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
  战争律动

  嘉文四世对一名敌人发起的第一次普攻会造成基于目标当前生命值的额外物理伤害。这个效果在数秒内无法重复作用于同一目标。

  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
  巨龙撞击

  嘉文四世的长矛穿透敌人，对沿途的敌人造成物理伤害和护甲击碎效果。如果嘉文四世该技能指向德邦军旗，那么他将会被导向军旗，并击飞沿途所有敌人。

  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
  黄金圣盾

  嘉文四世召唤古德玛西亚国王保护自己，护盾吸收伤害并减速附近敌人。

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

• E
  德邦军旗

  嘉文四世携带着德玛西亚的骄傲，能被动地给予他额外的攻击速度。激活德邦军旗会使嘉文四世放置一面德玛西亚军旗，在军旗的着陆点造成魔法伤害，并强化军旗附近的队友们的攻击速度。

  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
  天崩地裂

  嘉文四世勇猛地跃向目标敌方英雄，对其造成物理伤害，并在敌人周围形成环形障碍，持续数秒。在嘉文四世着陆时，目标附近的敌人也会受到伤害。

  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.