Kayn vs Graves JUNGLE Matchup Guide | LaneStomp

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Kayn vs Graves

Updated Jun 4, 2026

Overview

Prioritize safe full clears to collect orbs and reach form transformation without losing camps to Graves's early pressure.
Use Kayn's high mobility and wall paths to avoid Graves's strong early invades and counter-jungle attempts.
Focus on scaling through form timing and terrain ganks to outpace Graves's ranged skirmishing and tempo control.

Jungle Plan

Prioritize full clears and form progress while avoiding early direct fights with Graves until transformation.
Contest Scuttle only when your lanes have priority and Graves is not nearby to punish.
Use terrain and wall paths to create unexpected gank angles after form, focusing on lanes with lane priority to secure objectives.

Danger windows

Graves's early invade window is dangerous; avoid overextending during your first clears before form.
Isolated river fights before form are high risk; only contest with lane priority or vision advantage.
Low-health clears or forced smite fights early can be punished by Graves's burst; maintain health and vision to mitigate this.

Early game

Start with a full clear route that maximizes orb collection and avoids Graves's likely invade windows.
Avoid early river fights unless nearby lanes have priority to support Scuttle control.
Use wall movement to evade Graves's counter-invades and delay his tempo advantage.

Power spikes

Kayn's major spike is form transformation; use this timing to force fights and skirmishes that favor your mobility and knockup.
Graves spikes early with his ranged burst and dash; respect his early dueling power by avoiding risky fights before form.
After Kayn's form, Graves must respect your knockup and untargetability to avoid losing skirmishes.

Win conditions

Convert safe full clears and form timing into aggressive terrain ganks that leverage Kayn's mobility and knockup.
Use wall paths to counter-jungle Graves when he shows on predictable paths, denying his tempo and scaling.
Control river vision and objective setups to force Graves into teamfights where your mid and late-game scaling dominates.