Jayce Top Build

Jayce Champion Guide

Role: Marksman

Lane: Toplane

The best build for Jayce Top includes Black Cleaver, Plated Steelcaps, Winter's Approach, Unending Despair, and Spirit Visage. The most effective rune setup consists of Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, and Overgrowth in the primary tree, along with Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree.

Jayce Champion Abilities

Hextech Capacitor

Jayce can swap between melee and ranged weapons using Mercury Cannon / Mercury Hammer starting from level 1. Swapping weapons also swaps all his abilities and grants him 40 movement speed for 0.75 seconds. P

To The Skies! / Shock Blast

Mercury Hammer: Jayce leaps to an enemy, dealing 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 / 285 (+1.35 per attack damage) physical damage to surrounding enemies and slowing them by 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% for 2 seconds.

Mercury Cannon: Jayce fires an orb of electricity, dealing 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 / 310 (+1.4 per attack damage) physical damage to the first enemy hit and all surrounding enemies. Firing this orb through Acceleration Gate increases the range, speed and increases the damage by 40%. Q

Lightning Field / Hyper Charge

Mercury Hammer Passive: Jayce's Hammer attacks grant 15 / 17 / 19 / 21 / 23 / 25 mana.

Mercury Hammer Active: Jayce creates an electric aura dealing 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110 (+25% of ability power) magic damage over 4 seconds.

Mercury Cannon: Jayce overcharges his cannon, gaining maximum attack speed for his next 3 attacks. These attacks deal 70 / 78 / 86 / 94 / 102 / 110% physical damage. W

Thundering Blow / Acceleration Gate

Mercury Hammer: Jayce swings his hammer, knocking back and rooting his target during the cast time and dealing 8 / 10.8 / 13.6 / 16.4 / 19.2 / 22% of target's max health (+1.0 per bonus attack damage) magic damage.

Mercury Cannon: Jayce deploys an acceleration gate for 4 seconds that grants 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% movement speed decaying over 3 seconds to allied champions that pass through it. E

Mercury Cannon / Mercury Hammer

Mercury Cannon: Jayce transforms his weapon into the Mercury Hammer, becoming melee ranged and gaining new abilities and 5 / 15 / 25 / 35 (+0.075 per bonus attack damage) armor and magic resist. Jayce's next attack deals an additional 25 / 60 / 100 / 130 (+0.3 per bonus attack damage) magic damage (depending on level).

Mercury Hammer: Jayce transforms his weapon into the Mercury Cannon, gaining attack range and new abilities. Jayce's next attack removes 10 / 15 / 20 / 25% armor and magic resist for 5 seconds. R

Jayce Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Teleport

Teleport is a unit-targeted summoner spell that blinks your champion to the target allied unit after a few seconds of channeling.

Teleport transforms into Unleashed Teleport after 10:00.

Jayce Runes

Jayce Items

Jayce Ability Order

Jayce Matchups Overview

Strong against

Volibear

Vayne

Akali

Jax

Aurora

Nasus

Weak against

Irelia

Tryndamere

Olaf

Yorick

Kled

Illaoi

Jayce Tips and Tricks

Jayce will typically have the range advantage in most matchups. Use this to your benefit by poking the enemy consistently before considering an all-in. Focus on poking them down with your Q before fully committing to a fight, as Jayce is more of a poke champion than a 1v1 duelist. Keep in mind that Jayce is a mana-hungry champion. Avoid burning through all of your mana early on, and be sure to save enough for your E so you can disengage if the enemy tries to engage on you.

Best Jayce Build, Runes, and Items for Top

Most Popular Build

For Summoner Spells, Flash and Teleport are the preferred choices. For runes, pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Second Wind, and Overgrowth in the primary tree. In the secondary tree, go with Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear. For rune shards, select Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health Scaling in defense. The recommended items are Black Cleaver as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Winter's Approach. Finish with Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. Stick with the Q - W - E skill order.

Optional Build

For an alternative option, use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, take Conqueror as your keystone, along with Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, and Last Stand in the primary tree. Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear should be picked in the secondary tree. For rune shards, take Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health Scaling in defense. The recommended items for this build are Eclipse, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, and Manamune. Finish the build with Serylda's Grudge, Edge of Night, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. Stick to Q - W - E for ability max order.

Alternative Build

Another alternative includes Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with Grasp of the Undying as your keystone. Take Demolish, Second Wind, and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling. The items for this build are Unending Despair, Plated Steelcaps, and Winter's Approach. Finish the build with Spirit Visage, Randuin's Omen, and Dead Man's Plate. Follow the Q - W - E ability order.

Off-Meta Build

For an off-meta Jayce Top build, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm as your primary rune tree. Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear should be selected for the secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling for rune shards. For items, build Eclipse as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Manamune. Finish with Serylda's Grudge, Edge of Night, and Chempunk Chainsword. Stick to Q - W - E for the skill order.

Situational Build

Consider adapting your build and rune choices based on the current game situation, your matchup, and the enemy's champions. For example, select rune shards that provide either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on the type of damage you're up against. Make item adjustments to counter specific threats or matchups as needed.