Graves

Gun type: Pistol Difficulty: Medium Beginner

MorbidArea DenialNecromancer

Weapon: The Teacher

Weapon DPS

35.3

Sustained DPS

20.9

Bullet damage

3.6

Fire rate

9.8

Ammo

Reload

2.8s

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Community match sample · 7 days · all ranks · Sep 16, 2026–Sep 22, 2026

Matches

101,882

Win rate

56.8%

Source: Deadlock API · Updated: Sep 23, 2026

Base stats

Health

730

Move speed

Sprint speed

2.2

Stamina

Health regen

Melee

50 / 116

Abilities

Jar of Dead

Passive: Collect death when anything dies nearby and store it in your Jar of Dead. Active: Throw a jar to summon Deadheads that repeatedly deal spirit damage to enemies. Deadheads follow you instead if there's no nearby enemies, and prioritize the target of your weapon.

Charges 4 Charge Delay 13s Cast Delay 0.15s Deadheads 4 Damage 16 Search Range 7m Dash Range 15m

Upgrades

1 AP Collecting death heals 5 health per pickup (+5 Heal On Pickup, +0.16 Heal On Pickup · Scaling (Spirit Power))

2 AP On Hit: Apply 24% Slow for 1s (+24% Movement slow, +1s Slow Duration)

5 AP +2 Deadheads +4s Deadhead Lifetime (+2 Deadheads, +4 Deadhead Lifetime)

Grasping Hands

Unearth a line of grasping hands, summoning a Ghoul and leaving behind a rift. Enemies who pass through take spirit damage and receive immobilize. Alt-Cast Alternate cast rotates the orientation of the wall.

Cooldown 34s Cast Range 24m Duration 5s Number of summons 1 Damage 90 Immobilize 1s

Upgrades

1 AP +2s Duration

2 AP +90 Damage and +10m Wall Length (+90 Damage, +10m Wall Length)

5 AP +0.75s Immobilize Duration, +1 Number of summons, -14s Cooldown

Essence Theft

Your weapon steals weapon damage and spirit resist over time, up to a maximum amount per target.

Duration 4s Maximum stolen weapon damage 25 ↑0.25 Max Spirit Resist Stolen 10% Max Steal Targets 3 Time for Max Damage 4s

Upgrades

1 AP +5% Max Spirit Resist Stolen

2 AP +20 Maximum stolen weapon damage

5 AP +1 Max Steal Targets All Summons now apply Essence Theft (+0.15 Buildup from skulls, +0.15 Buildup from zombie melee, +1 Buildup from zombie explosions, +1 Max Steal Targets)

Borrowed Decree

Innate: Abilities can summon Ghouls that shamble toward the enemy base, dealing melee damage. They explode when they approach a hero or objective, dealing spirit damage in an area and applying a brief slow

Cooldown 140s Channel Duration 0.66s Cast Range 20m Duration 16s ↑0.04 Damage 115 Stun 0s Movement slow 64% Summon Health 180 Melee Damage 40 Summon Lifetime 20 Slow Duration 1.25s Explosion Radius 6.5m Time to Summon 4

Upgrades

1 AP +25% Ghoul Speed -15s Cooldown (-15s Cooldown, +25% Movement speed)

2 AP +10s Duration -0.3s Time To Spawn (+10s Duration, -0.3 Time to Summon)

5 AP On Death: Deal +5% Current Health as Damage (+5% Current Health as Damage)

Changed in recent builds

Build client-6698 (Sep 23, 2026)

Grasping Hands: Immobilize 1.25s → 1s
Borrowed Decree: Movement slow 80% → 64%

Background

The daughter of high-power defense attorneys, Darcy Graves grew up in a home where every conversation was a debate, argument, or negotiation. It was exhausting. But while her parents were often too busy meeting with clients or working on cases to bond with her, the dead were always there to listen. Graves enjoyed her time in the cemetery. It was a quiet place to calm her thoughts and talk through her problems...but one day her one-sided conversations started to change. It began with a faint whisper. A woman's voice that seemed to respond to Graves' complaints. Intrigued, the teenager listened...and followed the voice's instructions until it guided her to a lead-lined box buried in Van Cortlandt Park. But while most high school students would freak out if they were to unearth a severed lich hand, Graves was certainly not most teens. The hand now free of its prison, the lich's voice grew stronger... It had spent years looking to find a student she could pass her knowledge to, and Graves was eager to learn. Now a fledgling necromancer, Darcy balances not only her homework at Blackmore Academy...but the demands of graveyard denizens, each of whom have their own unfinished business that they seek her aid in resolving.

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Skins for this hero 92

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