Water always wins - the only question is whether you decided where it goes. We shape ground so it drains by design.
Positive grade away from structures, swales that carry water along routes you chose, french drains where surface solutions can't reach, and culverts sized for the storm, not the average day. Every fix starts with watching where water actually goes - we grade for the real flow.
Finish grading comes with topsoil respread and a surface ready for seed - fixing the drainage shouldn't mean living in a dirt patch.
Usually - a targeted swale or drain line solves most problems. We quote the minimum fix that actually works, with the full fix as an option.
Rule of thumb is six inches of fall in the first ten feet. Most wet basements we see fail exactly that test.
Dry ground works best, but drainage problems show themselves in the wet - we diagnose wet, schedule dry.