy rarely overlaps. The stat sheet reads 625 HP and 33 armour for Graves against 642 and 37 for Evelynn. Late-game bases read 2427 health / 111 armour for Graves and 2308 / 117 for Evelynn. Base attack damage is 66 against 61, so Graves wins the raw auto-attack exchange. Movement speed: Graves 340, Evelynn 335.
Graves holds a 300-unit range advantage (425 to 125), and that shapes how the matchup is traded out. That forces Evelynn to play around cooldowns and pathing rather than raw stats.
A 10/10 difficulty rating on Evelynn, against 3/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. No hand-editing here — the Graves figures come straight from ranked play.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Evelynn has the statistical edge. Graves wins 45.6% of the recorded games.
45.6% from Graves's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,471 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Graves build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Graves build page.