I don't really understand why he needs it. He already has a gap closer and a knock back. Why does his gap closer need to slow for 2 seconds? It feels pretty bad to play against as a melee champion.
Can anyone justify this for me? I'd appreciate it.
Edit: I meant Q. I changed title.
Why does Darius' Q heal him? Why does Ahri's Charm work on robots and deities? WHY IS IT NOT BUTTER????
For giving him some stickyness, so he can chain a couple of autos
The real question is why did they remove his reliance on tear for mana. Removing that weakness was the exact point that put him out of line. He used to be heavily gated by high mana cost and had a weaker mid game because of the delayed scaling. Now he is in an always on state quite literally from level one.
Jayce's melee E does not slow.
as a nasus, jax, and cho main i hate seeing jayce for that. guy walks around like he's top shit even if he's feeding and "outplays you" with a kit that is basically all around cock-block of trading with him. one of the more satisfying kills is getting jayce.
The real question is why does this exist:
If the enemy dashes at Jayce whilst Jayce is channeling Thundering Blow, they will get knocked back and travel the distance they have dashed as well as the knock-back distance provided by Thundering Blow.
wait isn't his e the knock back or does the knock back have a slow too?
TBH at least Jayce isn't a total stat stick of a champion like 
where the lane can only go one way or the other. With Jayce you can reason as to how you could've played better. The fact that he's squishy and mana heavy makes him prone to tankier toplane picks.
It's so he can also AA you and try to attempt the run in front of you and knock you back.
Because Yolo! Fuck it, why not. It's there, can't be arsed to change. Don't care.
Because when he does that he also smashes the enemy's knee in the process. This cripple the enemy and make him walk slower.
I imagine if I was smashed by a huge electric hammer by some guy doing front flips on me, I would also be slowed.
Think about it; how weird would it feel if his q didn't slow?
His original combo was ranged Q+W+E and walk through E for the speed boosts, change melee and Q+W them for the gap closer + slow , and with the difference in ms walk in front of them while damaging them with W then E them backwards. Although now most people die before half the combo is out.
