Why is Jayce such a touchy subject? He needs to be talked about so he can get help.

Every single time I have brought Jayce up there is always someone there to tell me to shut it. I've was playing Jayce for about two months before I had to take a long break from the game. And while I love playing him, there is something inherently amiss with the guy. I really think he needs a tuneup. Look here is what I have noticed about him agree or disagree as you may.

1. His itemization is unfocused not really lending its self to a clear build path. This is both good and bad as it lends its self to flexibility but lacks any major power points. Some biulds like Armor Pen Jayce still works, but is extremely hit or miss in the current meta, even then its not quite as strong in hammer form. Rushing Deaths Dance and IceBorn after tear followed by stacking Armor and AD as kind of an anti-carry has also been popular, but doesn't lend its self to cannon stance too well. Reguardless of the build path he goes down he's still in a very strange position for the rest of the team. He has no fixed job, and yet isn't really a flex pick either. Once again not really a bad thing but just not as refined as other champions.

2. He's not quite a AD Nidalee. I've seen Jayce compared to Nidalee more times then I can count. But what always stops me from comparing the two is that Jayce's kit, while having some similarities, is far more clunky than Nidalee's in comparison. Nidalee is highly mobile, has built in sustain, and is AP. Jayce is more of an artillery peace. While he can have sudden bursts of mobility they are extremely short and often require set up. He has over all very poor sustain in both HP and MP that even itemization can't quite overcome in a standard build (Iceborn Tear combo excluded). And being a non crit AD user means he is much less bursty then would be expected.

3. I will quot a nice guy from the board here "Jayce is weird. He has two kits that don't really...synergize with each other? Like one kit looks like it was designed for a bruiser (which he isn't with those base stats) and the other looks like it was designed for a poke adc (which he isn't considering he has to lose all of his DPS to change to the form that has his built in peel when someone gets on him)"

I think he needs a change. Something to bring him into a clear cut "this is what he dose and why you would run him" because these days there are better options for poke comps. He's not the go to poke top lane anymore. You want a poke comp you get a Nidalee and a solid tank line like a Maokai top.