How to beat Jarvan IV

Common role: Jungle

A diver who flags-and-drags into a knock-up and cages your carry.

What makes Jarvan IV dangerous

Jarvan drops a flag (E) and dashes to it (Q) for a knock-up combo, shields himself (W), and his ultimate creates a ring of terrain that traps a target inside with him. He engages instantly onto a carry and locks the area down for his team.

How to play against Jarvan IV

• 1Flash or dash out of his ultimate cage before his team collapses.
• 2Bait his E→Q knock-up; after it he has no more engage for a while.
• 3Spread from his flag so his knock-up catches only him.
• 4His ult walls can body-block his own team — use them against him.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Short engage window; after E→Q he's committed and killable.
• ✓His ult cage can trap his own allies out.
• ✓Limited follow-up damage once the combo is spent.
• ✓Vulnerable if you Flash out of the cage.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Jarvan IV's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Kriegerische Kadenz

  Jarvans erster normaler Angriff gegen einen Gegner verursacht zusätzlichen normalen Schaden, der von dessen aktuellem Leben abhängig ist. Dieser Effekt kann nur einmal alle paar Sekunden auf denselben Gegner wirken.

  Strong: his first hit on a target shreds a chunk of their armor. Weak: it's a one-time proc per target — nothing sustained.

• Q
  Drachenschlag

  Jarvan IV. stößt mit seiner Lanze nach vorne, verursacht an getroffenen Gegnern auf seinem Weg normalen Schaden und verringert deren Rüstung. Jarvan IV. kann sich so auch zu seiner demacianischen Standarte ziehen, wobei er getroffene Gegner hochschlägt.

  Strong: dragged along his flag it becomes a knock-up engage. Weak: no flag, no knock-up — bait the E→Q and he's out of engage.

• W
  Goldene Ägide

  Jarvan IV. ruft die einstigen Könige von Demacia an, um ihn vor Schaden zu schützen und umstehende Gegner zu verlangsamen.

  Strong: a shield and slow that helps him survive the dive. Weak: modest value — burst through it once his engage is spent.

• E
  Demacianische Standarte

  Jarvan IV. trägt Demacias Stolz und erhält so passiv zusätzliches Angriffstempo. Durch die Aktivierung von „Demacianische Standarte“ kann Jarvan IV. eine demacianische Flagge aufstellen, die bei Aufschlag magischen Schaden verursacht und verbündeten Champions in der Nähe Angriffstempo gewährt.

  Strong: the flag that his Q pulls to — the core of his engage. Weak: spacing away from the flag denies the knock-up entirely.

• R
  Kataklysmus

  Jarvan IV. springt mit solcher Kraft heldenhaft zu einem Ziel, dass sich rund um ihn und sein Ziel herum ein Erdwall erhebt, der eine Arena bildet. Gegner in der Nähe erleiden beim Aufprall Schaden.

  Strong: walls off terrain around a target, caging them with him. Weak: Flash or a dash escapes it, and the walls can trap his own team out.

Itemization

Flash or dashes to escape his ult cage; spacing from his flag denies the knock-up. Punish him after his E→Q combo is on cooldown.

This guide covers Jarvan IV's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.