Jarvan IV vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Jarvan IV
based on 853 Jarvan IV vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Jayce
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Advice to Win Against Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Jarvan IV vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several significant Jarvan IV vs. Jayce matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jayce. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Jayce. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Jayce
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Jayce?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when playing against Jayce, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter to Jayce.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower win rate compared to Jayce, when they face off with one another, Jarvan IV also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Jarvan IV into Jayce.
Additionally, Jarvan IV has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Jayce matchups, Jayce is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a garbage counter to Jayce. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Jayce. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Jarvan IV versus Jayce build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Jayce than with many other common builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Jayce with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Jayce as Jarvan IV, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Jarvan IV vs Jayce battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.
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