# Jarvan IV Counters Who counters Jarvan IV? Best and worst picks against Jarvan IV by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Jarvan IV in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/jarvaniv/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/jarvaniv/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Jarvan IV](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jarvaniv/) ## Page Content [Jarvan IV guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jarvaniv/) [Play against Jarvan IV](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jarvaniv/how-to-play-against/) [Jarvan IV counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jarvaniv/counters/) Best and worst picks against Jarvan IV in Jungle at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Zyra, Wukong and Sejuani beat Jarvan IV most often. Kha'Zix, Briar and Talon win the laning phase against Jarvan IV by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Jarvan IV Highest win rate versus Jarvan IV in Jungle. - 1 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 175 games 56.6% - 2 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 1,307 games 54.4% - 3 [Sejuani](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sejuani/) 370 games 54.0% - 4 [Master Yi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/) 1,270 games 53.8% - 5 [Kindred](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kindred/) 484 games 53.7% - 6 [Xin Zhao](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xinzhao/) 602 games 53.3% - 7 [Bel'Veth](https://baronbuff.com/champions/belveth/) 339 games 53.1% - 8 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 277 games 53.1% - 9 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 627 games 52.8% - 10 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 188 games 52.7% - 11 [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) 219 games 52.5% - 12 [Rammus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rammus/) 281 games 52.3% - 13 [Lillia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lillia/) 901 games 51.6% - 14 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 1,396 games 51.3% - 15 [Nocturne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/) 1,049 games 51.3% ## Worst picks against Jarvan IV Lowest win rate versus Jarvan IV in Jungle. - 1 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 330 games 43.6% - 2 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 165 games 44.9% - 3 [Rengar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rengar/) 507 games 45.0% - 4 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 120 games 45.0% - 5 [Fiddlesticks](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiddlesticks/) 170 games 45.3% - 6 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 150 games 45.3% - 7 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 731 games 46.2% - 8 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 1,594 games 46.3% - 9 [Ivern](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ivern/) 138 games 46.4% - 10 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 408 games 46.6% - 11 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 133 games 46.6% - 12 [Evelynn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/evelynn/) 381 games 47.0% - 13 [Nunu & Willump](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nunu/) 333 games 47.1% - 14 [Vi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vi/) 697 games 47.9% - 15 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 770 games 48.0% ## Best lane counters vs Jarvan IV Largest gold lead over Jarvan IV at 15 minutes in Jungle. - 1 [Kha'Zix](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/) 210 games +564 - 2 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 404 games +445 - 3 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 168 games +371 - 4 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 526 games +305 - 5 [Master Yi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/) 446 games +255 - 6 [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) 558 games +251 - 7 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 755 games +239 - 8 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 109 games +208 - 9 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 129 games +164 - 10 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 178 games +160 - 11 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 341 games +152 - 12 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 245 games +129 - 13 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 162 games +96 - 14 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 274 games +89 - 15 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 313 games +84 ## How to play against Jarvan IV Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Track his early path before pushing past the river. Save mobility for his E-Q knockup, especially when his R can trap you after level 6. - Ward his side entrances before objectives and avoid face-checking narrow river paths. Punish the opposite side when he shows without enough farm or tempo. - Keep carries outside his flash-R range and hold peel for the follow-up knockup. Turn the fight after he traps one target and loses access to the backline. ## Where Jarvan IV is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Jarvan IV commits deeply when he engages, so failed knockups leave him trapped beside priority targets. - Jarvan IV's arena can isolate enemies, but mobility and terrain tools turn it into wasted commitment. ## Jarvan IV counters: questions ### Who counters Jarvan IV in Jungle? At Gold+, Zyra (56.6%), Wukong (54.4%) and Sejuani (54.0%) have the highest win rates against Jarvan IV. ### Who does Jarvan IV counter? Jarvan IV wins most often against Dr. Mundo (43.6%), Pantheon (44.9%) and Rengar (45.0%). ### Who wins lane against Jarvan IV? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Kha'Zix (+564), Briar (+445) and Talon (+371) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Jarvan IV. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Jungle Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jungle/) - [Kha'Zix counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/counters/) - [Briar counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)