Talk:Jarvan IV/@comment-58.179.30.183-20120526093957/@comment-4917717-20120526203410

Rank Q for better harass during laning, since E doesn't apply bonus ad and doesn't have a scaling cooldown. Rank Q against characters you want to harass hard(sustainers, ranged AP chars, and characters you don't want to brawl with). Rank Q against hard pushers, since it will be your best tool for wave clearing. Rank Q to escape ganks more, since using it offensively won't hurt you as bad thanks to scaling cooldowns.

Rank E for better brawling throughout laning and the early mid-game Rank E for mixed damage during laning phase, since it deals magic damage. Rank E against people doing mostly AD. Rank E to steal camps better(though this rarely is a factor when you're top). Rank E for more applications of your bonus AD in-lane, as Q has scaling mana costs. Rank E if you want to combo them more often, as your combo will cost less. Rank E to survive ganks more without having your combo up against AD opponents.

All-in-all I tend to rank Q when against people I don't want to get close to early laning, characters I'm confident against and/or characters that aren't hurt much by increasing my armor. Nasus, Warwick, Kennen, and Olaf are some of the chars I rank Q against. I tend to rank E when I'm building heavy AD early-game, against people I expect to lane decently against me, characters that will be hurt by an increase in armor and/or characters that will need some face time to hurt. Examples are Riven, Nidalee, GP and Tryn.

Against Nasus rank Q, hit him every time it comes up, pop him up once he's at around half. Easy lane. His sustain will never keep up with your damage and it'll make him choose between sustain and safety, since he has to hit minions outside of last-hitting to really get anything meaningful out of his passive. Also don't be too afraid of hitting him in the face early-game, especially first level. Your passive is awesome for hitting people once and running away and Nasus has to stand next to creeps to be viable. Easy lane if you aren't afraid of Nasus.