Jarvan IV

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Comp identity — Jungle

Leans Attack — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Attacknatural · 80%
Catchworkable · 50%
Splitforced · 20%
Jarvan IV brings the frontline and engage that start the 5v5. Enough Catch and Split sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Passive Martial Cadence deals bonus true-percent-health physical damage (8% current HP, 20-400 range vs non-champions) on basic attacks, giving him strong burst against tanky targets.

Kit quirks

Passive Martial Cadence deals bonus true-percent-health physical damage (8% current HP, 20-400 range vs non-champions) on basic attacks, giving him strong burst against tanky targets
Q (Dragon Strike) that connects with his own planted flag (E) triggers a dash-and-knockup, meaning his engage combo is a two-part flag-then-lance sequence rather than a single-button dash
R (Cataclysm) creates impassable arena terrain around the target for 3.5 seconds with self-displacement-immunity during the leap, and can be recast early to collapse the terrain

How Jarvan IV actually performs in ranked solo queue · 164 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Jungle50% WR · 159.7 games
Support51% WR · 3.1 games
Top50% WR · 0.5 games
Bot50% WR · 0.5 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

Lee SinJungle+0%

Hardest matchups

No losing matchups recorded.

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Jarvan IV's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Jarvan IV beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.

Ocean62%vs 63% avg-1pp94g

Hextech69%vs 62% avg+7pp84g

Mountain (Earth)58%vs 59% avg-2pp83g

Cloud58%vs 60% avg-2pp81g

Chemtech65%vs 62% avg+2pp79g

Infernal72%vs 60% avg+12pp71g

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Jarvan IV (Jarvan Lightshield IV) — The Exemplar of Demacia

Class: Diver
Resource: Mana
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Physical
Positions: Jungle
Released: 2011-03-01 (V1.0.0.112)
Last changed: V25.19
Price: 1,575 BE · 790 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	640	+104	2408
Health regen (per 5s)	8	+0.7	19.9
Mana	300	+55	1235
Mana regen (per 5s)	6.5	+0.45	14.15
Armor	36	+4.6	114.2
Magic resist	32	+2.05	66.85
Attack damage	64	+3	115
Attack speed	0.658	+2.5%	0.938
Attack speed ratio	0.658
Attack range	175
Movement speed	340

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 600
Selection height: 100
Selection radius: 125
Pathing radius: 35
Attack delay offset: -0.1246

ARAM: damage dealt ×1 · damage taken ×1

One for All: damage dealt ×0.95

Swiftplay: armor per level -0.5

Ultimate Spellbook: damage dealt ×0.95

Abilities

Passive

Martial Cadence

Target immunity: 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 (based on level)

Innate: Jarvan IV's basic attacks are empowered to deal bonus physical damage equal to 8% of the target's current health, with a minimum threshold of 20 and capped at 400 against non- champion targets.

This effect cannot occur on the same target more than once every few seconds.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: Blocked

Notes (4)

Martial Cadence's damage is based on the current health of the target before any damage of the attack has been dealt.
Martial Cadence's damage is dealt after the main attack damage.
If the target dies to the main attack damage, the additional damage will not be dealt.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures.

Dragon Strike

Cost: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 ManaCooldown: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6Cast time: 0.4Range: 65 – 785 • 0 – 850Collision radius: 180Width: 136 • 300

Active: Jarvan IV extends his lance in the target direction, dealing physical damage to enemies hit and inflicting them with armor reduction for 3 seconds.

Physical Damage: 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 (+ 145% bonus AD)
Armor Reduction: 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26% of target's armor

If the lance connects with a deployed Demacian Standard, Jarvan IV dashes to its location, knocking up nearby enemies around him and along his path for 0.75 seconds.

Jarvan IV can cast any of his abilities during the dash.

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: BlockedGrounded: Not DisabledKnockdown: Interrupted

Notes (8)

The armor reduction is applied after the damage. The damage dealt does not benefit from it in this case.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.
Dragon Strike will still pull Jarvan IV to Demacian Standard even if he is immobilized or grounded.
Flash will interrupt the dash to a Demacian Standard but Jarvan IV will still knock up at the new location.
Casting Flash right before the dash begins will cause Jarvan IV to be pulled to the flag from the new position.
Enemies already hit by Dragon Strike cannot be affected more than once.
The knockup also slightly moves the target, landing 50–100 units in a random direction.
If Dragon Strike hits multiple Demacian Standards in the range, it will pull Jarvan IV to the one furthest from his position.

Map-specific differences (1)

Base damage changed to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230.

Golden Aegis

Cost: 30 ManaCooldown: 9Cast time: noneEffect radius: 600

Active: Jarvan IV slows all nearby enemies for 2 seconds.

