Jayce Counters Classic 26.22

Time your armed swing for the hammer half of Mercury Cannon / Mercury Hammer, where Jayce's Armor and Magic Resist go up. Crushing Blow takes nine seconds to come back at first rank, so one armed swing is what a trade gives you.

Mana runs in opposite directions here. Every button you press spends some, and Decoy climbs from fifty to seventy across its ranks. Jayce refills as he goes: the hammer passive on Lightning Field / Hyper Charge returns mana to him per strike. That gap opens up over a full lane phase.

Anyone standing outside the path your spin travels goes untouched, so Cyclone is a question of where Jayce stands. In hammer form, Thundering Blow / Acceleration Gate knocks you back a short distance without moving him. Hextech Capacitor adds forty Movement Speed for a moment per swap, while the spin keeps raising yours.

Fifty mana at first rank, ninety at last, on a six second cooldown. That is what Javelin Toss / Takedown costs. In human form its damage is set by how far you stand from the target, so the same throw is worth much less up close. Jayce's approach is what shrinks that damage.

The human half of Bushwhack / Pounce cuts up to forty percent of Jayce's Armor and Magic Resist at final rank, and the shred holds for twelve seconds. A defense raised by Mercury Cannon / Mercury Hammer just hands that cut a bigger number to work on.

Brush is your ground here: Prowl adds fifteen percent Movement Speed for two seconds each time you move through it. The cougar lunge in Bushwhack / Pounce then carries you the last stretch to Jayce. Cooldown reduction does not touch Pounce, so the lunge never comes back any faster than it already does.