Best ARAM Build Guide for Jayce: Runes & Items (44.8% WR)

Best ARAM Build Guide for Jayce: Runes & Items (44.8% WR)

By Marcus Chen

February 14, 2025 at 09:24 PM

Jayce ARAM guide for optimal performance with a current win rate of 44.8% (based on 68,721 matches).

Core Build Path:

  • Starter: Tear of the Goddess, Long Sword
  • Essential: Manamune, Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge
  • Full Build: Manamune → Eclipse → Serylda's Grudge → Black Cleaver → Death's Dance

Runes:

  • Primary (Precision): First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight
  • Secondary: Manaflow Band, Transcendence

Summoner Spells:

  • Flash
  • Snowball (Mark)

Skill Order:

  1. Q (Transform Mercury Cannon/Hammer)
  2. E (Thundering Blow/Acceleration Gate)
  3. W (Hyper Charge/Lightning Field)
  • Max Q first, then E, then W

Key Combos:

  • Quick Melee Trade: Q (gap close) → Auto Attack → E (knockback)
  • Extended Trade: Ranged Auto Attack → Q → R (transform) → Q → Auto Attack → E

Situational Items:

  • vs Heavy AP: Maw of Malmortius
  • vs Heavy AD: Guardian Angel
  • For More Burst: Youmuu's Ghostblade
  • For Sustain: Ravenous Hydra

Tips:

  • Use ranged form to poke and siege
  • Switch to hammer form for all-ins and finishing low health targets
  • Coordinate gate-accelerated shock blasts with team engages
  • Conserve mana early game until Tear is stacked

Similar Champions in ARAM:

  • Nidalee (Comparable poke/transform playstyle)
  • Zed (Similar burst potential)
  • Lee Sin (Similar mobility/playmaking)

Note: No special ARAM balance changes apply to Jayce.

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