Jarvan IV top?
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.
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.
Hydra and tank is really all you need, though you can build more damage (Trinity Force) if your jungler is tanky as well.
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.
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,
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or
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--> Optional Last Item
Optional items that I would choose would be
Magic Resist -->
(More damage and Magic Resist, + Dispell)
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(Worth mentioning, would get
over it still)
Armor -->
(Dislike, would only get if no-one else has on my team)
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(Their team has a crapton of physical damage)
Health -->
(Huge chunk of health + slow + damage)
Damage -->
(Honestly, if you want to go more damage this is the only worthwhile option IMO)
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(Worth mentioning, I dislike hydra personally but it will do the job but I feel if you want damage + sustain,
is the better choice.
I rarely ever get (Almost never)
, it's another item that I personally think is lackluster. Items such as
and
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!).
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.
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.