Jayce vs Darius in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his E is the whole matchup — don't get hit by it while you harass, and beware he can buffer it when you bump him. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPJAYCEthe Defender of Tomorrow

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPDARIUSthe Hand of Noxus

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Skill matchupPre-6 nullPost-6 nullTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Don't eat his E

When you crash and harass, do not get hit by his E — the first one to misuse his E loses the lane hard.

Punish a wasted E

If he wastes his E, jump him and abuse your melee E + Stormraider's Surge — but don't overdo it, he mustn't catch back even with Ghost.

Slowpush the bounce

He can't stop you crashing a big slowpush — build one on the bounce and pressure him to misplay while he's CSing.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never let him Q both you and the wave — that's the only thing that stops your big slowpush from crashing.

Runes

SORCERY

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 54% WR - 1.3k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
		W							W	W		W	W
			E											E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→W→E

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