Talk:Jarvan IV/@comment-80.57.76.127-20120528172730/@comment-4677525-20120529035955

I predominantly play Jarvan as a jungler (I am planning on getting back into solo-topping with him soon, though).

He is pretty damn good. He's not the fastest jungler out there but his speed actually gets noticeably faster as the game progresses (particularly with Wriggles). He is also an extremely safe pick and resilient against counterjungling; one E->Q over the wall and only Lee Sin can really catch you. But the 2 reasons to pick Jungle Jarvan above all else are his extremely strong ganks and his exceptional team-fight transition.

I honestly that Jarvan is among the strongest gankers in the game, which is why I play him in the jungle instead of top - I feel his disruption can't be used to its full potential solo-top. Granted he gets more farmed up there and has a lot better matchups, but when I jungle Jarv it almost consistently leads to at least 2 of the lanes getting completely shut down early game instead of just 1 (with solo-top Jarvan). Also, Jarvan is one of the few champs in the game that can perform incredible level 2 ganks (really only Alistar exceeds Jarvan in terms of level 2 ganks imo - hence why Alistar is getting banned more frequently in competitive play).

When he gets to level 6...well then the real fun starts :). Honestly, Nautilus and Alistar are already being valued as top competitive jungle picks and, because Jarvan is getting play A LOT in the Korean LoL scene (both solotop and jungle) I predict it will only be a matter of time before he storms back into the forefront of competitive LoL.