Imperial Mandate Jarvan IV Build

Imperial Mandate Jarvan IV Build.

Imperial Mandate Jarvan IV build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Jarvan IV guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Jarvan IV build in League of Legends Patch 26.14!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Amplifying Tome should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Jarvan IV ability Dragon Strike should be leveled first.
Q
Jarvan IV ability Demacian Standard should be leveled second.
E
Jarvan IV ability Golden Aegis should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Knight's Vow should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Randuin's Omen should be final item in your build.
Zeke's Convergence should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Guardian from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Domination.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Jarvan IV Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Domination
Domination minor tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination minor tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination minor tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination minor tree Sixth Sense rune.
Domination minor tree Grisly Mementos rune.
Domination minor tree Deep Ward rune.
Domination minor tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination minor tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination minor tree Ultimate Hunter rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Mark

Mark

Mark (Snowball) for a go-in tool if you want to be more aggressive and make picks.

Ghost

Ghost

Ghost for extra mobility and chasing - great for staying on top of enemies.

Optional Runes

Demolish

Demolish

If you are into taking objectives, you can consider taking Demolish rune. Usually it is worth it and lets you push turrets quicker. Utility slash team oriented option.

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How it works

  1. You play as a Lockdown Tank: immobilizing enemies, disrupting fights and soaking damage.
  2. Your core offensive utility item is Imperial Mandate. Then you build tanky and adapt.
  3. Your game is about initiating fights, locking down targets with CC to make them 6% Vulnerable, and soaking damage.

Playstyle

  1. 💥

    Invoke chaos in teamfights. Engage with CC, lock down enemies, make them Vulnerable and survive.

  2. 👑

    Your main core item is Imperial Mandate. Rush it to amplify your team's damage with every immobilize.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt your items: go full tank or get support items.

How to play

Getting started

  1. Invoke chaos in teamfights. Engage with CC, lock down key targets to make them Vulnerable, and soak incoming damage.

Items

  1. Your core utility item is Imperial Mandate. It gives 15 Ability Haste to your immobilizing abilities and marks immobilized enemies as 6% Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
    • Zeke's Convergence - grants armor, MR, and adds AoE damage and slow after casting your ultimate.
    • Randuin's Omen - great for engagements to slow the entire enemy team and counter critical strikes.
  2. Or you can just go tanky
  3. You can go some support items as well in some cases, like Ardent Censer if you got a lot of auto attackers on your team.

Runes

  1. Remember that you need to keep close to your allies to trigger Guardian.
  2. Your CC triggers Font of Life and Imperial Mandate, healing allies and amplifying their damage against immobilized targets.
  3. Font of Life heal can trigger various support items, like Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer. So you can go these items if you want to be a support.

Game

  1. Don't be afraid to engage! You can get Randuin's Omen and Zeke's Convergence for really powerful engagements with AoE disruption!
    • Helping this pattern of engage is Warmog's Armor. Engage, sow chaos, soak some damage and get back to heal fully.
  2. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Items

  1. Golden Aegis (W) can trigger Fimbulwinter, so be careful to not waste the proc!

Tips and Tricks

Champion

Martial Cadence
Martial Cadence (Passive)

  1. Switch targets often in fights to fully use your Martial Cadence (Passive) for more damage!

Dragon Strike
Dragon Strike (Q)

  1. Remember that your Dragon Strike (Q) reduces enemy armor. Shred tanks so your team can melt them faster.
  2. With enough Ability Haste, you can Q to same Demacian Standard (E) twice!

Demacian Standard
Demacian Standard (E)

  1. You can use Demacian Standard (E) for brush control.
  2. Remember that Demacian Standard (E) gives Attack Speed buff for your allies, it is very important when pushing turrets or in teamfight (when you can't participate)
  3. Jarvan can achieve 100% kill participation simply by placing Demacian Standard (E), thanks to its AoE aura for allies that grants assist even without any damage or CC.

Cataclysm
Cataclysm (R)

  1. You can Cataclysm (R) enemies and then run away to your team with Demacian Standard (E) + Dragon Strike (Q). This way you can engage for your team, pin enemies and be safe.

Combos

  1. Combo #1: Q + E + Flash. Just Q + E and during the last frames of animation, you can Flash into enemy knocking them up.
  2. Combo #2: If you have enough Ability Haste, you can put E, wait and Q to it and cast second E hitting your target. This is especially cool with AP builds. So you can cast E while sliding to existing E.

Riot

  1. You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
  2. Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
  3. Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.

Skill Order

  • Jarvan IV [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Dragon Strike
  • Jarvan IV [object Object] ability.
    W
    Golden Aegis
  • Jarvan IV [object Object] ability.
    E
    Demacian Standard
  • Jarvan IV [object Object] ability.
    R
    Cataclysm

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Amplifying Tome item.
Rush this #1
Imperial Mandate item.
Boots
Mercury's Treads item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Core items
Zeke's Convergence item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Good support items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Moonstone Renewer item.
Ardent Censer item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Redemption item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Good tank items
Fimbulwinter item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Knight's Vow item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Good MR items
Force of Nature item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Spirit Visage item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Good Armor items
Frozen Heart item.
Unending Despair item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Thornmail item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Situational dmg items
Titanic Hydra item.
The Collector item.
Serylda's Grudge item.
Sundered Sky item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Muramana item.
Counter healing
Executioner's Calling item.
Chempunk Chainsword item.
Counter shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Knight's Vow item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Zeke's Convergence item.