Talk:Jarvan IV/@comment-4929329-20120617234920

Bountious argues that Trinity l Force is numerically inefficient unless Jarvan is bursting. Well, this seems an interesting topic...

Yes, it doesn't do too much past bursting, however: A smart enemy team will find a way to peel you from their carry, if you do not help to burst the carry down, you might notice the large difference between a Frozen Mallet Jarvan and a Trinity Force one.

As a Jarvan player, I would say that gap closing does no good if you do not stick, so you need one or the other. I merely prefer to annihilate their carry with EQ autoattack, forcing them to leave the fight or die. If you have Frozen Mallet, you have less dps anyways and Jarvan has no inherent sustain, so you just die in maybe 2 more hits from a carry.

Is Trinity Force worth the COST? Well, if you farmed up and got maybe a kill or two, I would say yes. If you ever make it to late game without a Trinity Force, I feel sorry for you, because that is when I start throwing parties over every last mistake their carry makes.

Now, if you buy Frozen Mallet, you get it quite a lot earlier, some 2000gold or so, and that is why I only recommend it if your team is going for an early game win, as it has little advantages on Trinity Force.

I have seen both ways, I have used both builds. Trinity if you have no clue if you will win, Frozen Mallet if you can trust your team to end the game.