User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Rework) Graves, the Outlaw/@comment-973379-20150213214211/@comment-1330314-20150214183003

Most bruisers don't have defensive steroids or AoE, so I don't really agree with that. Graves might be the most bruiser-ish marksman (besides Urgot), especially since he has all the tools you mentioned, but he's still a marksman, as he deals a ton of physical damage from a distance. He's also meant to be vulnerable, despite his steroids, but instead of you coming to him, he'd come to you, and focusing him would involve avoiding his burst and killing him before he gets crazy tanky. He'd scale better with raw damage than he does now, so I don't see why anyone would want to build him like a bruiser unless they're taking him top lane.