Champion sheet · Mid

Jayce

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

21.9%#22 of 173 champions

Pick: 8.7%picked in 2,427 of 28,005 games
Ban: 13.2%3,010 bans over 22,788 games, against 14.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid48.9% between 43.8% and 53.9% over 264 gamesSoloQ 48.8%: no clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 27.1 min

Amateur: 28,304 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 Mid.DraftLengthSpells
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 92% of mid laners.DamageSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
0.6%
0.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.6% 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
29.3 min
SoloQ
27.1 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 27.1 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
57%
SoloQ
56%
Played in 57% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (56%).

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 Surge54% · 6,807

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite56% · 7,115

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 57% · 287 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 38 games

Core (3 legendaries)13% · 840

13%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 92% of mid laners.

Team damagetop8%25% · mid laners: 21%

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

What marks it

Damage
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 96 in lane, 48 in mid game and 57 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

611+84 vs 528

891-8 vs 899

1,196+17 vs 1,179

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

Jaycemid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 90% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 96 of 100 among mid laners611 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 48 of 100 among mid laners891 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners1,196 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 92 of 100 among mid laners+408 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 90 of 100 among mid laners+583 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 74 of 100 among mid laners4 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 51 of 100 among mid laners489 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 30 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 62 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 28 of 100 among mid lanersrank 28 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 33 of 100 among mid laners0.4 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 92 of 100 among mid laners25% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.