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Jayce

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Bans, presence and fearless: Jayce across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

21.9%#21 of 173 champions

Pick: 8.7%picked in 2,402 of 27,694 games
Ban: 13.2%2,970 bans over 22,508 games, against 14.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Top48.7% between 46.3% and 51.0% over 1,200 gamesSoloQ 48.1%: no clear gap

Median length29.8 minsoloQ 27 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLengthRunes
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Manamune, and Voltaic Cyclosword: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 98% of top laners.DamageSplit-push
With / againstBetter than expected against Vi in amateur play: +15.2 pts over 55 games, range above zero.+15.2 pt55 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.2%
SoloQ
3.7%
2.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
13.5%
SoloQ
14.9%
13.5% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 14.9% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.8 min
SoloQ
27 min
Median of 29.8 min in amateur play, against 27 min in soloQ.
RunesGrasp of the Undying instead of Stormraider's Surge
Amateur
45%
SoloQ
43%
Played in 45% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Stormraider's Surge (43%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Stormraider's Surge, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Manamune, and Voltaic Cyclosword: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge43% · 31,423

≠ Amateur: Grasp of the Undying instead of Stormraider's Surge. 45% · 1,336 games

SpellsFlash + Teleport57% · 41,448

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 154 games

Core (3 legendaries)21% · 7,541

21%of soloQ games

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Manamune
Voltaic Cyclosword

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 98% of top laners.

Team damagetop2%26% · top laners: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Damage
Split-push

Like other top laners

Damage in mid game
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels

What it is not

Carries its own kills
Little CC
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 78 in lane, 62 in mid game and 80 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

658+59 vs 599

907+39 vs 868

1,190+110 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Jaycetop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 86% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 78 of 100 among top laners658 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 62 of 100 among top laners907 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 80 of 100 among top laners1,190 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 96 of 100 among top laners+585 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 86 of 100 among top laners+695 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 29 of 100 among top laners587 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 40 of 100 among top laners52% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 50 of 100 among top laners28% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 12 of 100 among top lanersrank 12 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 24 of 100 among top laners0.5 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 98 of 100 among top laners26% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Vi in amateur play: +15.2 pts over 55 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Gnar61.5% · expected 52.0% · 52 g+9.5 ptSoloQ +3.3

Aatrox54.5% · expected 49.6% · 44 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +1.4

Ambessa52.5% · expected 50.1% · 59 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +3.8

K'Sante55.0% · expected 52.9% · 60 g+2.1 ptSoloQ -0.3

Yorick48.4% · expected 48.1% · 31 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -3.1

Junglegap to expected

Vi65.5% · expected 50.3% · 55 g+15.2 ptSoloQ -2.1

Xin Zhao65.1% · expected 50.8% · 43 g+14.3 ptSoloQ -3.3

Sylas56.4% · expected 49.7% · 55 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +1.1

Jarvan IV52.6% · expected 52.0% · 57 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +1.8

Kha'Zix53.3% · expected 50.5% · 30 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -0.1

Midgap to expected

Orianna61.1% · expected 52.9% · 54 g+8.3 ptSoloQ -0.8

Ahri54.5% · expected 48.6% · 55 g+6.0 ptSoloQ -1.0

Lissandra55.0% · expected 52.0% · 40 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +2.0

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal66.7% · expected 53.9% · 75 g+12.8 ptSoloQ -1.1

Tristana57.9% · expected 50.7% · 38 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +0.6

Jinx51.9% · expected 48.9% · 52 g+3.1 ptSoloQ 0.0

Xayah53.5% · expected 49.5% · 43 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +0.8

Supportgap to expected

Rell60.0% · expected 46.9% · 35 g+13.1 ptSoloQ -0.2

Karma62.5% · expected 53.1% · 56 g+9.4 ptSoloQ +1.7

Leona56.9% · expected 51.6% · 51 g+5.2 ptSoloQ +0.7

Nautilus51.6% · expected 50.4% · 91 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -1.0

Seraphine51.9% · expected 49.6% · 52 g+2.3 ptSoloQ +0.9

With

Junglegap to expected

Vi57.9% · expected 51.0% · 57 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -1.3

Jarvan IV55.2% · expected 49.2% · 67 g+6.1 ptSoloQ -1.1

Sylas54.3% · expected 51.5% · 46 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +0.7

Skarner50.0% · expected 48.1% · 38 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -0.7

Lillia55.6% · expected 54.1% · 36 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +1.0

Midgap to expected

LeBlanc61.8% · expected 51.0% · 34 g+10.7 ptSoloQ -0.1

Ahri59.6% · expected 52.6% · 57 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -0.9

Syndra58.5% · expected 51.4% · 53 g+7.1 ptSoloQ +0.8

Akali59.5% · expected 51.0% · 37 g+8.5 ptSoloQ -0.9

Lissandra52.8% · expected 49.2% · 36 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +0.5

ADCgap to expected

Xayah76.3% · expected 51.7% · 38 g+24.6 ptSoloQ -1.8

Ziggs66.7% · expected 46.1% · 33 g+20.5 ptSoloQ -1.3

Lucian60.0% · expected 49.9% · 45 g+10.1 ptSoloQ -1.5

Yunara57.1% · expected 52.8% · 63 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +0.8

Tristana53.1% · expected 50.5% · 32 g+2.6 ptSoloQ -0.5

Supportgap to expected

Leona59.7% · expected 49.6% · 77 g+10.2 ptSoloQ +0.8

Nautilus54.9% · expected 50.8% · 113 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +0.6

Milio56.3% · expected 48.6% · 48 g+7.6 ptSoloQ +0.3

Rakan57.1% · expected 51.5% · 35 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -1.6

Seraphine53.3% · expected 51.6% · 45 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -0.2

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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