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Spells:
Ghost
Ignite
Ability Order
Martial Cadence (PASSIVE)
Jarvan IV Passive Ability
Introduction
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I do wish to note that this build will probably not be the best for those that are wanting to do massive amounts of damage to enemy champions. Once they realize you are stacking lots of AS/AD they will almost certainly get more armor to stop you from killing them so easily.
With this guide, I will first highlight the reasons I pick certain things and then in the next section I will make a short summary of what I mentioned (hereto refered to as the TL;DR versions). This will be used on all the sections save the Summoner Spells due to the nature of that section.
One last note before the actual guide starts. This is my first guide I have done for any champion, and is infact the first real build I have created without looking at another guide. I would appreciate any information that can be provided to improve the way that this guide is written/presented and advice for future guides (if there will be any).
V 1.0.0000 Initial Release (~4AM MST 3/4/2011)
V 1.0.1000 Updated Items Section (~11AM MST 3/4/2011)
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Removed all references to the Manamune (and by extension the items that built into it)
Moved Madred's Bloodrazor to the third item
Added Infinity Edge as last item
V 1.0.2 Changed Title
V 1.0.3 Added Gameplay Videos section
V 2.0.0 Massive Overhaul (~1:30PM MST 4/27/2011)
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Changed Suggested Items Around
Updated Masteries
Updated Runes
New title
Several new sections
V 3.0.0 Overhaul #2
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Updated to new Masteries
Updated Items
Updated Runes
First off, you want to go with nine Greater Mark of Desolation. Because the
Dragon Strike counts as a physical attack, getting better armor penetration will help the skill do more damage quicker. Obviously, since we are going to be going attack speed this will also help maximize the amount of damage done through his auto-attacks.
For you seals, I decided to go with nine Greater Seal of Vitality. This will give Jarvan more survivability since we are getting no armor or health items for him, save for the lifesteal from The
Bloodthirster. Surviving longer is always a good thing, and even with a few of these seals I have been able to survive where I should have died.
The glyph of choice should be nine of the
Greater Glyph of Cooldown Reduction. Since the
Demacian Standard not only gives a passive effect but also an aura with its active, this becomes almost essential to use not only in team fights, but also when working on taking down enemy turrets, requiring this to be used more frequently. Besides, who doesn't love using your abilities faster to help your team take down enemy champs?
Finally, picking up three
Greater Quintessence of Scaling Attack Damage gives our Jarvan build more damage as he levels up. At the beginning of the game, you will notice that you are doing slightly more damage then you would be with the old
Greater Quintessence of Movement Speedes that we were using, but you are slower. However, when it comes to mid-/end-game you really won't notice a significant speed loss but will be doing more damage then the old build (and we are faster to build up our AD).
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For you seals, I decided to go with nine Greater Seal of Vitality. This will give Jarvan more survivability since we are getting no armor or health items for him, save for the lifesteal from The
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The glyph of choice should be nine of the
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Finally, picking up three
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I go with a semi-standard build of 21/0/9. This is because we really want to be able to do extra damage and have better attack speed from the Offense tree, and several of the features of the Utility tree will allow us to be able to better
Offense is a standard DPS build, designed so that we can do maximum damage to our targets quickly. Since only one ability (
Demacian Standard) is based off of AP, it does not make enough of an impact to put a point into Archaic Knowledge (especially with as little AP we will be getting with this build).
In Defense we nothing. I used to have some survivability from this tree, but it was really only significant early on in the game and quickly became negated by heavy damage. It is for this reason that I decided to shift over to the Utility Tree instead, as it offers more viable gameplay changes.
Utility offers Jarvan a fair bit, and it helps him stay in lane longer. With our first tier we gain extra health and mana regeneration as well as a slight lessening of the time penalty from death. Continuing on, we are now going to be recieving a significant boost to our experience farming and this should allow us to out-level our opponents (even more so if 2vJarvan). Lastly, I use our last point to get us some extra gold, which may not seem like much but it does help.
Offense is a standard DPS build, designed so that we can do maximum damage to our targets quickly. Since only one ability (
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In Defense we nothing. I used to have some survivability from this tree, but it was really only significant early on in the game and quickly became negated by heavy damage. It is for this reason that I decided to shift over to the Utility Tree instead, as it offers more viable gameplay changes.
