Jayce Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 49.7%
- Pick rate
- 8.7%
- Ban rate
- 20.8%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Resolve +
Inspiration 
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Demolish
Bone Plating
Unflinching
Triple Tonic
Cosmic Insight
Summoner spells
52.8%
388 games
Max order
Q
W
E
54.0%
252 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 49.7% of games as Top on patch 16.16 (1,115 games).
- Most common core: Youmuu's Ghostblade → Manamune → Voltaic Cyclosword — 64% win rate over 28 games.
- Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 42% of games with a 50% win rate.
- Best matchup: Zaahen (88% over 8 games). Hardest: Gangplank (18% over 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65.5% | 8% (84) | |
| 62.7% | 19% (217) | |
| 61.3% | 11% (124) | |
| 61.1% | 5% (54) | |
| 58.7% | 21% (235) | |
| 55.9% | 3% (34) | |
| 54.0% | 32% (359) | |
| 51.4% | 59% (659) | |
| 49.1% | 10% (112) | |
| 45.9% | 5% (61) | |
| 45.4% | 18% (196) | |
| 44.4% | 5% (54) |
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
Resolve +
Inspiration
Resolve +
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.
50.2%42% pick
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Grasp of the Undying
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
53.6%31% 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.
40.2%19% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
57.7%7% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
48.2%63% pick
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Flash + Ignite
52.8%35% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
42.9%2% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
54.0%252 games
Q
E
W
46.7%15 games
Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (49%), Q → W → E (45%), Q → E → Q (50%).
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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...