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
  Cadence martiale

  La première attaque de base de Jarvan IV sur un ennemi inflige des dégâts physiques supplémentaires selon un pourcentage des PV actuels de la cible. Cet effet ne peut ensuite plus être infligé au même ennemi pendant quelques secondes.

  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
  Frappe du dragon

  Jarvan IV allonge sa lance, infligeant des dégâts physiques et réduisant l'armure des ennemis sur son chemin. En outre, cela peut ramener Jarvan à son Étendard demacien, projetant les ennemis dans les airs au passage.

  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
  Égide dorée

  Jarvan IV implore les anciens rois de Demacia de le protéger et de ralentir les ennemis proches.

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

• E
  Étendard demacien

  Jarvan IV porte la fierté de Demacia, ce qui lui octroie passivement un bonus en vitesse d'attaque. Activer Étendard demacien permet à Jarvan IV de planter un drapeau demacien, infligeant des dégâts magiques à l'impact et augmentant la vitesse d'attaque des champions alliés proches.

  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
  Cataclysme

  Jarvan IV bondit héroïquement sur une cible avec une telle force qu'il transforme la zone autour de lui en une arène. Les ennemis proches sont blessés lors de l'impact.

  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.