
Best ARAM Build Guide for Jayce: Runes & Items (44.8% WR)
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:
- Q (Transform Mercury Cannon/Hammer)
- E (Thundering Blow/Acceleration Gate)
- 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.