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Jayce Build 26.22

Jayce plays two champions at once, a ranged artillery mage and a melee bruiser, swapped on a button. A below-curve pick at 47.9% and sliding, his bread and butter is the Cannon shock blast fired through an Acceleration Gate for a huge sped-up poke, then a swap to Hammer form to burst whoever walked into it. He is a bully who wins by chipping you out of every trade before you can answer. Master the stance dance and he dictates the whole early game.

#102 of 135 top this patch · 9.2k games

Win rate47.9%−0.4Games9.2kPick rate8.0%Ban rate14.2%Last 8 patches−1.2 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 19%AD 77%True 3%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 47.9% WR

Spells

Flash + Teleport Start

Ionian Boots of Lucidity SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.5%AhriMidA51.2%AkaliMidB49.4%AkshanMidC49.0%AlistarSupportS52.4%AmbessaTopC47.8%AmumuJungleC49.4%AniviaMidB49.9%AnnieMidA51.4%ApheliosAD CarryB49.5%AsheAD CarryC48.9%Aurelion SolMidA51.8%AuroraMidA52.1%AzirMidD47.8%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleS52.7%BlitzcrankSupportS52.4%BrandSupportC48.7%BraumSupportA50.8%BriarJungleB49.7%CaitlynAD CarryC48.0%CamilleTopA51.0%CassiopeiaMidB49.9%Cho'GathJungleA51.4%CorkiAD CarryB50.7%DariusTopB50.5%DianaJungleB49.8%Dr. MundoTopB50.8%DravenAD CarryA51.4%EkkoMidA52.1%EliseJungleB50.5%EvelynnJungleA51.4%EzrealAD CarryD46.5%FiddlesticksJungleB50.4%FioraTopA51.7%FizzMidB50.1%GalioMidB49.6%GangplankTopA52.1%GarenTopB50.6%GnarTopC48.9%GragasTopB49.9%GravesJungleB49.6%GwenTopB50.0%HecarimJungleB50.6%HeimerdingerTopB50.6%HweiMidS52.6%IllaoiTopB49.5%IreliaTopB50.0%IvernJungleB50.6%JannaSupportB50.6%Jarvan IVJungleC49.2%JaxTopB50.2%JayceTopC47.9%JhinAD CarryB50.5%JinxAD CarryA51.5%K'SanteTopD47.7%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.5%KalistaAD CarryB50.0%KarmaSupportC48.1%KarthusJungleB49.7%KassadinMidA51.3%KatarinaMidS52.8%KayleTopA51.6%KaynJungleB50.3%KennenTopA52.0%Kha'ZixJungleC49.3%KindredJungleA51.4%KledTopB50.4%Kog'MawAD CarryA52.0%LeBlancMidA51.7%Lee SinJungleC48.7%LeonaSupportA51.5%LilliaJungleA52.0%LissandraMidB50.1%LockeMidB49.5%LucianAD CarryB49.4%LuluSupportB49.9%LuxSupportC49.2%MalphiteTopA51.1%MalzaharMidB50.1%MaokaiSupportA52.2%Master YiJungleB50.0%MelMidD47.4%MilioSupportB49.9%Miss FortuneAD CarryB50.2%MordekaiserTopA51.1%MorganaSupportA51.3%NaafiriJungleA50.8%NamiSupportB49.7%NasusTopB49.7%NautilusSupportB49.8%NeekoSupportC48.1%NidaleeJungleA51.8%NilahAD CarryS53.5%NocturneJungleB49.8%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.6%OlafTopB49.6%OriannaMidD46.7%OrnnTopA51.0%PantheonTopB50.4%PoppySupportS53.0%PykeSupportB50.2%QiyanaJungleD47.5%QuinnTopC48.0%RakanSupportS52.7%RammusJungleS53.0%Rek'SaiJungleA51.0%RellSupportS52.5%Renata GlascSupportB50.8%RenektonTopB49.4%RengarJungleC48.8%RivenTopB50.0%RumbleTopC48.1%RyzeMidD47.0%SamiraAD CarryB49.5%SejuaniJungleA51.0%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.7%SettTopA51.3%ShacoJungleA51.0%ShenTopS53.3%ShyvanaJungleA51.7%SingedTopA51.2%SionTopA51.2%SivirAD CarryB50.6%SkarnerJungleA51.2%SmolderAD CarryA50.9%SonaSupportA51.7%SorakaSupportA51.0%SwainSupportA50.9%SylasMidC48.3%SyndraMidB50.1%Tahm KenchSupportB49.7%TaliyahJungleB50.8%TalonJungleA51.1%TaricSupportB50.8%TeemoTopA50.9%ThreshSupportB50.5%TristanaAD CarryB50.3%TrundleTopC48.2%TryndamereTopB49.9%Twisted FateMidB50.6%TwitchAD CarryB50.1%UdyrJungleB49.7%UrgotTopA50.9%VarusAD CarryC48.4%VayneAD CarryA51.4%VeigarMidC48.7%Vel'KozSupportA51.6%VexMidS53.1%ViJungleB49.7%ViegoJungleB49.5%ViktorMidB49.7%VladimirMidA51.0%VolibearTopB50.1%WarwickJungleA51.9%WukongJungleB50.8%XayahAD CarryS53.3%XerathMidA51.6%Xin ZhaoJungleA51.7%YasuoMidC48.7%YoneMidC49.1%YorickTopD47.6%YunaraAD CarryB49.4%YuumiSupportD47.7%ZaahenTopB50.1%ZacJungleB50.7%ZedMidB49.2%ZeriAD CarryA51.7%ZiggsAD CarryA51.2%ZileanSupportA50.9%ZoeMidA51.1%ZyraSupportA51.0%

LoL ClassicSee how Jayce was built in the classic eraJayce Classic Build

When Is Jayce Strongest?

