Why does the boards hate Jayce?

TekkenPlayer··2 votes·1,206 views

He got gutted countless amounts of times and the last time he was ever really noticed was when Dade used him.

The introduction of the Juggernauts and champions that build item 3071 stomp all over his kiting ability

He is in the 46% win rate with a 1.3% popularity rate

I remember a soloq expert named BingeGaming who performs challenges to get diamond in at least 100 games, and Jayce was the only champion he failed at doing so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wovjZvZHJOA

The Q-E combo CDs are ridiculously high and in poke compositions, he doesn't even fit there.

You might as well remove Melee Hammer Form W, since it is completely useless (other than it's mana regen) post 10 minutes.

Don't get me wrong, Jayce can be scary, but only if he is far ahead. You are practically forced to take summoner 14 so you won't be useless later.

Also item 3070 ? Pretty useless build path if rushed since games are decided much earlier now

It's also funny how he is exaggerated to be "the lanebully" of Top lane when even Darius with a item 3044 can possibly stomp him.

If he is ganked, there is possibly no way out unless you possibly get a kill off, which in the process you die anyway.

All I hear from others is just "OMG JAYCE DOES DMG, POKE OP" when there are much more better poke champions Lux Ezreal Xerath

and top-laners overall: Gangplank Graves Darius Irelia Renekton Poppy DrMundo TahmKench Fiora

edit: Correction, Pawn used Jayce in worlds

5 Comments

Catastrop2 votes

I wasn't aware the Boards hated Jayce. He is the lanebully of toplane, but with tankier and more aggressive toplaners dominating he just kind of falls flat on his face.

TekkenPlayer1 votes

That's the issue, he is designed to be a lane-bully, however you will practically have only 30% of your mana after a full combo while Fiora has a spammable Q in lane. He is in a bad spot tbh

BadmoonBC1 votes

I love Jayce Love love him.

But it's true he's weak right now. He needs a better and shorter cooldown on his E, Otherwise varus does everything he can do only better. People also forget now that there's no more crystalline flask or mana pots you can't sustain your way to tear/damage on your first back. Jayce Got raped these lasts few patches. He needs some love

Troiann1 votes

For one, Jayce is better at poking than lux and ezreal, only Xerath and Ziggs can beat him.

And the reason people hate him is because he's bullshit. Oh, he walked out of lane, oh shit there's an undodgeable 50% of my HP now. Guess I'm going to sit at my tower for the next 20 minutes until my tank scales to mid game so he can CC jayce and we can finally take him down. It's almost impossible to fight against a good jayce as any sort of immobile melee champ.

He wasn't even nerfed that hard after S4 worlds if I recall correctly. He just fell out of flavor because mages and assassins outperform him in the mid lane, and bruisers are more effective in the top lane. Because of the versatility of his kit, his ability to do almost everything, he can never be buffed because then he'd be TOO good at everything. And it was Pawn that popularized him for a short bit, not Dade. Dade was known for his yasuo play.

TekkenPlayer1 votes

There are a few immobile champions (non fotm) that can fair against him. Nautilus Olaf Ryze Rumble

Nasus : because of the sustain, and generally if you overextend you will get ganked if you try to punish him too much. Q-E I admit is hard to dodge but generally top laners that can somehow peel for themselves usually stomp others and since melee form E is only single target, it's not really reliable

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