Champion sheet · Mid

Jayce

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

25.1%#15 of 173 champions

Pick: 10.6%picked in 1,910 of 18,058 games
Ban: 14.5%2,481 bans over 17,111 games, against 24.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid49.7% between 43.8% and 55.7% over 189 gamesSoloQ 49.5%: no clear gap

Median length29.4 minsoloQ 26 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Manamune, and Voltaic Cyclosword: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 92% of mid laners.DamageSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
0.7%
0.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
15.0%
SoloQ
24.4%
15.0% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 24.4% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.4 min
SoloQ
26 min
Median of 29.4 min in amateur play, against 26 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Stormraider's Surge, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Manamune, and Voltaic Cyclosword: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge62% · 3,030

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite48% · 2,322

Amateur: Flash + Teleport (51%), gap not settled

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 94 games

Core (3 legendaries)16% · 349

16%of soloQ games

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Manamune
Voltaic Cyclosword

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 92% of mid laners.

Team damagetop8%25% · mid laners: 21%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Damage
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 96 in lane, 48 in mid game and 57 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

611+84 vs 528

891-8 vs 899

1,196+17 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Jaycemid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 90% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 96 of 100 among mid laners611 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 48 of 100 among mid laners891 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners1,196 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 92 of 100 among mid laners+408 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 90 of 100 among mid laners+583 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 74 of 100 among mid laners4 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 51 of 100 among mid laners489 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 30 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 62 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 28 of 100 among mid lanersrank 28 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 33 of 100 among mid laners0.4 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 92 of 100 among mid laners25% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.