How To Teamfight With Jayce In LoL?

League of Legends is a team game. Many people cannot wrap their heads around that concept, but it’s true. No match is a 1v1 or just a plain duel. It’s two teams of five players each battling it out and testing who is better. And that makes teamfights the fundamental element of the game. Not every Champion in the League performs well or is played the same under the conditions of a teamfight.

This article will look at Jayce and his teamfighting capability, teaching you how to utilize it for optimal results. A good teamfight can win you the match, while a bad one can guarantee a loss. Therefore, knowing when and what to do in a teamfight is a crucial skill in League. Thankfully, Jayce does pretty well in most situations, teamfighting included, so you should have no trouble learning from this guide.

What you can expect:

• How teamfighting works in League of Legends.
• An in-depth guide on teamfighting with Jayce.

The Essence of Teamfighting

Teamfights in League of Legends are not just clashes between ten players with no rules to follow. Too many people in the game consider teamfights to be nothing but a bout, a mere barfight where everyone tosses around their spells and attacks and hopes for the best. Teamfights are, all things considered, a very meticulous display of skill, strategy, and tactics in which the better team will emerge victorious. Poor positioning, wasted abilities, and plain bad gameplay will cause you to lose teamfights consistently. So, what is the essence of teamfighting?

Positioning

Positioning is probably the most important part of each teamfight. Everyone, based on their role and Champion, has a proper position to take in anticipation of a bigger clash. These positions can shift and change situationally, so you have to be prepared to adapt at any given moment. This is primarily crucial for ADCs, but all other roles have to be adaptable as well.

The positions in a teamfight can be broadly divided into the frontline and backline. The former is reserved for Tanks, Bruisers, Fighters, and Initiators that will take the lead in the fight. The backline is exclusively for those that are squishy, vulnerable, and too vital to the team to have up front: ADCs, Supports, Enchanters, etc. The job of the guys in front is to soak up damage and set up the fight for those in the back. Sometimes the roles might be interchangeable, depending on the Champion roster, but the gist remains the same.

If you play as an ADC and want to dish out damage from a safe distance, keep to the backline. If you’re a Fighter looking to brawl head-to-head, stick to the front. It’s a basic concept that anyone in kindergarten would understand. Well, anyone except that Bot Lane that went 0/12 at minute 10 in your Platinum Promos. But, there’s salvation even for them if they commit to it.

Ability Preparation

Your abilities are not random buttons to be pressed and wasted. Too many people go into a fight with half their kit blown and then scream in the /all-chat about how OP the opposing side is. Maybe if you paid more attention to your Champion’s spells, you’d have more success in fights. This is a critical concept that will make or break your fights. Enemies will consistently try to bait out your best abilities. Take, for example, Vi’s Q, her Ultimate, or maybe even Malphite’s Ultimate. These spells are fundamental and crucial to the team’s success in a clash. Without them, they’re left handicapped or severely disadvantaged against a fully stacked opposing team.

Therefore, pay attention at all times to your abilities and spells. Ensure they’re off cooldown, and don’t spam randomly when the enemy is baiting. Try to tread their movements and behavior and deduce whether they’re baiting or overextending. The boundaries are blurred between the two sometimes.

Also, make sure you have your Summoner Spells up. Flash and Ignite are beyond useful in teamfights, especially the former. Without Flash, you’re limited in escape options. Unless you’re playing Champions with a myriad of escapes like Katarina, Irelia, etc., don’t fight without Flash. It’s suicidal or, at the very least–risky.

A Good Mentality Predicates Good Gameplay

You’ll have to focus on your gameplay for it to be worth anything. If you’re out of touch with yourself, your Champion, the game, and everything under the Sun, you won’t be able to perform up to standard. Therefore, keep your head cool and relaxed and try to communicate exactly what you want to do to your team. If everyone plays their cards correctly or at least communicates their intentions, the fight should swing in your direction if you don’t win it outright.

We’ve already covered How to Stay Calm in League of Legends, and I’d advise you to study that article in detail before taking on League of Legends again. It’s important for your health and performance that you keep your mentality cool. Everything else will follow suit. Don’t tilt. Don’t go crazy. Stay calm, play well.

Teamfighting With Jayce: Duality of Roles

Now that we have the basics laid out, we can look at Jayce individually. Everyone, including you and Jayce, is part of a broader picture. Individuality only goes so far and is very situational. Every play you make must be made for the team, not for yourself. Jayce also isn’t a Champion with a knack for doing things independently. He’ll most likely die if he overextends due to how squishy and immobile he is.

Jayce has two roles that he fulfills during each fight. He can play either from the frontline or the backline. This all depends on which form he’s currently in. Also, remember that he can switch between the two effortlessly. The spells in his respective kits don’t share cooldowns, and he can thus expend one and switch to the other and be ready to fight immediately. Jayce is a complex character and takes a while to get used to, so give time to studying his kit and its many intricacies.

Let’s take a look at how Jayce should behave based on his form.

The Frontline Hammer Bruiser

Jayce takes the spearhead right beside his Tank and main Initiator, and he will here act as more of an Assassin than a Bruiser. He has high base damage and focuses primarily on a single target. Though his melee abilities do AOE damage, his job here is to grab hold of an important enemy and burst them down quickly.

