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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

21.8%#22 of 173 champions

Pick: 8.6%picked in 2,450 of 28,375 games
Ban: 13.2%3,046 bans over 23,114 games, against 15.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Top48.8% between 46.5% and 51.2% over 1,227 gamesSoloQ 48.2%: no clear gap

Median length29.8 minsoloQ 27 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 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 compNo trait above other top laners; the most marked: Damage in late game (rank 85).Poke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
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
15.2%
13.5% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 15.2% in soloQ over 364,710 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% · 31,483

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

SpellsFlash + Teleport57% · 41,724

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 55 games

Core (3 legendaries)21% · 7,072

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?

No trait above other top laners; the most marked: Damage in late game (rank 85).

Its most marked traitDamage in late gametop15%1,213 · top laners: 1,079

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

Poke

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Gold at 15 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few duels
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 62 in lane, 65 in mid game and 85 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

623+24 vs 599

908+40 vs 868

1,213+134 vs 1,079

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

Jaycetop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 76% 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 62 of 100 among top laners623 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 65 of 100 among top laners908 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 85 of 100 among top laners1,213 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 72 of 100 among top laners+236 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 76 of 100 among top laners+409 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 33 of 100 among top laners668 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 72 of 100 among top laners55% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 23 of 100 among top laners24% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 68 of 100 among top lanersrank 68 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 31 of 100 among top laners0.6 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 62 of 100 among top laners22% · median 20%

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.

Against

Topgap to expected