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Jayce
Patch 16.2.1
JungleDifficulty
Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Create a numbers advantage by poking enemies to 40% HP with + before an objective spawns. Once the enemy is forced to recall, secure the objective using Cannon's high DPS.
Playstyle
High-tempo AD caster assassin and poker. You use the jungle to find unique angles for Shock Blasts, then swap to Hammer form to execute low-health targets or peel for yourself during counter-jungling.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Elite objective control with Cannon's attack speed burst
- +Extreme long-range poke with + Cannon combo
- +Fast jungle rotations using and Cannon for move speed
- +Highly versatile ganks featuring both a gap closer Hammer and a displacement Hammer
Weaknesses
- -Extremely gold-reliant; if you don't get kills/assists, your poke becomes irrelevant
- -Squishy profile means you are easily punished if you miss-time a Hammer jump
- -High mana consumption despite Hammer's passive restoration
- -No hard 'stop' CC to interrupt channels from a distance
Abilities
Every time you use , you gain move speed. In the jungle, cycle forms constantly while moving between camps to maintain this buff. It makes your pathing significantly faster than most meta junglers.
Cannon: Your primary damage. Always fire this BEFORE to give enemies less time to react. Hammer: A target-click leap. Use this to follow dashes or to slow enemies so you can walk behind them for an knockback.
Cannon: Instantly grants 3 max-speed autos. Use this to burn down large monsters or turrets. Hammer: Passive restores mana on hit—weave hammer autos into your clear to stay healthy on mana. Active is a simple AoE burn for clearing raptors/wolves.
Cannon: The Gate. Fire through this to make it faster and stronger. Hammer: A percentage-health knockback. Use this to kick the enemy jungler away from a Smite fight or to peel assassins off your mid laner.
Your form swap. Cannon form's first hit reduces enemy resists, making it great for starting a gank. Hammer form's first hit deals bonus magic damage, making it your primary finishing tool.
Teamfight Role
Artillery / Cleaner
Start the fight in Cannon form. Focus on landing through on the enemy backline. Do not dive in with Hammer until the main enemy CC spells are used or a target is low enough to die to one rotation.
If an enemy assassin jumps on your ADC, immediately swap to Hammer and use to knock them away. In this scenario, you are a bodyguard, not a carry.
Combos
The Standard Gank
Cannon -> Cannon -> -> Hammer -> Hammer -> Hammer
Speed yourself up and land the poke, then immediately swap to hammer to leap in, burn them with the aura, and knock them back toward your teammate.
The Instant Burst
Cannon -> -> Hammer -> 3x Auto Attacks -> Hammer
Activate the attack speed buff in cannon form then immediately swap. The speed buff carries over to your hammer autos, letting you land 3 fast hammer strikes before knocking them back.
Fast Poke
Cannon -> Cannon (on top of self)
Firing Q first and then dropping the E gate directly on your character model makes the projectile accelerate instantly, giving the enemy almost zero time to dodge.
Displacement Insec
Hammer -> Flash (mid-leap) -> Hammer
Leap to the target and Flash behind them before the damage lands, then use to knock them into your team or under your tower.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 3 | You have access to all 6 basic abilities, giving you more utility and burst than almost any other jungler at this stage. |
| Level 6 | While you don't get a new ultimate, scales your form-swap bonuses, increasing your armor/MR shred and bonus magic damage. |
| Level 9 | With fully maxed, your Cannon poke damage becomes a serious threat to squishy laners. |
| Level 11 | The second rank in provides a significant jump in the resistance shred for Cannon form, helping you melt bruisers. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Always use Hammer while clearing multi-unit camps like Raptors to maximize your mana sustain.
- •The Cannon gate provides vision in brushes; use it to check for invades without face-checking.
- •You can use Hammer on jungle plants or minions to jump over certain thin walls.
- •The move speed from stacks with Cannon; use both together to cross the map for a counter-gank.
- •The first hit after swapping to Hammer via deals magic damage; use this to finish off enemies building armor.
- •The resistance shred from Cannon form applies to Epic Monsters, making your team take Dragons and Barons faster.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Placing Cannon too far in front of you.→It telegraphs your shot and makes the projectile travel slower before the acceleration kicks in, making it easy to dodge.
- ✕Ignoring Hammer passive while clearing.→You will constantly be out of mana and unable to gank or help your team when a fight breaks out.
- ✕Using Hammer to engage a full-health enemy with CC up.→You lose your only escape tool and get locked down and killed instantly due to your low base resistances.
- ✕Forgetting that Hammer deals % Max HP damage.→Players often use it only for the knockback, missing out on massive damage against tanky targets.
- ✕Camping in one form for too long.→You lose out on the free move speed from and the 'first-hit' bonuses from , significantly lowering your efficiency.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached