Talk:Jarvan IV/@comment-108.230.32.209-20120724010054/@comment-4929329-20120724064104

He's a hard one, unless you like spamming Q at him. Why? His W is like a better version of your passive because it resets his autoattack timer. His Q hits you when you try to engage or run away. His Passive hurts, too. E makes it hard to escape if you used EQ to get next to him, and R will beat yours even if he has almost no stacks on you.

How does one fight an enemy like this? Well, you can run Flat Armor seals and, if need be, glyphs as well (Jarvan has scaling magic resist, so it's not that big of a deal). ArPen reds and Quints to counter his armor is good, too.

Strategy-

He will get Decimate at level 1.

You will get Q at level 1. Why? Shield isn't useful at this point, and E's attack speed is irrelevant, his passive means more sustained dmg no matter what you do. the burst is lower, and it doesn't shred armor.

After he uses Decimate, walk up to him, Q and autoattack, he'll regret wasting his Decimate.

Lv2 Darius gets his Slow, so be careful trying to trade autoattacks, it can be very, very dangerous. You get your Flag though, and this is where things get interesting.

You wander too close when trying to last hit, and he hits you with Decimate. Ow. Don't autoattack him back, it's a waste of time. If he pulled minion aggro, use Q to reduce his armor.

This time you were silly and let him hit you then slow you. Decimate does 50% greater damage if you try to run, so don't. He's got minion aggro, so EQ for the knockup combo, it'll give you armor and atk speed, and the armor reduction from Q means your sustain damage is greater. If the enemy is smart, he'll walk away to use Decimate.

Lv6 hits. Did you get lv6 first? If so, then try to burst kill him ASAP, but not if you think he'll be able to hit 6 and ult you in time. Remember, Darius maxes his Decimate first, so if you sit next to him, it's actually better than running away, which is why Darius players invest so heavily in defence and Flat AD, they don't want to be sitting ducks.

If Darius hits lv6 first, shine his boots until your jungler comes or your lv6 comes, then you can be less paranoid. This is where Darius has deadly potential, because he's no longer a sitting duck, he can press R to chunk you after putting his passive's stacks onto you.

Here's where you might find a very strange item to be very useful. LISTEN CLOSELY: I am not sure if it works, but Quicksilver Sash may have the potential to remove his Passive, if timed properly, this could turn his ult into a very weak one. Please, I want to know if QSS removes his passive, could someone test this for me?