Talk:Jarvan IV/@comment-5763148-20150626162258/@comment-26001789-20150629090650

It depends, really.

Jarvan already has a lot of inbuilt damage on his kit so building him tanky ensures that you can always do your own combo and deal damage while building him damage you increases your overall burst but not if you will be able to do your combo.

Typically in the Jungle you will always want to build tanky to allow other carry roles such as Top and Bottom Lane to get fed but TopLane Jarvan wants to actually carry a game and will usually build full damage(Infinity Edge included) while Jungle will only ever get Black Cleaver or Hydra as very late 4th/5th items, priotizing things such as Locket of the Iron Solari, Cinderhulk, Randuins and Righteous Glory/Frozen Heart.