Talk:Jarvan IV/@comment-5185966-20120715201544/@comment-4929329-20120716225130

Let me enlighten you on Solo Top Jarvan:

Step 1: Farm.

That's all solo top is, nothing new there.

How do you go about farming with a Riven or Darius sitting there?

Darius is easily ganked, no, really, I had a lv4 Warwick gank him once, and it worked. (Red Buff too stronk) Other than that, you outrange him, and can escape him. Build a tiny bit of armor while focusing on one of two things - Damage, Sustain. Dmg makes you outtrade him due to range, and sustain just means you sit in top for ages. Dmg is usually the safe way to go, because sustain forces you to lay back while he builds dmg.

Riven. Honestly, just force her to buy something like Last Whisper. Just kidding, very bad idea because it fits into her build so well, meaning you won't win trades, won't outfarm her, and ultimately will die to tower diving. Jarvan is rare because he can just build dmg to counter people. You can poke with Q all day long. Escaping her is really, really easy. Since she'll be building only dmg, you Sheen + Phage or whatever will force her to play safely since you have so much CC. Once you rack up enough dmg on her, show her who's boss by kicking her out of the lane or killing her. RIVEN CAN BUILD LOTS OF LIFESTEAL THOUGH! SUSTAIN TOO STRONK. Do you have any idea how expensive Bloodthirster is? ANY IDEA!? It'll be 28min or so after she gets her first Vamp Scepter that she'll have the 2 Bloodthirsters, boots, and other AD items. If she's rushing lifesteal, her AD will be lacking, so just harass more.

Does that help?