BORK has a very strong synergy with Jarvan's passive, giving 20% current health damage on-hit when both are used on an enemy. The AD scales with his Q, W, and R, and the attack speed synergizes well with his E. Jarvan uses his auto attacks for most of his damage, so the life steal can give healing independent of his abilities or other items.

Similar to BORK, Wit's End has good synergy with Jarvan's kit as a complement to his two auto-attack enhancing abilities and high AD ratios. Wit's End has the added benefit of providing MR and hybrid damage in the form of Magic damage on-hit.

Youmuu's Ghostblade used to be my favorite item to rush on J4 until the durability patch, where it was made obsolete by higher resistances overall. Now it has the potential to return as a viable item to rush on J4, with high AD scaling and map coverage all in one item. This item makes securing ganks and moving across the map significantly easier, and snowballs very hard with additional AD to complement it.

Much like Umbral and Youmuu's but more focused on durability. Edge of Night is the only lethality item with Health in its stats, making it a solid purchase for any Lethality Bruiser build. The spellshield is also valuable to assist in the neutral game or during backline dives, especially against champions with ranged CC like Xerath or Syndra.

Axiom Arc is an extremely strong item for dealing consistent burst damage throughout a game. It gives high amounts of CDR and Lethality, plus the added passive to reduce ultimate cooldowns after scoring a takedown. Jarvan's R has the highest damage potential of all his abilities, and having it on cooldown loses you a lot of potential damage. Jarvan has the potential to use his R multiple times in a fight with this item and enough CDR, drastically increasing his damage output.

Muramana is a relatively cheap item with high damage potential. Muramana gives additional AD scaling to all of Jarvan's damaging abilities and gives additional on-hit physical damage. Jarvan has relatively high mana costs, so having extra mana allows him to use his abilites more often with the added CDR that Muramana provides.

A strong item for early scaling, Ravenous Hydra is a very powerful item that gives lots of healing and increased damage on all of Jarvan's damaging abilities. It gives increasing AD for champion and large monster kills, so it's strongest when bought early on. The high CDR it provides also means its damaging and healing aura can be used more often strong item for early scaling, Ravenous Hydra is a very powerful item that gives lots of healing and increased damage on all of Jarvan's damaging abilities. It gives increasing AD for champion and large monster kills, so it's strongest when bought early on. The high CDR it provides also means its damaging and healing aura can be used more oftenWith higher shields overall, Spirit Visage makes for a great tank item to synergize well with Jarvan's kit. It's an all in one purchase for bigger shields and heals while providing Health and MR to increase durability overall.

A powerful item to build into percantage-based armor or magic penetration. I recommend it as a last item to easily deal with scaling champions or hypercarries.

If you asked me a couple years ago if this item would be good on J4 I'd have said no immediately. However, since its return in season 13 I've found it to be really strong on him since all the stats it gives scale and its passive puts your knockup on a very low cooldown.

Since most bruiser items have been gutted for CDR these boots may become a necessary item in certain games. They are very strong and cost-efficient, providing 20 CDR and 12% Summoner Spell CDR at only 950 gold. I'd recommend building these if items like Black Cleaver and Chempunk Chainsword aren't viable options in a given match.

Umbral Glaive has been a frequently bought item for J4, but has never truly synergized with his kit until this patch, as now his shield scales with the AD given by this item. All of Umbral Glaive's stats scale with Jarvan's abilities, and the cheap cost makes it an effective first purchase for an early power spike. The vision control effect of the item also makes for very strong map pressure, and has a direct synergy with the rune Zombie Ward to make for a powerful item that scales well with utility and damage.

Fimbulwinter has perfect synergy with Jarvan's W and is easily one of the best defensive items available to him. The downside is that it requires some preparation in the form of tear stacks, causing its fullest potential to not be reached until much later in the game. That being said, this item is incredibly powerful and gives a lot of value for its low cost, especially the mana since Jarvan has high mana costs.

Don't build Thornmail just build Bramble Vest lol.

Plz don't grief by building Thornmail, it doesn't even proc grev wounds on CC anymore.

Inherent synergy with Jarvan's two dashes and also procs off of Flash. The Lethality only comes after using a dash so try to use E+Q+Auto before R in your rotation to maximize your damage with this rune.

Capitalizes on Jarvan's gank pressure and overall tempo in the jungle. Even from the start of the game this rune gives free move speed, increasing for every unique takedown. Jarvan gets kill participation very easily from his E attack speed aura, so stacking this rune is very easy.

Into comps with less mobility, Treasure Hunter can be better than Relentless Hunter. It gives a total of 450 gold with all five stacks, enough to buy most item components relatively for free. In games with easy ganks, this can quickly add up when combined with Triumph also giving gold on kill or assist.

A very strong rune when combined with Umbral Glaive, making for excellent map coverage and vision control. The AD from this rune stacks very quickly when combined with Umbral Glaive, and the gold from destroying wards builds up very quickly in the neutral game. I'd recommend using these two in conjunction for games that are very difficult to gank in to provide a steady stream of gold and map control without aggressive plays.

Eyeball Collection is a great alternative to Sudden Impact if you want permanent AD compared to inconsistent amounts of lethality. The bonus 18 AD provided by this rune scales with Jarvan's abilities while the lethality from Sudden Impact does not. This means higher numbers on his Q, W, R, and Goredrinker/Eclipse for the whole game after it's stacked, compared to just damage for a few seconds after a dash.

