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Jamlex Tank GravesJamlex Tank

by player 192711742 · updated 2026-11-02

GradeS
Win rate60.7%
vs Graves avg+2.5
Games22k
Import in game
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  1. In Deadlock, open Graves in the Heroes menu, then Builds.
  2. Search for the build ID (or the name), then favourite it.
  3. In a match, pick it from the build list in the shop.

Author's notes

Explanation + Gameplay on Youtube @ Jamlex, Tested + Played in Ascendant. Tankier Variant: 908388 You stack Resists + Health for high eHP Torment Pulse = instance damage, the idea is to stack many item damage instances together to have higher effective DPS. Torment + Tesla/Capacitor + Toxic + Escalating Exposure + Scourge + Siphone Bullets - 7 item instances of damage combined simultaniously. If you do not like Torment Pulse swap it, but I think it's good. Leo Solved Gun Graves [788707] - Best Gun Build

Items in buying order

Early [21.6k]Roughly L -> R based on priority, Sell Resto Shot when slot locked. Weapon Shielding + Essence Theft are early game Resists.
Restorative Shot 800sell order 2Best Sustain item in lane, cannot miss with Graves, try to track CD and use on enemies in lane for +50 heal
Grit 800Insanely strong Trading + Survivability in lane. I often use this on high health to win an important trade in lane!
Extra Spirit 800+10 spirit to help abilities + items + sustain off jar of the dead healing
Tesla Bullets 3,200Massive Damage item, good for farming + fighting. Spreads MVuln, make sure to IAD + Slide with this to get the most use out of activations
Extra Stamina 800Buy when you need it. No longer 2 stam victim
Mystic Shot 1,600Can't miss, massive damage, 3 - 5k damage per game. Huge with Resto Shot to trade. Can build tesla first instead!
Weapon Shielding 1,600
Torment Pulse 3,200Purple Spike AoE for Farm + Fight, another instance of spirit damage. IAD kite with range to get maximum value
Improved Spirit 1,600+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
Stamina Mastery 3,200IAD + more stam to be able to kite everyone and chase. Massive Power Spike + Green spike now
Toxic Bullets 3,2004th Instance of Damage. % Health Damage valuable vs all. Extremely Strong w/ 22% spirit res shred.
Enchanter's Emblem 1,600Green Imp spirit, 15 Spirit conditonally with 18% spirit resist permanantly. 25% spirit resist w/ mvuln
Mid [28.8k]18% Bres, 42%+ Sres
Mystic Vulnerability 1,600Spirit 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
Spirit Lifesteal 1,600Extremely valuable to sustain and Fight longer and Win fights you shouldn't. Upgrade into Spirtual Overflow later.
Escalating Exposure 6,4004 stacks ∼= boundless, EE better when damage instance stacking. Mystic shot, Tesla, Torment, Toxic x52% from Escalating. Our 5th Damage Instance
Late [46.4k]26% Bres, 84% Sres
Boundless Spirit 6,400+50 spirit
Siphon Bullets 6,400Can'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!
Ricochet 6,400
#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGameoptional
Capacitor 6,400Major Damage upgrade + active for picks. This is one of Graves best damage items. You can EE first but Capac will be more damage.
Spiritual Overflow 6,400THIS OR INFUSER. Overflow is only 29 Spirit less than Boundless. +Fire rate +Spirit +Duration
Leech 6,400
Scourge 6,400Prio vs heavy frontline. Scourge for more Spirit Resist (70-80%) with +40% Debuff Resist, True Tank here with AoE % Health Damage.
Inhibitor 6,400
Counters / Optionsoptional
Dispel Magic 3,200if you need would slot instead of spirit resilience
Counterspell 3,200if you need would slot instead of spirit resilience
Metal Skin 3,200vs major m1 threat
Spellbreaker 6,400Vs Carbine Paradox and other high burst spirit
Spirit Shielding 1,600I 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
Plated Armor 6,400Vs Multiple M1s/ On-hits
Divine Barrier 6,400Vs Pocket to cleanse Affliction
Phantom Strike 6,400
Silencer 6,400Vs heavy Spirit Team Comp
Suppressor 1,600This 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.
Anti CCoptional
Reactive Barrier 1,600
Indomitable 6,400vs 1 time CC's don't buy into Artic Blasts, Unstop better
Unstoppable 6,400
Section 7It doesn’t matter that Torment Pulse has “low damage” - all we want from it is another damage source. Added on top of everything else, that extra instance ends up giving more neutral DPS. Graves has low neutral damage on her own she is reliant on CDs for her big damage. The build fixes that by stacking as many separate sources of item damage as possible. (Tank Graves is just about abusing Item dam
Section 8for this build and what it's trying to achieve Torment pulse is the best choice. Also Graves having low health the +100 hp from Torment is so great especially it's on a purple item, keep in mind, 50% resist = 2x eHP so Torment can effectively give 200 -> 250 eHP. The melee resist is also REALLY good. People are sleeping on the base stats. But adding another source of Neutral damage is more effecti
Section 9Multiplying many sources of item damage is more DPS again than you would get with Boundless, so Mystic shot, Toxic, Tesla/Capacitor, Torment Pulse (and later on Scourge), all get multiplied by EE's damage amp, add in Siphon and you have 7 sources of damage from items. The point is this is why Torment Pulse works in this setup and why it's part of it. People aren't understanding why it's there and
Section 10optionalItem Shelf (ignore)
Golden Goose Egg 800
Extra Stamina 800
Extended Magazine 800
Spirit Sap 1,60035% spirit resist shred with essence theft + mvuln + spirit shredder bullets
Escalating Resilience 3,200Escalating Res 30% bullet resist with some Mag Size + Health
Extra Regen 800sell order 1Only when scared/ heavy poke. Can buy this first and then sell whenver you need money/slots after lane.
Mystic Vulnerability 1,600
Split Shot 1,600
Spirit Resilience 3,200Massive Spirit resist stat check
Improved Spirit 1,600
on Grasping HandsCompress Cooldown 1,600imbue → Grasping Hands
Restorative Shot 800
Tesla Bullets 3,200
Heroic Aura 3,200[can skip] Throw skulls then heroic to increase their attack speed and dash speed. Or boost zombies movespeed to make them near impossible stop
Mystic Shot 1,600
Infuser 6,400Sell shield/enchanters. You are now Viktor. If you want more damage build Spirtual Overflow instead
Spirit Shredder 1,600Test instead of MShot, it could be more damage with instance stack + EE to make it total 28% shred
Transcendent Cooldown 6,400Reduces CD on Mystic Shot, Torment Pulse, Tesla/Capacitor, Heroic Aura, Escalating Exposure, Siphon Bullets

Ability order

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Jar of DeadJar of DeadAbility 1IIIIII
Grasping HandsGrasping HandsAbility 2IIIIII
Essence TheftEssence TheftAbility 3IIIIII
Borrowed DecreeBorrowed DecreeUltimateIIIIII

unlock I II III upgrade tiers

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