Jarvan IV — LoL Classic counters & build

Who beats Jarvan IV in League of Legends: Classic, who Jarvan IV beats, and the Season 3 items, runes and masteries to run jungle, top. Patch 26.17.

Jarvan IV is weak against

Gangplank jungle
Remove Scurvy cleanses your knockup and he walks out of the arena.
Olaf jungle
Ragnarok walks straight out of Cataclysm. Your ult is a gift to him.
Nasus jungle
Wither ruins the dive and he outscales you comfortably.

Jarvan IV is strong against

Karthus jungle
Cataclysm traps him and interrupts Requiem, and he cannot walk out of the walls.
Ashe jungle
Flag and drag closes onto an immobile ADC and the ult isolates her from her team.
Evelynn jungle
You outduel her and the ult stops her disengaging from the fight.

Jarvan IV Season 3 build

Start:

Hunter's MacheteHealth Potion ×5

Core:

Wriggle's LanternSpirit of the Elder LizardAtma's Impaler

Atma's converts the health you build for surviving your own ult into real damage.

Jarvan IV rune page

9× Mark of Attack Damage9× Seal of Armor9× Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist3× Quintessence of Attack Speed

Attack speed quints are the Season 3 jungle clear stat - the camps take real damage and Wriggle's procs more often. Armor seals are mandatory for monster damage.

Jarvan IV masteries

21/9/0 Offense. Bladed Armor is the jungle-only node: it returns damage to monsters and speeds every clear.

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