Jarvan IV ARAM Mayhem Build

The Exemplar of Demacia. A below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #133 of 173 champions.

CPatch 26.21FighterTankNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: C
Win rate: 47.1%
Pick rate: 9.2%
Rank: #133 of 173
Games: 2,123,905
Patch: 26.21

How to play Jarvan IV in ARAM Mayhem

Jarvan IV is a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier C, #133 of 173 champions, with a 47.1% win rate over 2,123,905 games. It is also one of the most picked champions, showing up in 9% of games, so expect to see it on both sides.

80% of Jarvan IV's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It soaks 49,499 damage per game and mitigates another 61,867, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. It dies 13.4 times per game on average: it trades its life for impact, so time your engages with your team.

Most Jarvan IV players go Lethality (42% of games), but the Tank path, tank items, is ARAMKit's top-ranked build: Heartsteel, Unending Despair and Warmog's Armor, with a 48.5% win rate. On this build 66% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Jarvan IV are Ultra Hydra, Clown College and Mad Scientist. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Flashbang and Third Times the Harm when you can: they do worst on Jarvan IV. A pair to look for: Mad Scientist with Third Times the Harm.

Take Flash and Mark (96% of players). Max Q (Dragon Strike) first, then E, then W.

Jarvan IV ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Jarvan IV game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Tank build · top ranked

48.5% win rate · 18% of Jarvan IV games · 330,470 games

Start

Giant's Belt
Ruby Crystal

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Unending Despair
Warmog's Armor

Boots on the Tank build for Jarvan IV, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	66%
Mercury's Treads	25%
Plated Steelcaps	7%

Situational, after the core

Overlord's Bloodmail42% buy it
Sunfire Aegis4% buy it
Hollow Radiance8% buy it
Titanic Hydra7% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean13% buy it
Spirit Visage12% buy it

Other build paths

Other Jarvan IV build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, Axiom Arc, Death's Dance	41.8%	47.8%
BruiserHubris, Death's Dance, Endless Hunger	5.4%	46.7%
CritThe Collector, Axiom Arc, Infinity Edge	7.2%	46.8%

Games: the share of all Jarvan IV games that went this way.

Most bought items

Hubris54% of games
The Collector47% of games
Axiom Arc44% of games
Death's Dance30% of games
Heartsteel29% of games
Mercury's Treads21% of games
Infinity Edge17% of games
Warmog's Armor17% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards17% of games
Unending Despair14% of games

Best augments for Jarvan IV

Every card with enough Jarvan IV games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Jarvan IV's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Jarvan IV

11 S tier and 32 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Jarvan IV in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier S	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Can't Touch This	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting your Ultimate makes you Invulnerable for 2 seconds (8s Cooldown).
Still Here	Gold	Tier A	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier A	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Dive Bomber	Silver	Tier A	Explodes when you die, dealing 20% of the target's max Health as true damage to nearby enemies.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier A	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Upgrade Death's Dance	Silver	Tier A	Gain 250. Death's Dance's Ignore Pain is increased to Melee 40% / Ranged 15% of damage received, and heals for (125% Bonus Attack Damage)…

Average on Jarvan IV
56 cards, best first

Below average on Jarvan IV
37 cards, best first

Weakest on Jarvan IV
11 cards, best first

Best first augment for Jarvan IV

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Jarvan IV's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Ultra Hydra and Upgrade Immolate come out on top.

The best augments for Jarvan IV in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	Ultra HydraTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
3	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Ultra HydraTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
4	Clown CollegeTier S	Heavy HitterTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Clown CollegeTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	TotentanzTier S	escAPADeTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Jarvan IV, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark96% of players · 47.2% win rate
Flash + Ghost3% of players · 45.7% win rate
Flash + Barrier0% of players · 45.9% win rate

Skill order

QDragon Strike
EDemacian Standard
WGolden Aegis

Max Q first. 89% of players use this order (48.2% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Jarvan IV in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 11.9 / 13.4 / 33.2
KDA: 3.64
Damage to champions: 37,851
Damage taken: 49,499
Self-mitigated: 61,867
Healing on allies: 2
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 35 s
Kill participation: 81%
Game length: 16:50

Damage type

Physical 80%Magic 12%True 8%

Questions and answers

What is the best Jarvan IV build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Jarvan IV: Heartsteel, Unending Despair and Warmog's Armor. The most played build is Lethality.

What are the best augments for Jarvan IV in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Jarvan IV, best first: Ultra Hydra, Clown College, Mad Scientist, The Boom and the Bass and Armored Impact. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Jarvan IV good in ARAM Mayhem?

Jarvan IV is tier C on patch 26.21, #133 of 173 champions, with a 47.1% win rate over 2.1 million games. That makes it a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Jarvan IV in ARAM Mayhem?

For Jarvan IV's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Ultra Hydra, Upgrade Immolate, Clown College and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Jarvan IV counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.