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Jarvan_IV
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Jarvan_IV

Verified across 3 sourcesLast updated · 2026-05-26
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Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
Open questions (4)
  1. 01~~Build path~~ — answered for 7.1d/e in [[#Build (Jungler.GG, 7.1d)]] and [[#Build (WR Meta, 7.1e)]] (2026-05-26)
  2. 02~~Rune setup~~ — answered alongside builds above (2026-05-26)
  3. 03Power-spike timings
  4. 04Specific matchups
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Tier history

7 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1ehellsdeviljungleC−42026-05-19
7.1ehellsdevilbaronC=2026-05-19
7.1eroyaljungleA−22026-05-17
7.1ditzstu4rtjungleA·2026-05-08
7.1droyaljungleS·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdeviljungleS·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdevilbaronC·2026-05-08
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Builds

2 sources + cross-source synthesis
Jungler.GGaggregator statspatch 7.1d
WR51.24%PR5.36%BR0.65%
Items (in order)
Trinity Force
Trinity ForceWell-Rounded
  • +333 Max Health
  • +30 Attack Damage
  • +30% Attack Speed
  • +20 Ability Haste

Fervor: +5% Move Speed.

Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to 200% base AD(1.5s Cooldown). Damage is reduced vs structures.

Valor: Attacks grant 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds. Bonuses do not stack. Ranged champions gain halved values.

3333 gold
Plated Steelcaps
Plated SteelcapsReduces Physical Damage
  • +150 Max Health
  • +50% Health Regen
  • +20 Armor
  • +45 Move Speed.
900 gold
Radiant Virtue
Radiant VirtueHeal allies upon casting your ultimate ability.
  • +300 Max Health
  • +45 Armor
  • +15 Ability Haste

Guiding Light: Upon casting your ultimate ability, you Transcend, increasing your max Health by 10% for 6s. While Transcended, allied champions within 1,200 units of you heal for 2.5% of your max Health per second over the duration. (60s cooldown) If you're a ranged champion, heals granted are reduced by 50%.

2850 gold
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's GageTaking damage triggers a shield
  • +400 Max Health

Heavy Handed: +50% base Attack Damage as bonus Attack Damage.

Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield that equal to 75% of your bonus health that decays over 3 seconds (90s Cooldown).

Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size, empowers you, removes all crowd control effects on you (except Airborne), and grants 30% Tenacity for 4 seconds.

3200 gold
Force of Nature
Force of NatureStacking Magic Resist and Move Speed
  • +350 Max Health
  • +60 Magic Resistance

Storm: +5% Move Speed.

Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%.

2750 gold
Thornmail
ThornmailReflects damage and reduces enemy healing
  • +200 Max Health
  • +75 Armor

Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 2% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.

Entwine: Aply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damge to them.

2700 gold
Runes
Conqueror
KeystoneConqueror
ConquerorKeystone

Basic attacks and abilities generate stacks of Conqueror on enemy champions hit, up to one per attack or cast. Each stack of Conqueror lasts 6 seconds and grants 3 - 7 (based on level) bonus (Adaptive) Attack Damage 4 - 12 (based on level) or Ability Power 4 - 11 (based on level), stacking up to 6 times, for a maximum of 12 - 36 (based on level) bonus Attack Damage or 18 - 54 (based on level) Ability Power (Adaptive). While fully stacked, gain 8 % melle ( 5% ranged) Physical Vamp and Magical Vamp. Adaptive Damage: Deals either physical or magic damage depending on your bonus stats, defaulting based on the origin of the effect.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Unshakeable
UnshakeableMinor · Resolve

Gain 4% Armor and Magic Resist. For every 1 enemy champion nearby, gain an additional 3% Armor and Magic Resist. If the max number of enemy champions are nearby (max: 3), you also gain 20% Slow Resist.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Bone Plating
Bone PlatingMinor · Resolve

Blocks damage from the next triggering champion attack and 2 more attacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Second Wind
Second WindMinor · Resolve

Gain 5 health every 5 seconds. After taking damage from an enemy champion regenerate 6 (+2% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Nullifying Orb
Nullifying OrbMinor · Resolve

If you take damage from a champion that causes your health to fall below 35%, gain a shield that absorbs 60 - 180 (with level up) for 4 seconds. (60 second cooldown)

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Overgrowth
OvergrowthMinor · Resolve

When 1 monster or 2 minions are killed nearby, permanently gain 3 Max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains bonus 3% Max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Perseverance
PerseveranceMinor · Resolve

Gain 10% tenacity. While immobilized, gain 15 - 25 armor and magic resistance for 1.5 seconds. Refresh duration when immobilized multiple times.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Triumph
TriumphMinor · Precision

Champion takedowns restore 10% of missing Health and 10% of max Mana and Energy and grant 35 Movement Speed for 2s.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
QWE
Spells
FlashFlashSmiteSmite

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-junglergg-jarvan-iv-build-7.1d|Jungler.GG]] · sampling: mid-to-high-elo ranked games.