Utility offers Jarvan a fair bit, and it helps him stay in lane longer. With our first tier we gain extra health and mana regeneration as well as a slight lessening of the time penalty from death. Continuing on, we are now going to be recieving a significant boost to our experience farming and this should allow us to out-level our opponents (even more so if 2vJarvan). Lastly, I use our last point to get us some extra gold, which may not seem like much but it does help.
And this is where the guide has really changed. I'm going to leave the old TL;DR version up for those that actually liked this build and used it, but most of these things have changed.
As much as I HATE the Doran's items, I must admit that there are few starting items that are better for Jarvan then
Doran's Blade. Slight life-steal, more health, and extra damage are quite nice, though this item will be outdated fairly quickly by some of the other items we are getting.
Now that I got that out of my system, our first REAL item is actually a left-over of V1:
Berserker's Greaves. I have yet to come across a better set of boots for a damage oriented Jarvan....
Another hold-out from the last version of this guide, I have given more priority to
Black Cleaver this time around because of the attack speed bonus and the health AD bonus as well. While the
Phantom Dancer that we got after our boots last version had a better attack speed, it lacked MUCH damage in the long run for Jarvan. Its on-hit is also handy when dealing with tanks or the like (-24 armor to Dragon anybody?).
Ok, it seems like this was less of a giant change as it is a reordering because
Bloodthirster still shows up here. Damage and life-steal that gets better as you kill more things, making it easier for you to kill said things? Give me one good reason that a champion that is going to be relying on his auto-attack shouldn't get this item!
I mentioned them earlier in this section, but its time for it to really shine now.
Phantom Dancer now comes at a point in the game where we have good amounts of damage already going so we can work a little more on the attack speed side of DPS. Move speed, crit chance, and a whopping 55% increased attack speed really help this item shine on Jarvan's auto attacks.
Remember me mentioning crit chance a sentence ago? Well I've kept going with that theme and have now decided that an
Infinity Edge should NOT be the last item we get in our build. Good damage without mentioning the extra crit chance and the bonus to crit damage (stacking with our masteries) make this one solid item for an auto-attacker.
If you have yet to sell of the
Doran's Blade you got earlier (and honestly, you should have sold it by now) then now is the time to sell it to turn it into our final item:
Atma's Impaler. The ONLY item suggested by Riot that I actually incorporate into this build, but I did not do so because it was suggested (usually I find their suggestions to suck). More armor (stacking with our passive/active from
Demacian Standard), more crit chance (bringing us to a total of 73% crit chance), and extra damage based on our health. Yeah, I think Riot actually had a good pick for Jarvan!
As much as I HATE the Doran's items, I must admit that there are few starting items that are better for Jarvan then
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Now that I got that out of my system, our first REAL item is actually a left-over of V1:
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Another hold-out from the last version of this guide, I have given more priority to
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Ok, it seems like this was less of a giant change as it is a reordering because
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I mentioned them earlier in this section, but its time for it to really shine now.
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Remember me mentioning crit chance a sentence ago? Well I've kept going with that theme and have now decided that an
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If you have yet to sell of the
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I choose to level up
Demacian Standard the quickest because it has the passive attack speed/armor buff that can be doubled by throwing down the flag. This is where a good chunk of your AS will end up coming from, so getting it as soon as you can is going to help you destroy turrets quickly.
Because you will mostly be dealing with turrets with this build, getting your
Golden Aegis is not really necessary until you can level nothing else up, but spending a point in it at level four allows you to at least have some protection if an enemy champion decides to attack you while you are working on a turret.
Dragon Strike is going to be mostly for minions or last hitting close to death minions late game, but early game is going to be the best way to do damage to the enemy team without getting yourself in harms way too often. Getting a point in it at level two and every level that you aren't getting more points in Demacian Standard or Cataclysm will allow you to have it maxed out at about the time that you are finishing up your Manamune (earlier if you are doing well in your lane).
Cataclysm is not going to be an often used skill, but should still be gotten every chance you can get. During team fights it can help isolate a single foe from killing a teammate or helping a teammate's AoE attack/ult get off to damage multiple foes. If you find yourself getting tower dived, use this skill on them to trap them and have the turret rain attacks down on them, often doing enough damage to either kill them or deter them from killing you. Be careful to not use this on people that have escape skills or
Flash because they will only really be affected by the damage and not the barriers.
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Because you will mostly be dealing with turrets with this build, getting your
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Suggested Spells
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Workable Spells
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Avoid These Spells
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