The peak lands in the mid-game once the core items come together, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Jayce wins the early game hard, so use the power window to zone the enemy off farm, roam with his poke advantage, and build a lead before the scaling carries reach their own spikes.

Game timeline · Jayce drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:50

Ambush zone7:30–9:00 Power spike 21:32

14:58

12:43

14:58

21:32

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 49/100 · Even

Core 0/3 items

Gold ~5.2k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Ionian Boots of Lucidity · 14:58

Jayce Item Build

Jayce is a swing carry who flips between a ranged cannon and a melee hammer to poke, burst, and bully lanes early. The build leans on attack damage, ability haste, and lethality so his cannon shots chunk from range and his hammer combo deletes anyone he catches up close.

Standard loadout · Jayce The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Blade×1

Health Potion×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity53% · 49.6%

Plated Steelcaps47% · 48.1%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.M

Maw of Malmortius41948.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.B

Bastionbreaker1.2k54.1%E

Edge of Night90953.8%L

Lord Dominik's Regards71052.8%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens1.2k51.9%F

Farsight Alteration4.6k49.4%S

Stealth Ward3.3k44.3%

Best Jayce Runes

Stormraider's Surge is the standard choice and leans into Jayce as an early-tempo bully who wins on damage traded, not sustain. His Cannon poke and Hammer burst both feed whatever the keystone rewards, so you rarely have to force it. Fill the rest of the tree for the early game, since that is where Jayce is meant to take over. Keep the page aggressive and built around winning the range game.

The pre-game page Stormraider's Surge · Sorcery + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Sorcery Primary

Stormraider's SurgeDealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Manaflow Band43% · 49.5%

Absolute Focus38% · 50.0%

Gathering Storm32% · 49.3%

Keystone plus three minors from Sorcery, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary

Biscuit Delivery50% · 47.3%

Magical Footwear49% · 47.5%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Rush Youmuu's Ghostblade into Voltaic Cyclosword and use the poke phase to bankroll it. There is no single power window, so play the matchup in front of you. Once Voltaic Cyclosword comes online around 22 minutes, the Cannon shock blast through your Acceleration Gate hits hard enough that swapping to Hammer for the all-in just finishes the job. Every point of lethality makes that ranged poke sting more, so lean into the range advantage before you ever commit.

Jayce Skill Order

Shock Blast takes points at levels 1, 4 and 5, then level 6 goes to Hyper Charge rather than a fourth cannon rank. Thundering Blow holds a single point from level 3 all the way to 14, so early trades ride the Acceleration Gate.

Skill order · Jayce R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q1457911max 11

W268101213max 13

E31415161718max 18

Rmax 0

Jayce Abilities

Underneath the bully act sits a defensive side. Thundering Blow knocks an enemy back and away from his carry, the Mercury Hammer swap layers on Armor and Magic Resist as he dives, and Hextech Capacitor hands him a speed burst on every weapon change to reposition.

Abilities · Jaycepatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Hextech CapacitorPassiveP

To the Skies! / Shock BlastMax 1stQ

Lightning Field / Hyper ChargeMax 2ndW

Thundering Blow / Acceleration GateMax lastE

Mercury Cannon / Mercury HammerUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

To the Skies! / Shock BlastPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9rank 5LV 11MAXDamage+50 per rank+135% bonus ADlv 160lv 4110lv 5160lv 7210lv 9260lv 11310Cooldown-2 per ranklv 116slv 414slv 512slv 710slv 98slv 116sConstant at every rankCost40same at all ranks

Jayce Base Stats

Base stats · JaycePatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD59+4.25AS0.658+3%MS335Range125HP590+109HP56+0.6Armor22+5MR30+1.3MP375+45MP56+0.8

Jayce Matchups

Jayce dominates immobile lanes he can poke down freely with cannon shots from outside their range. He has more trouble against mobile bruisers and dive threats who weather the early harass, close the gap, and force him into extended fights where his squishy frame gives out.

Lane matchups · Jayce click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs bruisers 01Shove fast and poke with gate-empowered Shock Blast before they stack.02Roam or invade after shoving; your early tempo beats their scaling.03Buy armor and knock back their gap-closer with Thundering Blow. Win rate by game lengthJayce overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min47.0%20–28 min49.7%28–35 min47.1%Over 35 min46.7%

Respect Wukong, Sion, and Ornn, who can close the gap and punish Jayce the moment he is out of poke, so keep your Acceleration Gate ready to peel yourself out when they commit. Hold them at range and they struggle to ever touch you. He bullies Gwen, Urgot, and Yone hard, chunking them down before they can fight back, so keep the poke flowing and snowball the pressure you build.

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