I never understood why top laners hated jayce

Succubús GF··55 votes·4,680 views

Then after dumpstering my laner they decided to swap, we were roughly even I had gunblade as kat and he had youmous. First of all he empowered qs me for half my hp. Like what the fuck. Then he goes into melee and starts hitting me??? Like who thought " A ranged AND melee champion in one" was ever a good idea.

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xShiNjiNx44 votes

Its the knock-back in melee form that also has a slow that is triggering. Just when you think you finally got him.. yuh dont.

charge attack19 votes

He beats ranged in ranged, and he beats melee in melee.

That’s what everyone hates about him. Jayce and Caitlyn are the only champions in the game that just win lane by default.

ANd Jayce “falls off” ONLY against tanks, against anyone else he still fucks em up.

Thefrostyviking3 votes

Cait doesn't really win by default tho? O_O

I´ve beaten several good ones in lane while playing champs like Varus, MF (even before OP hit), ashe and Jinx, mainly Ashe though.

charge attack3 votes

Not anymore, but for the longest time she did. They gutted the ever living shit out of Cait.

Ashe is actually a “soft counter” to Cait because she can match push and poke with W. But between players of equal skill she still doesn’t WIN lane. She just has a good ult to set up ganks/for her support, which punished Cait heavily for overextending as she does.

But with no jungler/support in the equation Cait still wins.

Same thing with Jayce, he’s easy as shit to shut down via camping him, but it sucks to be in a lane where only your jungler can save you.

Oelyk1 votes

His Q has the slow, his knock back does not. He's still cancer.

xShiNjiNx1 votes

I know, its the combination he uses when he is in trouble, and because the slow is so strong .. For 2s..combo'd with the knock back.. It's pretty impossible to catch up.

General Esdeath 26 votes

HURR ME JAYCE ME ENGAGE Jayce

HURR ME JAYCE ME NO LIKE YOU ME DISENGAGE Jayce

HURR ME HAVE INSANE POKE AND MAX HP DAMAGE ON MY MELEE Jayce

ME GOOD PLAYER, PLAY JAYCE OONGO DOONGA Jayce

ªTeemo2 votes

It's funny coming from someone with a 48% wr on riven ¿XD¿

AleksaTeemo10 votes

How is that any relevant to what he said?

ªTeemo3 votes

He's salty cause jayce counters riven, his main and he can't even play his main

DaNinad10 votes

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He's salty cause jayce counters Anything not ranged or a cc tank, his main and he can't even play his main

General Esdeath 3 votes

It's almost like Riven doesn't have any good rune like fervor to fight tanks. smh can't even troll on your main so you make an alt account. That's just sad.

ªTeemo1 votes

He had 48% wr when fervor was still around :D :D

General Esdeath 1 votes

What are you checking? My profile says something very different

ªTeemo1 votes

Oh wait, it's your profile. op.gg season 7 stats, 48% riven wr, in season 7 fervor still existed

General Esdeath 1 votes

OP.GG doesn't tank normal games into your winrate. Nice meme, noname :^)

ªTeemo1 votes

Normals don't matter. In ranked you play with players at your mmr while in normals you can play with players from bronze to challenger. Try defending your negative wr bro. Gl in esports

General Esdeath 1 votes

Comparing matchups like this over a large sample? You need to take normals into account, if you're looking at laning phase in certain matchups.

Positive winrate according to my League client :^) I trust it a lot more than the website with the API issues. Nice meme kiddo.

ªTeemo1 votes

Winning lane doesn't mean winning game. So yeah, whatever makes you sleep at night "kiddo"

General Esdeath 1 votes

If I beat my counter it seems like a win to me in this statement :^)

ReySolomon21 votes

His q flies too quick to side step but (shrug).

Malix Farwin15 votes

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His q flies too quick to side step but (shrug).

and quite big and hit very hard as well as having splash damage.

junglerboy163 votes

I think the worst thing is the AoE hits the full area even if the initial projectile whiffs.

Like if it worked like Karma Q where you need to actually hit a target for it to explode it would feel way more fair.

RainbowIcee2 votes

tbf OP was kat which shouldn't be just winning duels considering he's an AOE burst so being fair while i'm not disagreeing that Jayce is tough to deal with this is the kind of match up that jayce should win if not there's something wrong with kat.

Colton14715 votes

Gnar

UnboundHades18 votes

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Gnar

gnars swaps can be played around easily and taken advantage of while jayce can just decide to do whatever he wants

AirKingNeo7 votes

that's why he's always broken when he's viable...

charge attack1 votes

He’s always p/b in competitive IF his counters aren’t viable (or used as a counterpick). Cause now you have a split push threat with early lane priority (aka helps jungler invade). But can also be a teamfight god.

You never blind pick Gnar if Irelia/Renekton are viable.

In SoloQ there isn’t enough coordination to use Mega properly though.

AirKingNeo1 votes

Renekton was viable the entire team Gnar was played season 7..................

charge attack1 votes

But he wasn’t...? Renekton was pretty much NEVER picked after mid season when bramble vest was added.

During mid season Gnar was never picked because he was countered by AD Kennen, Renekton, Fiora which we’re all meta at the time. Actually Kennen still counters Gnar (AP Kennen).

Actualllt he started being picked again after they gave him a buttload of buffs AND nerfing his counters

Death by Glamour5 votes

Yeh i remember elise getting gutted for similar reasons

Succubús GF12 votes

When top lane elise was viable [sg-jinx]

Durzaka9 votes

Point and click max HP nuke on fucking cooldown.

At least jayce has to aim his nuke somewhat.

