Talk:Jayce/@comment-24694352-20140316204910/@comment-7095057-20140424182409

From personal experience of playing nothing but Jayce top lately Jayce has surprised me quite a bit lately

He still has GREAT escapes. A well timed acceleration gate with a q behind you can force enemies back or allow for a counter when jumped on, or i lets him get out with low hp but not giving up a Q

His early game Hammer Q-Auto-E combo is monsterous for trading. Depending on the champion Jayce can trade with champions like Jax who like to go in with a Empowered Leap and run with Counter strike up, or attack a champion like Riven and get out with virtually no damage taken on his behalf.

The Cannon EQ combo is great harrass, and a nice follow up for his hammer combo.

He regens mana in hammer stance, which he can enter and safely farm easily due to bonus mr and armor, as well as his ability to counter trade

Jayce HAS great top lane viability even now in S4. He actively counters a lot of the current top meta (Renekton and Jax I'm looking at you two), and his damage scaling with Muramana lets him nuke tanks in the late game. He farms well, he trades well

His biggest downside is he's squishy, but that's solve by an early giants belt.