# Jayce Counters Who counters Jayce? Best and worst picks against Jayce by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Jayce in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) ## Page Content [Jayce guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) [Play against Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/how-to-play-against/) [Jayce counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/counters/) Best and worst picks against Jayce in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Poppy, Tahm Kench and Olaf beat Jayce most often. Irelia, Yorick and Illaoi win the laning phase against Jayce by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Jayce Highest win rate versus Jayce in Top. - 1 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 160 games 65.6% - 2 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 281 games 59.1% - 3 [Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) 490 games 58.8% - 4 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 201 games 58.7% - 5 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 2,020 games 58.6% - 6 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 207 games 58.5% - 7 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 132 games 57.6% - 8 [Ornn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ornn/) 446 games 57.2% - 9 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 404 games 56.9% - 10 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 218 games 56.0% - 11 [Camille](https://baronbuff.com/champions/camille/) 537 games 55.5% - 12 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 265 games 55.5% - 13 [Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) 273 games 55.3% - 14 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 149 games 55.0% - 15 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 1,147 games 55.0% ## Worst picks against Jayce Lowest win rate versus Jayce in Top. - 1 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 425 games 45.6% - 2 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 270 games 46.7% - 3 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 172 games 47.1% - 4 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 297 games 47.5% - 5 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 538 games 48.0% - 6 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 366 games 48.1% - 7 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 559 games 48.1% - 8 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 110 games 48.2% ## Best lane counters vs Jayce Largest gold lead over Jayce at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 214 games +1,029 - 2 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 203 games +687 - 3 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 101 games +415 - 4 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 108 games +158 - 5 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 172 games +142 - 6 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 111 games +130 - 7 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 412 games +113 - 8 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 136 games +103 - 9 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 185 games +60 - 10 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 120 games +19 ## How to play against Jayce Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Trade after his ranged Q misses or his E is down, before he can disengage and reset spacing. - Call for help when his lane ward is used in a bush, because his river coverage is weaker. - Defend side towers quickly after winning fights so his split push cannot recover gold. - Avoid spending defensive mobility while his speed boost is active; wait until he actually commits. - Dodge poke before objectives, then force the fight before he gets repeated Q attempts. ## Where Jayce is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Jayce's pressure depends on landing poke before fights, so dodging his ranged burst forces weaker melee commits. - He is fragile after switching forward, making extended fights dangerous when his disengage tools are unavailable. ## Jayce counters: questions ### Who counters Jayce in Top? At Gold+, Poppy (65.6%), Tahm Kench (59.1%) and Olaf (58.8%) have the highest win rates against Jayce. ### Who does Jayce counter? Jayce wins most often against Akali (45.6%), Urgot (46.7%) and Vayne (47.1%). ### Who wins lane against Jayce? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+1,029), Yorick (+687) and Illaoi (+415) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Jayce. ### 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. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Yorick counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/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)