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
  Cadenza marziale

  Il primo attacco base di Jarvan a un nemico infligge danni fisici bonus in base alla sua salute attuale. Questo effetto non può avvenire di nuovo sullo stesso nemico per qualche secondo.

  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
  Colpo del drago

  Jarvan IV allunga la sua lancia, infliggendo danni fisici e riducendo l'armatura dei nemici sulla traiettoria. In più, tirerà Jarvan verso lo Stendardo di Demacia, lanciando in aria i nemici sulla traiettoria.

  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
  Spirito di Demacia

  Jarvan IV chiama a sé gli antichi re di Demacia affinché lo proteggano dal male e rallentino i nemici che lo circondano.

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

• E
  Stendardo di Demacia

  Jarvan IV ha nel cuore l'orgoglio di Demacia, che gli conferisce passivamente velocità d'attacco bonus. Quando attiva lo Stendardo di Demacia, Jarvan IV piazza una bandiera di Demacia che infligge danni magici all'impatto e conferisce velocità d'attacco ai campioni alleati vicini.

  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
  Cataclisma

  Jarvan IV si getta eroicamente in battaglia contro un bersaglio con una tale forza che modifica l'area circostante per creare un'arena intorno ai contendenti. I nemici vicini subiscono danni al momento dell'impatto.

  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.