Slow: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%

Jarvan IV also grants himself a shield for 4 seconds, increased by 1.3% of his maximum health for each enemy champion hit by Golden Aegis.

Shield Strength: 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 (+ 70% bonus AD)

Targeting input: AutoAffects: Self, EnemiesSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (2)

Golden Aegis deals no damage and thus does not trigger turret aggro, or effects such as Elixir of Sorcery and Sudden Impact's activation.
Golden Aegis will activate combat status despite not dealing any damage.

Demacian Standard

Cost: 55 ManaCooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10Cast time: noneTarget range: 860Effect radius: 200 • 1000 • 700

Passive: Jarvan IV gains bonus attack speed.

Bonus Attack Speed: 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30%

Active: Jarvan IV throws a Demacian flag to the target location, dealing magic damage to enemies within the area.

Magic Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 80% AP)

The flag then remains for 8 seconds, granting sight of its surroundings and providing an aura that grants Demacian Standard's passive bonus attack speed to all nearby allied champions as well as Jarvan IV himself.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (clamped)Affects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (6)

The attack speed granted from a deployed Demacian Standard stacks additively with Demacian Standard's passive permanent bonus attack speed to Jarvan IV, but the aura from multiple Demacian Standards does not stack.
Jarvan IV gains a total of 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% bonus attack speed from Demacian Standard while near the flag.
The flag has a 13.6 pathing radius and a 65 gameplay radius.
The gameplay radius matters to Dragon Strike.
Demacian Standard can be targeted by allied abilities ( Teleport, Safeguard). The target type is the same as a minion.
Demacian Standard is untargetable to enemies.

Map-specific differences (1)

AP ratio changed to 140% AP.

Cataclysm

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 120 / 105 / 90Cast time: noneTarget range: 650Effect radius: 350 • 1700Speed: Distance to target ÷ 0.35 sImpassable perimeter: 255 • 445

Active: Jarvan IV leaps with displacement immunity to the target enemy champion's location over 0.35 seconds, dealing physical damage to all nearby enemies upon arrival.

Physical Damage: 200 / 325 / 450 (+ 180% bonus AD)

Upon impact, he creates a circle of impassable terrain that knocks aside enemies within the perimeter over 0.15 seconds, knocking them out of the circle if they are on the outer edge and pulling them in otherwise. The terrain lasts for 3.5 seconds and grants sight of the area. Cataclysm can be recast after 0.75 seconds while the terrain is present.

Recast: Jarvan IV destroys the terrain created by Cataclysm.

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalMinion Aggro: DrawnSpell shield: See NotesGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: Not Interrupted

Notes (7)

The initial cast and the manual recast count as ability activations for the purposes of on-cast effects such as Spellblade and triggering Force Pulse's passive.
If the ability is not manually recasted, the secondary effect will trigger without being considered as an ability activation.
Spell shield will block the damage but not the terrain generation.
If Jarvan IV's leap is interrupted by another by another forced movement (eg. old Skarner's Impale[1]), the terrain will be generated at Jarvan IV's location when the forced movement ends.
Cataclysm will not deal damage, generate terrain, nor refund its cooldown if Jarvan IV is killed while leaping.
The perimeter is made up of 24 units with 95 pathing radius, 65 gameplay radius and 1350 sight radius each. Only every other unit is rendered visible.
Ornn's Searing Charge will not destroy the whole ring but only the part that Ornn collides with.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Cataclysm

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 120 / 105 / 90Cast time: noneTarget range: 650Effect radius: 350 • 1700Speed: Distance to target ÷ 0.35 sImpassable perimeter: 255 • 445

Active: Jarvan IV leaps with displacement immunity to the target enemy champion's location over 0.35 seconds, dealing physical damage to all nearby enemies upon arrival.

Physical Damage: 200 / 325 / 450 (+ 180% bonus AD)

Recast: Jarvan IV destroys the terrain created by Cataclysm.

Notes (7)

The initial cast and the manual recast count as ability activations for the purposes of on-cast effects such as Spellblade and triggering Force Pulse's passive.
If the ability is not manually recasted, the secondary effect will trigger without being considered as an ability activation.
Spell shield will block the damage but not the terrain generation.
If Jarvan IV's leap is interrupted by another by another forced movement (eg. old Skarner's Impale[1]), the terrain will be generated at Jarvan IV's location when the forced movement ends.
Cataclysm will not deal damage, generate terrain, nor refund its cooldown if Jarvan IV is killed while leaping.
The perimeter is made up of 24 units with 95 pathing radius, 65 gameplay radius and 1350 sight radius each. Only every other unit is rendered visible.
Ornn's Searing Charge will not destroy the whole ring but only the part that Ornn collides with.