Despite almost never being seen on Jarvan, Cheap Shot has quite a bit of synergy with his kit. Unlike with Sudden Impact, Cheap Shot can be activated with multiple of his abilities, mainly his W since it instantly applies a slow that Cheap Shot can proc off of. I'd argue that Cheap Shot provides even more damage than Sudden Impact since it's damage is instant true damage compared to temporary lethality. It activates very easily at a short cooldown and is a great choice to incorporate damage into Jarvan's kit.

Very strong keystone when paired with a more damage oriented build, specifically with Eclipse and Shield Bash. This combination of runes and items provides a high damage rotation of abilities, with Jarvan making use of Electrocute and Eclipse very easily on his own. Shield Bash allows for an additional source of physical damage on his Passive or auto attack in rotation, scaling off of Jarvan's W in combination with the shield provided by Eclipse. This rune and item combination is very strong, and I highly recommend anyone who wants a more damage oriented build to try it out.

Ingenious Hunter provides a lot of value in the right conditions. It reduces the cooldowns of any wards or active and passive items, so it provides an inherent advantage for vision control. This is particularly useful in the lethality build, as it reduces the unique effect of Eclipse from 6 seconds down to 4 at max stacks. This might not seem like a large amount, but the sheer amount of stuff that procs from Eclipses' active makes using it more frequently incredibly important. This also extends to various other synergizing items like Sterak's, Maw, and GA.

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Good into games with lanes that are difficult to gank or pressure that is difficult to secure. The free boots come regardless of gamestate, but the tradeoff comes in a lack of early gank pressure.

Inherently a very strong rune for jungling in general. It reduces the cooldown of your summoner spells, trinkets, and items, but only slightly. This can be most apparent with Goredrinker or Ironspike Whip active since their cooldowns are reduced by this rune in addition to any cdr built. The cooldown reduction can also be useful for when you need to extend your knockup with Flash, something that otherwise would need to be used more sparingly.

Great for pushing early leads and finishing items without having to clear for gold. Consistently allows you to purchase any 1100 gold item component on your first base after full clearing, ensuring that no matter what you always get a good opening for every game.

Conditioning can give you an overall edge in games with lots of mixed damage. It helps a lot with itemization too since it gives a percentage increase to both resistance types. Into teams with little to no true damage, this can give a huge advantage.

Into teams with annoying slows and easy CC this rune can really help to catch and secure ganks. Slows especially are difficult to itemize against and this rune helps to deal with them by making them less potent and last less time.

Jarvan typically builds health to scale with his W shield so having increasing health over the course of a game is definitely useful. The percentage increase to health increases the value of any health built through items. Useful into true damage sources compared to Conditioning, but usually both would be taken anyways.

You'd be surprised at how much damage this rune adds to Jarvan's kit. Shield Bash increases the damage of Jarvan's auto attacks based on the size of any shield applied to him, which includes his W and any shields from items or allied spells. Jarvan's W is the easiest and most potent way to use this rune since it allows him to capitalize on his use of shields and auto attacks in combat. It's important to understand that this rune does not deal additional damage with multiple shields applied, only whichever one is the largest at that time. To maximize its potential damage, try to use your shields in order of smallest to largest. This would usually be Eclipse shield followed by W shield.

Great for increasing the size of his W shield and great for increasing healing from any source. With the new W buffs this can be especially valuable when paired with a bruiser build that emphasizes AD and tankiness. Revitalize also increases both healing and shielding an additional 5% at low health, so it's also good for teamfights and has a direct synergy with Goredrinker's % missing health heal.

Useful for overall tempo, but not as much as other runes in different trees. During extended fights the bonus movespeed is definitely useful for positioning and escapes.

Good into comps with heavy magic damage or limited magic damage. Taking Nullifying Orb allows you to spec into more armor or health without sacrificing on magic damage reduction. Into comps with lots of AP it's even more useful since those comps typically have percentage magic pen. Has good synergy with Jarvan's W shield and the magic shield from Maw.

Great for extended fights and casting your knockup frequently. The free reset on takedowns lets you use your abilities many more times in a fight than you otherwise would be able to without Transcendence. The early CDR also allows you to get two knockups within just one cast of E, something that would usually only be possible with items that give it.

Useful for securing objectives and keeping tempo. Waterwalking helps Jarvan to capitalize on his early pressure for easy ganks or contests in either river of the map. It also gives a bit of an RNG advantage for games with ocean soul since it covers the map in puddles of water, meaning you can use Waterwalking outside of the river in some areas.

Absolute Focus is one of my favorite runes on J4. It gives you more AD at high health, which means better use of his abilities when you engage. Higher shields with his W means he will stay at the threshold for much longer, and the extra damage allows him to be a consistent backline threat much easier. I take it with Coup De Grace to ensure I can kill squishy champions with ease, even in a regular bruiser build.

Always the best option for Jarvan's kit. Helps with using his passive and synergizes with his E attack speed. If you take Alacrity it even further increases his DPS on his autos.

Useful for spamming abilities early but unless you take Alacrity the loss in attack speed will feel awful to play with.

Always take one adaptive rune for the extra damage. Jarvan has high AD ratios and low base damage so losing even the slightest bit of damage can feel pretty bad in the early game and even worse as the game progresses.

Armor is almost always taken for its general use in clearing and sustaining, especially into teams with lots of AD damage, usually balanced by building Merc treads if you need both resistances.

Good if you absolutely need MR, often balanced by building Tabi's if you need both resistances.

Generally not as useful as Armor or MR but it is the only resistance stat that actually scales with Jarvan's kit on his W shield. Good into true damage and overall makes him just a little tankier in games where resistances are less important. Also synergizes with many stat-dependent items and runes like Shield Bash.