Jayce Top, patch 16.11. Below you'll find Jayce's build, runes, toughest counters, strongest duos, and win conditions, every number measured from current-patch Emerald+ ranked games.
Jayce is an AD caster in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 49.8% win rate, 5.1% pick rate, 59,559 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Jayce is front-loaded: at peak strength early and falling off the longer the game runs, so the win condition is to convert early pressure into objectives and leads before the 25-minute mark.
How Jayce wins: sieging objectives and turrets with sustained pressure, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 8/10 siege, 7/10 waveclear. Jayce's soft spots are engage (3/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Youmuu's Ghostblade, Manamune, Voltaic Cyclosword, which holds a 55.4% win rate across 2,780 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.
The matchup to respect is Swain, where Jayce sits at just 39.0%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (58.9%), and on the team side, Jayce gains the most from a Neeko (+11.2% pair win rate).
Jayce's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
The picks Jayce Top struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Champions whose presence raises Jayce's win rate most as Top, by pair WR delta over Jayce's solo performance.
Jayce is also played in these other roles this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Jayce's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.