Graves

Overview

Update history

Lore

Voice lines

Sounds

“The hell are you staring at, buddy?”

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Morbid Area Denial Necromancer
Weapon Stats Damage Per Second: 35.3 Bullet Damage: 3.6+0.054 Ammo: 40 Bullets per sec: 9.8 Reload Time: 2.8s Bullet Velocity: 635m/s Light Melee: 50+1.58 Heavy Melee: 116+3.67
Vitality Stats Health: 730+33 Health Regen: 1 Bullet Lifesteal: 8% Move Speed: 7m/s Sprint Speed: 2.2m/s Dash Speed: 14.7m/s Stamina: 2 Stamina Cooldown: 4.5s
Spirit Stats Spirit Power: 0+1.1
Information
Internal namesCodenames used for this hero in the game files: Necro

Graves is an upcoming Hero in Deadlock.

Weapon

The Teacher

Beam Weapon

Close Range

35 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

7.6m ➞ 17m

== Update history ==View the full update history: Graves/Update history

Update	Changes
July 9, 2026	Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16. Jar of Dead now builds up faster from neutral creeps. Grasping Hands Immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s. Grasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s. Essence Theft now procs from melee hits. Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4. Borrowed Decree T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed". Borrowed Decree T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration" to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration".
June 30, 2026	Borrowed Decree cooldown increased from 120s to 140s. (Global ult change) Borrowed Decree T1 reduced from -20s Cooldown to -15s. (Global ult change)
June 11, 2026	Jar of Dead collection rate reduced by 20% (takes longer to gain a charge). Jar of Dead damage reduced from 17+0.27 to 16+0.25. Jar of Dead bounty increased from 5+0.25/boon to 7+0.5/boon. Grasping Hands T3 Immobilize duration reduced from +1s to +0.75s.

Background

Lore

Darcy Graves is a necromancer and a high school student at Blackmore Academy. The Shopkeeper calls her a "theater kid".

Gallery

• 
  Graves's shadow at the hideout.
• 
  Graves' typography.
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  Graves' card.
• 
  "Vote for Graves" poster/spray from the 1/23/26 major update.
• 
  Damaged "Vote Graves" poster.
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  Graves splash art from the vote screen.
• 
  Graves voter sticker.

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