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How to Win Jayce vs Taric Counter MatchupJayce is in the b tier of champions

Jayce vs Taric

How to Beat Taric as Jayce in LoLJayce is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taric as Jayce

based on 471 Jayce vs Taric matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Taric as Jayce resulted from an analysis of 471 ranked games where both champs faced each other. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Jayce encounters Taric in only 0.9% of his rounds.

Jayce vs Taric Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Jayce has done a pathetic job of beating Taric. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.9% of games the champions fight one another in. In Jayce vs Taric rounds, Jayce’s side is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Taric.

Best Jayce vs Taric Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Jayce Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaYoumuu's GhostbladeSerylda's Grudge

Optional Items

OpportunityEclipseEdge of Night

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Jayce to level upq
>
Second ability for Jayce to level upw
>
Last skill for Jayce to max oute

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Jayce's passive ability p
Jayce's q ability q
Jayce's w ability w
Jayce's e ability e
Jayce's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
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Q
4
W
5
Q
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W
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Taric as Jayce

Tips for Playing as Jayce against Taric

For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.

If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.

Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.

Advice to Win Against Taric

Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.

Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.

Jayce vs Taric Counter Stats

Jayce Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Taric Image
6.7
< Kills >
1.9
6.3
< Deaths >
6
6.7
< Assists >
15.1
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
0.32
183
< Minions Killed >
37
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.63
19,930
< Physical Damage >
2,035
4,385
< Magic Damage >
4,527
639
< True Damage >
687
24,954
< Damage Dealt >
7,250
21,124
< Damage Taken >
23,950
12,296
< Gold Earned >
8,712
2.59
< Towers >
2.43
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,734
< Total Healing >
12,290
14,522
< Experience >
10,823
18
< Vision Score >
51
8
< Wards Placed >
22
135
< Time Dealing CC >
376

How to Counter Taric with Jayce in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Jayce vs. Taric counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taric’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taric. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Jayce typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taric. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Jayce and Taric

Damage Types Compared

Jayce
Taric
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jayce
Taric

Who is Better, Jayce or Taric?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jayce usually loses when trying to fight Taric, with a 45.9% win rate. As a result, Jayce makes a poor counter to Taric.

While Jayce does have a much lower win rate compared to Taric, when facing one another, Jayce also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Jayce into Taricas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Jayce has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Jayce vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Jayce is a trash counter to Taric. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jayce against Taric.

Additional Information for Jayce Players

How We Calculated Our Jayce vs Taric Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taric as Jayce, we analyzed 471 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Taric as Jayce comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jayce in order to counter Taric during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jayce usually accumulates much more CS as Taric. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Jayce versus Taric build include Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Taric than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Jayce had an average winrate of 45.9% when countering Taric with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Taric as Jayce, Jayce players should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Jayce vs Taric counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% win rate overall.

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