Favorable matchups: Zyra, Zed, Nidalee, Jayce, Volibear, Rengar, Kayn, Ambessa, Malphite, Lee Sin, Fiddlesticks, Nunu & Willump, Nocturne, Rammus, Talon

WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR51.13%PR6.96%BR0.42%
Items (in order)
Trinity Force
Trinity ForceWell-Rounded
  • +333 Max Health
  • +30 Attack Damage
  • +30% Attack Speed
  • +20 Ability Haste

Fervor: +5% Move Speed.

Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to 200% base AD(1.5s Cooldown). Damage is reduced vs structures.

Valor: Attacks grant 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds. Bonuses do not stack. Ranged champions gain halved values.

3333 gold
Plated Steelcaps
Plated SteelcapsReduces Physical Damage
  • +150 Max Health
  • +50% Health Regen
  • +20 Armor
  • +45 Move Speed.
900 gold
Radiant Virtue
Radiant VirtueHeal allies upon casting your ultimate ability.
  • +300 Max Health
  • +45 Armor
  • +15 Ability Haste

Guiding Light: Upon casting your ultimate ability, you Transcend, increasing your max Health by 10% for 6s. While Transcended, allied champions within 1,200 units of you heal for 2.5% of your max Health per second over the duration. (60s cooldown) If you're a ranged champion, heals granted are reduced by 50%.

2850 gold
Goredrinker
GoredrinkerDeal damage in an area

Thirsting Slash (Active): Deal 230% base as physical damage to nearby enemies. Restore Health equal to 20% plus 12% missing for each enemy champion hit. (15s cooldown)

500 gold
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's GageTaking damage triggers a shield
  • +400 Max Health

Heavy Handed: +50% base Attack Damage as bonus Attack Damage.

Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield that equal to 75% of your bonus health that decays over 3 seconds (90s Cooldown).

Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size, empowers you, removes all crowd control effects on you (except Airborne), and grants 30% Tenacity for 4 seconds.

3200 gold
Frozen Heart
Frozen HeartReduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed
  • +80 Armor
  • +200 Max Mana
  • +25 Ability Haste

Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks.

2700 gold
Runes
Conqueror
KeystoneConqueror
ConquerorKeystone

Basic attacks and abilities generate stacks of Conqueror on enemy champions hit, up to one per attack or cast. Each stack of Conqueror lasts 6 seconds and grants 3 - 7 (based on level) bonus (Adaptive) Attack Damage 4 - 12 (based on level) or Ability Power 4 - 11 (based on level), stacking up to 6 times, for a maximum of 12 - 36 (based on level) bonus Attack Damage or 18 - 54 (based on level) Ability Power (Adaptive). While fully stacked, gain 8 % melle ( 5% ranged) Physical Vamp and Magical Vamp. Adaptive Damage: Deals either physical or magic damage depending on your bonus stats, defaulting based on the origin of the effect.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Unshakeable
UnshakeableMinor · Resolve

Gain 4% Armor and Magic Resist. For every 1 enemy champion nearby, gain an additional 3% Armor and Magic Resist. If the max number of enemy champions are nearby (max: 3), you also gain 20% Slow Resist.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Bone Plating
Bone PlatingMinor · Resolve

Blocks damage from the next triggering champion attack and 2 more attacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Overgrowth
OvergrowthMinor · Resolve

When 1 monster or 2 minions are killed nearby, permanently gain 3 Max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains bonus 3% Max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Triumph
TriumphMinor · Precision

Champion takedowns restore 10% of missing Health and 10% of max Mana and Energy and grant 35 Movement Speed for 2s.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
QEW
Spells
FlashFlashSmiteSmite

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-jarvan-iv-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Mercury's Treads instead of Plated Steelcaps vs heavy magic damage
  • Stoneplate Enchant replaces Goredrinker for defensive playstyle
  • Force of Nature vs heavy magic damage
  • Thornmail vs sustained physical damage
  • Randuin's Omen vs crit damage

Counters / threats: Warwick, Evelynn, Viego, Master Yi, Hecarim, Poppy, Kindred

Build divergence notescross-source synthesis

Consensus across both aggregators

  • Keystone: Conqueror
  • Core items: Trinity Force → Plated Steelcaps → Radiant Virtue → Sterak's Gage (all four show up in both top builds)
  • Build identity: Bruiser/tank-fighter, not pure tank

Where the aggregators diverge

  • Skill order: Jungler.GG → Q > W > E. WR Meta → Q > E > W.
  • Items 4-6: Jungler.GG → Sterak's Gage · Force of Nature · Thornmail (one canonical late game). WR Meta → Goredrinker boot enchant · Sterak's Gage · Frozen Heart, with Force of Nature / Thornmail / Randuin's as explicit situational swaps.
  • Late-game flex: WR Meta enumerates an explicit situational pool; Jungler.GG publishes one canonical build.
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