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Jarvan feels bad since Juggernaut era.

Hard Penetrator·5/16/2016, 12:55:58 PM·2 votes·526 views

His last buff was in Patch 6.5 W - Golden Aegis COOLDOWN 20/18/16/14/12 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds at all ranks R - Cataclysm COST 100/125/150 mana ⇒ 100 mana YOU'RE STUCK IN HERE WITH ME Now deals damage to all targets trapped inside the Cataclysm

Right after this buff Jarvan LOST tons of players because he felt weak both top and jungle. Now he is sitting at ~2.5% pickrate (prebuff ~8%). His clear is pretty bad and you get way too low than you should. His top lane just gets overpowered by tanks he can't really burst, or stronger bruisers with higher base dmg.

Also can you give his ult guaranteed dmg on initial target? Looking how well timed dash or flash can now negate whole dmg while running away from walls just feels terrible.

5 Comments

Flaherty5/16/2016, 1:19:06 PM1 votes

Yeah I remember the time when Jarvan was picked in like 75% of games, I used to play him a lot too but he just feels too weak atm

CoolKnightST5/16/2016, 2:35:08 PM1 votes

It's probaly because you are building him wrong. You can pull some decent wins with him with the AD caster build:

  • AD caster runes (arpen)
  • AD caster masteries
  • Build: item 1412 item 3158

    • item 3025 (when behind)

    • item 3053 (when neutral)

    • item 3142 (when snowballing)

His succes as a full tank is actually pretty bad right now. And that's probaly why you are struggling. Even in the old jungle, most J4 where building damage (in runes & masteries anyway) to give some more pressure on his ganks. Unless you can wombo, the 5 man ult is often not worth it. It's better to use it for issolation of a target.

Maple Crusader5/16/2016, 3:19:28 PM1 votes

J4 ult sucks.