Jayce Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 46.9%
- Pick rate
- 1.9%
- Ban rate
- 20.6%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Inspiration 
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Manaflow Band
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Triple Tonic
Cosmic Insight
Summoner spells
50.0%
164 games
Max order
Q
W
E
42.6%
68 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Jayce
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Jayce wins 46.9% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (335 games).
- Most common core: Youmuu's Ghostblade → Manamune → Voltaic Cyclosword — 58% win rate over 12 games.
- Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 57% of games with a 48% win rate.
- Best matchup: Viktor (89% over 9 games). Hardest: Hwei (12% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Banned in 21% of games — have a backup pick ready.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 83.3% | 2% (6) | |
| 73.3% | 4% (15) | |
| 60.9% | 7% (23) | |
| 55.6% | 3% (9) | |
| 54.0% | 15% (50) | |
| 51.6% | 55% (184) | |
| 47.3% | 62% (207) | |
| 44.1% | 20% (68) | |
| 43.8% | 27% (89) | |
| 42.2% | 19% (64) | |
| 41.2% | 5% (17) | |
| 37.5% | 2% (8) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Manaflow Band
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Triple Tonic
Cosmic Insight
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Domination +
Inspiration 
Keystones
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
47.6%57% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
46.9%24% pick
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
55.2%9% pick
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
45.5%7% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
50.0%49% pick
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Flash + Teleport
44.1%48% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
40.0%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
42.6%68 games
Q
E
W
50.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (45%), Q → E → Q (45%), Q → E → W (35%).
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PHextech CapacitorWhen Jayce swaps weapons he gains Move Speed for a short duration.
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QTo the Skies! / Shock Blast
Hammer Stance: Leaps to an enemy dealing physical damage and slowing enemies.Cannon Stance: Fires an orb of electricity that detonates upon hitting an enemy (or reaching the end of its path) dealing physical damage to al...
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WLightning Field / Hyper Charge
Hammer Stance: Passive: Restores Mana per strike. Active: Creates a field of lightning damaging nearby enemies for several seconds.Cannon Stance: Gains a burst of energy, increasing Attack Speed to maximum for several at...
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EThundering Blow / Acceleration Gate
Hammer Stance: Deals magic damage to an enemy and knocks them back a short distance.Cannon Stance: Deploys an Acceleration Gate increasing the Move Speed of all allied champions who pass through it. If Shock Blast is fir...
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RMercury Cannon / Mercury HammerHammer Stance: Transforms the Mercury Hammer into the Mercury Cannon gaining new abilities and increased range. The first attack in this form reduces the target's Armor and Magic Resist.Cannon Stance: Transforms the Merc...