His Q is the crown jewel of his melee kit. It has insane damage and will serve as that initial burst that disrupts the enemy. You should activate your W when the fight starts and cast your Q on a vital enemy (or group) first. When you land your Q, strike quickly with your E at the target you wish to disrupt. The knockback is severe, so don’t save your enemy inadvertently by pushing them far away from you. There’s a saving grace here even if you do: you can switch to a ranged form and gun them down from a distance. Still, don’t bring yourself into situations that you don’t want. Sticking to your melee form is good during a close-range fight. The cooldowns are low, and you should be doing fine amid all the craze.

However, I’d say it’s also good that you go Cannon immediately after expending your abilities. You gain that extra movement speed and damage on your next attack, and you have a fully refreshed kit. After you’re done, you can switch back to the Hammer and rinse and repeat.

Jayce purchases many Ability Haste items that help bring his cooldowns down. By the time your R refreshes and you use the rest of your kit, the other stuff will be up again. It’s great, and you should play around it for maximum efficiency.

The Backline Cannon ADC

Perhaps the best way of playing Jayce in a teamfight is to start it off as a backline ADC. The thing is, Jayce’s amplified ranged Q can do massive AOE damage to the enemy from a vast distance. He can use it to poke people down before the fight even begins. Well-placed Jayce Qs can force the enemy into burning vital abilities, such as Heal or Barrier. With them down, the enemy team will be significantly disadvantaged, and your team will have much higher odds of winning the battle.

Jayce can also amplify the movement speeds of his team with his ranged E. This is amazing for boosting the Tanks and Initiators trying to make a move. It’s also nice to have when you’re routing the enemy Champions and can be vital for securing an ACE.

Additionally, Jayce can keep safe during the initial phase of the fight when most Assassins and dangerous opponents expend their most potent abilities. Jayce can then switch to a Hammer stance and pummel the enemies senseless. The best moment to do so would be immediately after the first bit of fighting goes down. Say the enemy has a Katarina or Malphite–you’d wait in the backlines until they’ve used their Ultimate and then engage with the full might of your melee combo.

Jayce is perfectly capable of one-shotting important targets in both of his stances. However, his melee form is much better due to its %HP-based damage. His E is an underrated ability that can shred health bars, and you don’t want to have a Malphite or similar disrupting your endeavors. Calculate the best moment of action and act accordingly.

Can Jayce Be an Initiator?

Jayce is, at most, a Bruiser/Fighter or Assassin. However, there are times when he might have such an advantage over his enemies that he may act as an Initiator for his team. Jayce can switch to his Hammer form and lead his team into an attack, taking the center for himself and using it to eviscerate enemy Champions completely.

This is highly situational. It depends on how big the gap is between yourself and the enemies. If you have several levels and items of advantage, I’d say it’s pretty beneficial. This is especially true in lower Divisions, where solo gameplay is the only way of winning a game. Use your lead to beat the enemies into submission and an early victory. You won’t have to struggle into the Late game and think about all the little things if you’ve won by minute 20.

Jayce can establish this lead early on, particularly against some Champions like Gwen or Renekton that Jayce can overwhelm in the Lane. Once he has that massive gap, he can purchase those insane Lethality items and make his way to the other Lanes. And the rest is pretty much just kills, kills, and more kills.

So, yes. He can be an Initiator and a leader in his team. Though, make sure you’re strong enough before trying to be one–Jayce can die quite easily.

A Top Laner’s Perspective on Playing Jayce

Jayce truly emphasizes the split personality disorders of Top Laners. They hate playing against Ranged Champions and pick Melees constantly (probably for the sole reason of complaining). Jayce, on the other hand, is both at once. So you could be that complaining Melee Bruiser while at the same time having the bully power of a Ranged Top Laner. It’s fun, and it’s addictive, and there are a few quirks that I love exploiting while playing him.

First off, having three bushes on the Top Lane is borderline insane with Jayce. Camping them and using them to break Vision is beyond good with him. You can efficiently utilize the short invisibility to re engage with a different ability kit or just camp in there for a lonesome Teemo or other critters to crawl their way to the Lane.

Next, regarding Teamfighting, I let things play out before going for a Melee engagement. I put in the effort to land most or all of my Ranged abilities to get the enemies to a more manageable HP level. If I’m way stronger, I’ll skip this part and go straight for the rushing and attacking since there’s zero counterplay to it in such circumstances.

And another thing: I think Jayce performs nicely in the new 2v2v2v2 League of Legends Game Mode, contrarians be damned. His mobility, versatility, and unpredictability allow for some juicy combos and fights. What else could you possibly want with a Champion? At any rate, I’d say I love Jayce, and those are my two cents with a decade of Top Laning under my belt.

Conclusion

And that was Jayce in all his teamfighting glory. He’s a capable AD Bruiser and Assassin that can rush toward his targets with murderous intent. He kills people quickly but dies quickly still, so players should keep in mind not to overextend themselves. Make sure to study the ways of the teamfight, as it isn’t a romp in a bar but a proper, team-oriented endeavor. Learn more by playing more–and by reading LeagueFeed. Good luck, and have fun on the Summoner’s Rift!