User blog comment:MageGallore/Jayce Mid?/@comment-9245010-20130715083820

Early on the hammer mana restore and some lifesteal/pots/flask gives you high sutain. Your full combo is phenomenal, and you have very high mobility to escape ganks (gate, ult speed, slow, knockback, while the hammer form utility is hard to use, with some practice it can help a lot). Later on you fall back at level 6 (you do not get that much from leveling ult btw, consider leaving it on level 1) to any champs with an impactful ult, so watch out not to die around that level. When you reach your rank 5 Q (you should level that) you will have phenomenal pokes with Accel Gate+Shock Blast (pretty basic combo of Jayce, use it to poke enemies into hell). Later you will be the main poke source of your team, but if they come closer, you can just switch to hammer form and do some burst to them. From now on it's just the basic: outharass if you can, deny with Shock Blast, try to zone them if they are melee. It is very useful in some comps (its poke is fantastic and has devastating effects in a teamfight too), while AP top helps a lot and makes enemy itemisation harder, in solo queue you might not be able to ask your teammates. Be sure to bring some burst damage on the table though, as your burst compasred to an assassin or a burst mage is a little low. While it is a completely viable midlaner, depending on your League, you may stomp or feed with him. Good luck :)