Talk:Jayce/@comment-26128186-20170221065556/@comment-26203093-20170222035211

Well if we're to simplify; he has a reliance on poke to get you out of lane, so sustain and durability can just have him wasting mana.

Fiora is inherently a skill matchup, but the entire problem about being melee against him is he knocks you away; time the riposte, and he's pretty much screwed. Don't, and you might dash away before taking too much damage. But that wasn't in your kit, so eh...

Malphite should outlast him, though prepare for boredom.

Zed should be able to counter poke, while staying behind wave, and when ult comes up, completely mess him up due to the burst, and not caring that much about the knockback.

His kit I basically see as something you want to outlast in lane, and counter later, though, because of his lane strength. Like renekton. Later he isn't that strong in teamfights, and hopes to siege the whole time; so again, picking malphite denies him the siege by just completely bumrushing him.

Gnar indeed does well against him, because he basically does the same in lane, but instead of knocking people away, he dives hard, which is how you counter jayce, so if you can get your form and do it right, then hell yeah. Swain I can understand because you can mitigate his poke with sustain, and if you root him, you don't have to get close for any counter damage, you just land your own which he can't do much about.

There's also syndra who maintains a sustained assault better than he does - unless you slip up and take unecessary damage, something which can snowball - and if he ever goes in - which he pretty much has to against her - she pulls the same shit he does and knocks him back. You have to manage your health properly here, though, because you're more sensitive to his burst.