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Phases come from when Graves's players usually buy each item (Emissary+).
Buy this or any shielding of your choice that's appropriate for the comp you're against
If you're getting gunned down / e.g. Haze/Venator/Rat King
More damage
My preferred shielding most games, good if you're getting nuked by spirit / e.g. Pocket/Doorman/Apollo
Great if you're playing against a pure M1 lane
4.8k Spirit spike + a lot of fire rate to apply Tesla/Toxic Bullets faster
Good damage for fights and farm, procs almost always given your gun's range
Insane item on Graves, allows for faster farming/wave clearing and is great in burgerbox fights for Essence Theft. Great combo with Ricochet!!
Great against Mina, Apollo and Calico
You can buy this in lane if you're going against characters like Abrams, Geist and Rem, if not just buy Toxic Bullets
Great resist for the entire team and nice fire rate/movement speed increase
Same as Extra Stamina but better, absolute must buy
If you're getting stunned frequently / e.g. Seven/Vindicta/Warden
Great antiheal and spirit scaling bleed, incredble against tanks and healers + works with Escalating
Core item - Upgrades into Escalating Exposure later
Great upgrade for damage and procs for Escalating + free Slowing Hex (if you can hit your shots)
This is always good against Mirage/Shiv/Fern and debuffs in general
Kind of a must buy against Lash + other easily reactable abilities/ults
More ammo and 30% Bullet Resistance, actually pretty good against M1s
Kinda needed in most cases around 30 mins
Haze is pretty strong right now, this helps
Kinda OP if you're going full gun or hybrid, insane combo with Split Shot
Super strong option against super high hp heroes and tanks like Abrams, Billy, Venator or even Apollo
Lots of damage + healing + extra weapon damage steal
Insane item, procs off of your entire kit and core items
If you really really really need the heal, usually Spiritual Overflow + skulls will suffice
Sell Healbane to buy this during mid/late game as a luxury upgrade
Good item in general thanks to the stats it gives
I'd suggest if you have 3/4 active items, which you might have by now
Amazing item!!! If you're going gun this is probably the best item to rush against 90% of comps
Shuts down spirit characters, insanely good buy especially for burgerboxing
Good resists and good scaling on the barrier, it saved my ass lots of times
Great against nukers like Pocket and Yamato
Good option to buy in the midgame to shut down those pesky M1s
Works on Jar, Wall, Torment Pulse AND ghoul explosions + nice 10% resist
Finally effective against Mercurial Magnum and other passives, amazing item for prolonged fights, otherwise metal skin is generally better
Stops nukers (Calico, Mina, Pocket etc.) from, well, nuking you
Kinda needed super mega late game with how much CC is in this game