GarthBrooksXD4 votes

You should be able to dodge the jayce e q so easily as kata

Succubús GF44 votes

It flies really fast? Who has that kind of reaction time in fog of war

Votable Jester19 votes

Probably a lot of assassin mains can. It's just a matter of whether or not you considered the possibility of him coming.

lilpokfluf3 votes

Yeah, E Q anyone can dodge cause it's obvious and clunky, but even in silver half decent jayce players QE and if you aren't already moving that shit hits most of the time. dunno what they're talking about

Votable Jester2 votes

The key thing to note here is that they were playing Kat. If they reacted fast enough, they could just E out of the way.

Terchio2 votes

Isn't Jayce E Q about the fastest skillshot in the game? Sure it requires 2 skills, but decent Jayces leave almost no reaction time. Also, the heavy splash area means you have to be weary of sitting in your minions as well, despite the minions being your most reliable method of avoiding such skillshots in the first place. And we've only talked about 2 of 6 (7? 8?) skills on his kit.

By this logic, Kat should be invulnerable in the League of Skillshots.

Limrick2 votes

Shun Po has no travel time, the speed of the projectile is irrelevant, she literally instant transmissions away.

Terchio2 votes

Again, by this logic, Kat would be invulnerable in the League of Skillshots. However, not only are there methods of avoiding instant dodge altogether, like baiting out the cooldown, but the QE combo on Jayce is amongst the easiest skillshots to land in the game with its incredible speed and massive landing AoE. It also accounts for a very small chunk of his kit, 1/4 of it disregarding the certain speed boost he gets for using his QE combo in the first place. It's one thing to downplay the power of QE, but to call it an easy dodge is laughable on such an overloaded kit.

Votable Jester1 votes

It's not easy to dodge for most champions, but it should be relatively easy for Kat. Yes you can bait her E cooldown, but that is not what happened in this situation. He simply failed to react in time.

Terchio1 votes

This is the League of Skillshots, and the League of Mobility. Most champions have high amounts of mobility, and regardless, Kat can dodge 1 of almost any champion's abilities. Jayce is not special in that regard, except that his ability is actually harder to time, and Kat actually is special in that her mobility is bound to unit or dagger locations. 1 hop means jack when others have far stronger evasion: Elise Fizz Zed MasterYi Yasuo Shaco Akali Fiora . And Jayce's isn't even like an ultimate dodge, either, it's 2 of his 8 skills. If Kat is Jayce's counter, then she's even more of a counter to any champion with a dodgeable ultimate, which is a very heavy amount of them.

for godssakes, Jayce counters Katarina. Jayce is Katarina's 3rd hardest counter. If we were talking Faker here, maybe, but even that is questionable.

Votable Jester1 votes

Nobody said Katarina counters Jayce. [sg-lulu]

I just said she could dodge his EQ/QE easier than most champs and would have been able to if she had prepared herself.

Terchio1 votes

I can't tell whether you do play the game, if you rely on scripts to do all your playing, or are trolling a hypothetical situation. Either way, you have a non-realistic view on Jayce's threat zone and Katarina's defensive prowess, or are again throwing up a hypothetical, purposely ignoring both. Soraka can be a kill threat. However, the majority of players find they lack the general capability compared to the rest of the League. Katarina can dodge the game's fastest skillshot by spending her defensive cooldowns, if sensed quick enough. But that is not Katarina exclusive, and should never have been entertained as such.

As I've mentioned, she's hard countered against Jayce for a reason, and it's not because she's been dodging everything he's been throwing at her. If anything, these "slick dodges" have put her in a rut to then try to face Jayce with his other 6 skills, and you've only created a scenario where she dodges one skill only to be left helpless to die regardless. We shouldn't be making a point by saying "... if only he missed his Q...". He didn't, Kat died, and that's the end. Any further discussion suggests a lack of skill existed within the situation, and that simply is not the case.

Votable Jester1 votes

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Any further discussion suggests a lack of skill existed within the situation, and that simply is not the case.

I'm sorry but that is complete bullshit. If the Katarina was extremely skilled they could have escaped or won. Skill absolutely plays a part in dodging **skill**shots and getting out of sticky situations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaZZV2YMJeg&t=1167

Just an example of skillful dodging.

And again, nobody is saying it's Katarina exclusive, you're looking way too far into this. All I said was that Katarina should be able to dodge it with her E. I didn't say she counters Jayce, I didn't say she's good against Jayce, and I didn't say she was the only champion who could dodge his EQ/QE.

Terchio1 votes

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I'm sorry but that is complete bullshit. If the Katarina was extremely skilled they could have escaped or won. Skill absolutely plays a part in dodging **skill**shots and getting out of sticky situations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaZZV2YMJeg&t=1167

I guess that if a Karthus main made an OP Ahri thread, you'd just say "C'mon buddy, just weave".

And are you trying to make my points for me? I already brought up that...

for godssakes, Jayce counters Katarina. Jayce is Katarina's 3rd hardest counter. If we were talking Faker here, maybe, but even that is questionable.

Just leave Faker out of this. He has to work on dodging some Jayce Q's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG_rQqX6sf0&t=462

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Just an example of skillful dodging.

And again, nobody is saying it's Katarina exclusive, you're looking way too far into this. All I said was that Katarina should be able to dodge it with her E. I didn't say she counters Jayce, I didn't say she's good against Jayce, and I didn't say she was the only champion who could dodge his EQ/QE.

[{quoted}](name=Votable Jester,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=wEJKlE4J,comment-id=0001000000030000,timestamp=2017-12-16T18:31:07.764+0000) The key thing to note here is that they were playing Kat. If they reacted fast enough, they could just E out of the way.

Yup, not Kat exclusive. That's the key thing to note.

ChuShoe3 votes

I think it works better on junglers Nidalee someone who's not constantly annoying in lane.

General Esdeath 11 votes

We don't talk about old mid and top lane Nidalee

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