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Jayce·Top Build

Hextech CapacitorP
To the Skies! / Shock BlastQ
Lightning Field / Hyper ChargeW
Thundering Blow / Acceleration GateE
Mercury Cannon / Mercury HammerR
Win rate48.9%
Pick rate8.7%
Ban rate6.4%
Matches78 575-
Jayce Top has a 48.9% win rate with 8.7% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked B tier. Based on our analysis of 78 575 matches in patch 15.2 the best build for Jayce is Unending Despair, Plated Steelcaps, Winter's Approach, Spirit Visage, and Thornmail. Most picked runes for Jayce Top are Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, and Overgrowth for primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear for secondary tree.
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Jayce Build

Top Top ∙ Patch 15.2

Most Popular

Win Rate 48.7% based on 12 862 matches

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Recommended builds

Build
WR
Grasp of the UndyingInspiration
Unending Despair

Most Popular

48.7%
Grasp of the UndyingInspiration
Black Cleaver

Highest WR

51.5%
Grasp of the UndyingInspiration
Spear of Shojin

Alternative

51.0%
ConquerorInspiration
Eclipse

Off-Meta

50.5%

Top Players
ALL

Player name
WR

Szygenda Pro

100%

Philip Pro

100%
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Hater Of Jayce OTP

68.0%

Matchup Specific

vs Champion
WR

K'Sante

54.7%

Malphite

51.1%

runes

Resolve
Resolve
Grasp of the UndyingAftershockGuardian
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
Inspiration
Inspiration
Hextech Flashtraption
Magical Footwear
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Time Warp Tonic
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Approach Velocity
Jack Of All Trades
Adaptive Force
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health
Tenacity and Slow Resist
Health Scaling

spells

SummonerFlash

D

SummonerTeleport

F

items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Stealth Ward

@ 14 sec

Early Items

Tear of the Goddess

@ 3 min

Core Items

Unending Despair
Plated Steelcaps
Winter's Approach

@ 18 min

Full Build

Unending Despair
Plated Steelcaps
Winter's Approach
Spirit Visage
Thornmail
Jak'Sho, The Protean

ability order

Max:

Q

right arrow

W

right arrow

E

right arrow

Skills

Hextech Capacitor
To the Skies! / Shock Blast
Lightning Field / Hyper Charge
Thundering Blow / Acceleration Gate
Mercury Cannon / Mercury Hammer
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
W
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
11
Q
12
W
13
W
14
E
15
E
16
E
17
E
18
E

situational items

Black Cleaver
Spear of Shojin
Randuin's Omen
Eclipse
Heartsteel
Frozen Heart

Black Cleaver

4th item alternative for:
Spirit Visage

It's effective against tanky opponents and can help shred their armor. Good for champions who rely on physical damage and have the ability to quickly apply multiple stacks of the item's passive.

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Jayce Matchups Overview

Jayce General information

Jayce tips and tricks

Jayce will have the range advantage in most matchups. Look to abuse your range by poking the enemy consistently before looking for the all-in.

Focus on poking the enemy down with your To the Skies! / Shock BlastQ before committing to a fight. Jayce is more of a poke champion rather than a 1v1 dueler.

Jayce is a mana hungry champion. Avoid using all of your mana in the early game trying to poke. Save enough mana for your Thundering Blow / Acceleration GateE so you can disengage if the enemy tries to fight.

Jayce combos

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The Best Jayce Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Jayce Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Unending Despair as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Winter's Approach. For your last 3 items, you should build Spirit Visage, Thornmail and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 48.7% winrate over 12 862 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Spear of Shojin as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Winter's Approach as a third item. You want to finish the build with Unending Despair, Spirit Visage and Randuin's Omen. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.0% win rate across 5 730 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Jayce Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Eclipse as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Manamune as third item. The last 3 options are Serylda's Grudge, Edge of Night and Youmuu's Ghostblade. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.5% win rate over 4 426 matches played.

Situational Jayce Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Jayce build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.

Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Jayce runes page.

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Jayce Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +

Best Matchups

In Patch 15.2 the best possible matchups for Jayce Top are:

Consider picking Jayce into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Jayce.

Worst Matchups

We highly recommend avoiding picking Jayce in the current patch into the following Top matchups:

These champions are considered as Jayce counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.

Additional Notes

If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Jayce counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.