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Jarvan IV top?

DDasani··1 votes·789 views

What would I have to build in order to do decent top lane? I'm learning jungle through Youtube. So give a item by item tip/advice. Thanks and I appreciate the nice comments.

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redniwediS1 votes

Hydra and tank is really all you need, though you can build more damage (Trinity Force) if your jungler is tanky as well.

Magma Lux Mid1 votes

If against an AD based champ, start with sunfire cape. If against an AP based champ, then either banshee or spirit visage. If you are beating them early, you can go hydra or brutalizer first instead.

Màv1 votes

Jarvan playing top just needs to rush Black Cleaver into a Omen, from there you can pretty much go whatever but I always prefer items that offer damage with survivability.

Whenever I play Jarvan top my items are always like,

item 3071 --> item 3047 or item 3111 --> item 3143 --> item 3035 --> item 3156 --> Optional Last Item

Optional items that I would choose would be

Magic Resist --> item 3139 (More damage and Magic Resist, + Dispell) --> item 3102 (Worth mentioning, would get item 3139 over it still) Armor --> item 3110 (Dislike, would only get if no-one else has on my team) --> item 3075 (Their team has a crapton of physical damage) Health --> item 3022 (Huge chunk of health + slow + damage) Damage --> item 3072 (Honestly, if you want to go more damage this is the only worthwhile option IMO) --> item 3074 (Worth mentioning, I dislike hydra personally but it will do the job but I feel if you want damage + sustain, item 3072 is the better choice.

I rarely ever get (Almost never) item 3026, it's another item that I personally think is lackluster. Items such as item 3143 and item 3102 offer much more in protection because they both provide health and other effects that can help keep you alive. Always go damage first, Jarvan isn't a tank, he has amazing burst and is capable of removing any squishy instantly on his engage making his engagement instantly make the fight a 4vs5 while staying amazingly tanky with just Omen and Maw (and boots!).

Uncle Blitzcrank1 votes

Top Jarvan ALWAYS starts The Brutalizer. Then builds tank items and finished up his Black Cleaver. With high base damages all you need is the armor shred and your passive to destroy anyone. Hexdrinker right after Brutalizer if against AP champ of course.

Sammander1 votes

I think J4 is a really bad top laner. His early game is good, but there are better lane bullies. J4 can only go all in, and unlike Renekton, he can't back out too easily. He has no sustain, and idk about his mana issues but I'm assuming they are a problem. I feel like if J4 doesn't snowball, he falls off very hard compared to most top laners.

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