Everything You Need to Know About Jayce in League of Legends
Jayce is the Hextech creator, and his kit revolves around that, but what exactly is his kit? Well this article is everything you need to know about Jayce in League of Legends.
Jayce is one of the most important characters in the TV show Arcane, and ever since Riot Games announced that Arcane would be canon with the League of Legends lore going forward, he and his Hextech creations will shape Runeterra forever.
Whilst his lore is awesome, and there certainly is a lot of that in this article, we also cover all of his abilities in this article, giving you truly everything you need to know to master champion Jayce in League of Legends, whether you play him Top lane or Mid lane!
Jayce’s abilities in League of Legends
Passive: Hextech Capacitor
Jayce has two different forms, Hammer Stance and Cannon Stance. Both of these have different abilities for Jayce’s Q, W, and E.
When Jayce switches stance, he gains 40 bonus movement speed for 0.75 seconds, and also gains the ability to Ghost when he moves for the duration.
Q: To The Skies!
The Q ability when in Hammer Stance is To The Skies! Jayce Jumps to a target enemy, which does a small amount of AOE damage around the target, but also slows anyone hit by this AOE damage.
Jayce can also cast his Hammer Stance W during To The Skies!
Q: Shock Blast
For Cannon Stance, Jayce’s Q is a Shock Blast that he fires in the target direction, dealing a small amount of AOE damage.
The Shock Blast explodes when it lands or hits a target at the end of its travel distance. This can be extended and sped up with Jayce’s Cannon Stance E, Acceleration Gate. This combination will also increase the damage that Shock Blast does to targets it hits.
W: Lightning Field
For Jayce’s W in Hammer Stance, Jayce has Lightning Field. This has a passive which restores mana to Jayce every time he auto attacks an enemy in Hammer Stance. This is great for sustain in lane, but as he can only do so when in melee form, it is a risk against ranged opponents. This is up to 20 per auto attack at level 5.
It also spawns a field of lightning around Jayce, dealing a small amount of magic damage to every target hit for 4 seconds.
W: Hyper Charge
Jayce gains a burst of attack speed for the next three auto attacks, dealing bonus damage. This is great for poking down enemies before changing into Hammer Stance and diving on them with your Q.
It is also very good at destroying towers, as Jayce gains a significant attack speed boost, and with the extra damage, he demolishes towers.
E: Thundering Blow
Jayce’s E in Hammer Stance is Thundering Blow. It allows him to knock back a target enemy, dealing a significant amount of damage to them.
This deals up to 22% of the targets maximum HP at rank 5, as well as 100% of Jayces bonus AD, meaning a hefty chunk of damage is dealt on whatever target Jayce smacks!
E: Acceleration Gate
This is best used in conjunction with Jayce’s Q, Shock Blast, but it allows Jayce to place a beam of light, which speeds up any ally that moves through it, but also increasing the speed, range and damage of Jayce’s Shock Blast when he fires it through the Acceleration Gate.
R: Mercury Cannon/Mercury Hammer
Jayce does not have a traditional ultimate ability like most other champions, but instead, he uses his ultimate to transform between his Hammer Stance and Cannon Stance. This then activates the bonus movement speed and ghosting from his passive.
The uniqueness of this ability means that Jayce will start with his ultimate at the beginning of the game, but it also means he cannot upgrade it. Instead, his Q,W, and E abilities all can be ranked up six times instead of the standard five times.
When was Jayce released in League of Legends?
Jayce was released in Patch 1.0.0.142, which was on July 7, 2012. Jayce was also the 100th champion to be added to League of Legends.
Considering this was over 10 years ago, and we have only had around 60 additional champions since then gives a good indicator at how much Riot Games have slowed down on adding new champions into League of Legends over recent years.
Where is Jayce from in League of Legends?
If you have seen Arcane then you will know that Jayce is from Piltover, and the Defender of Tomorrow is born and bred there.
In Arcane, we get to see his journey rising up through the ranks of the nobles in Piltover, and if you want to find out more about this, we highly recommend going and watching Arcane.
Jayce’s Age in League of Legends
Jayce was born between 963 AN and 966 AN, which places him between 31 years old and 34 years old. This is shown in Arcane, as we get to see his maturity grow in the latter episodes of the series.
Jayce’s Voice Actor in League of Legends
In the League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra games, Jayce is voiced by Trevor Devall, but in Arcane, Jayce is voiced by Kevin Alejandro, and the younger Jayce is voiced by Faustino Duran.
Jayce is Piltover’s hope, but they still need to deal with Zaun, and we have a load of characters from Zaun for you to look over too! If they don’t take your fancy, we have champions from all around Runeterra too.