User blog comment:Usiar/Jayce -- Too much free damage?/@comment-86.96.226.15-20120715104858/@comment-3067750-20120717145531

Free damage is basically the Base Damage provided by the ability itself, you don't have to do anything to increase that damage other than rank up the ability.

ie: Olaf's Reckless Swing is almost free damage, but it damages himself each use.

Also, where did i imply that iv lost to a Jayce? Ever think from the other side of the field where someone did so well with a champ that they felt it needed to be rebalanced? Its not always the people who lose with a champ that say its OP, sometimes its the people who are winning with that champ who say that it is OP.

Even with that said, I'm not saying he's overpowered, just that Riot tried to make a champion that could go one of two paths (DPS or Tank), but instead because of how close those paths are to each other, the only truly worthwhile option is to take the path down the center (Bruiser).

Moving some of Jayce's Base Damage into his Scaling Damage allows players who choose to take that DPS path to be rewarded alot more for sacrificing durability.