Can we make Jayce a jungler?

UrPalAl·9/17/2015, 4:25:25 AM·1 votes·883 views

No, like really.

I was playing Jayce as a jungler pretty recently, and I noticed that literally EVERYTHING about his kit seems like it was MEANT for the jungle, go look at it yourself. His Shockblast is an aoe poke that grants vision and lets him jump over to the camp you shot using To the Skies which is also AOE, his w in hammer stance is actually useful for once in the jungle, his "e" acts a second smite, his Hyper Charge makes him clear so much faster because it works so well with krugs, and his gate is amazing for roaming in the jungle and ganking. Not to mention his passive that makes him move faster around the map, and you get a champion that was practically built for the jungle. Not to mention that he can really use the warrior enchantment quite well considering his core item is in it.

His ganks aren't that bad at all either. He plays a bit like Nidalee, but with my more All-In, he also speeds up his ally so they can stay on the chase, and his gapcloser also acts as a really good slow for follow up, finally he has that knockback that when paired with his jump can be used to knockback the target towards you ally. It just feels like his kit is used to its full potential in the jungle.

The problem? His sustain. His first clear and early game is pretty bad. It's not the worst, because his Hyper Charge actually synergizes with really well with the krug buff (3 max as auto's), but he gets pretty low. I feel like Jayce can be such a good jungler if something were done to him like to Nidalee. They could maybe add a passive that works only on his Static Field called "Static Shock" that stuns the jungle monsters for a couple of seconds after all four ticks of his Static Field are applied to the monster. Or you can raise the cap on his Thundering Blow, though that won't be as useful early game, which is where he needs help.

tl;dr

His kits made for the jungle, but he needs a bit of help. Give him some better early game clearing and he could be a really good jungler.

7 Comments

Jungled9/17/2015, 4:29:25 AM2 votes

No need to change Jayce. Just rework your own runes, masteries and strategy for jungle. Instead of focusing on camp clear, try maximising your gate and melee kit to gank lanes. This will make up for a lack of early game clear and ideally get you enough gold to finish your jungle item that will make camp clearing easier.

50000000000000009/17/2015, 4:48:07 AM1 votes

Have you tried taking points into utility mastery, specifically potion/biscuit upgrade and/or buff duration? It really helps with early clears.

BeatzBoyFTW9/17/2015, 4:50:28 AM1 votes

His kits made for the jungle

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