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 25.15!
You play as a Slow Tank - slowing enemies, disrupting fights and soaking damage.
Your only core item is Imperial Mandate. Then you go tanky and adapt.
Your game is about disrupting fights, being annoying, Slowing/Healing/Buffing and soaking damage.
How to play
General
Invoke chaos in teamfights. Run around fights. Slow enemies. Run into them. Get focused and escape.
Items
Your core item is Imperial Mandate. That's pretty much all you need, then you can go tanky/damage. Or you can get further Imperial Mandate items:
Zeke's Convergence - when you ult, you AoE slow. Very good for engaging and applying Imperial Mandate.
Randuin's Omen - very good for engagements, you go in and AoE slow whole team.
Or you can just go tanky
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
Remember that you need to keep close to your allies to trigger Guardian.
Your slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing damage of your allies.
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
Don't be afraid to engage! You can get Randuin's Omen and Zeke's Convergence for really powerful engagements with AoE slow!
Helping this pattern of engage is Warmog's Armor. Engage, sow chaos, soak some damage and get back to heal fully.
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.
Tips and Tricks
Martial Cadence (Passive)
Switch targets often in fights to fully use your Martial Cadence (Passive) for more damage!
Dragon Strike (Q)
Remember that your Dragon Strike (Q) reduces enemy armor. Shred tanks so your team can melt them faster.
With enough Ability Haste, you can Q to same Demacian Standard (E) twice!
Demacian Standard (E)
You can use Demacian Standard (E) for brush control.
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)
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 (R)
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
Combo #1: Q + E + Flash. Just Q + E and during the last frames of animation, you can Flash into enemy knocking them up.
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
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.