Talk:Jarvan IV/@comment-4900160-20150106204544

The more I play support J4, the more I think it's actually strong. Notice I'm not saying "viable", but downright "strong".

Think about it. Try it. You'll see by yourself that it's very close to what Leona is, and J4 can arguably do better than her in some situations. Even if he has inferior peel and lockdown potential, it is compensated by (far) superior damage and utility in the form of armor shred (further enhanced by a potential Black Cleaver, which is actually a fairly decent support item in this case), uncleansable CC (not even reduced by tenacity), and an AS aura which helps a lot during teamfights, but also when taking down objectives.

The superior damage may seem unsignificant, but not only it always help to have 5 people dishing out the pain instead of 4, doing actual damage means the enemy support will always have to retreat when you are fighting with them 1v1 over that goddam pink-warded-bush. That happens way more frequently than you might think, at any stage of the game. The fact that you do some damage also allows you to make some plays otherwise impossible, like securing a kill, which Jarva,n excells at thanks to his insane chase potential. It make playing the support role way more rewarding since you have a much stringer impact on the outcome of a fight.

Jarvan can also dash through walls without an enemy champion as a target, making escaping a stinky situation easier, which happens a lot when you go warding, when Leona would have simply died trying to reach her teammates.

The Fresh Prince of Demacia is also a perfect candidate for a Zeke's Herald.

Oh, and I forgot to mention: your jungler will appreciate the massive chunk of hp you will remove from the first jungle monster thanks to your passive.

''Suggested build: Face of the Mountain, Boots of choice (I like Mercs), Ruby Sightstone, Black Cleaver. Then two defensive items of choice. I recommend getting the 21 points in defensive masteries, as well as defensive runes, with armor pen reds and quints. Exhaust as a summoner to improve peeling capability. Flash is pretty obvious.''