User blog comment:Usiar/Jayce -- Too much free damage?/@comment-72.78.84.93-20120715194754/@comment-3067750-20120716114820

Thats pretty much what other champions have to do... They have to itemize for damage if they aim to deal heavy damage. Not to mention that this is what some other "nerfs" were aimed at -- reducing a champion's ability to deal large amounts of damage without itemizing for it.

As for his tankyness? That all lies within the build itself. If you build and play Jayce as a tank then so be it. You just won't deal Carry-level Damage (and you shouldn't). If you build and play Jayce as a carry, go for it, but you won't be as durable as a tank (and again, you shouldn't)