Heimerdinger is another champion with a very important synergy with Jayce, and is, in my opinion, looking to be the most promising way to find a competitive deck for the new champion.
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I couldn’t leave you with a deck I was not 100% believing in, plus it can’t hurt to feature two decks instead of one right? 😉 The deck for sure has legs, but its problems might hold it back from being truly competitive. To me, Jayce Lux seemed to be the most promising option when I first saw the champion, but after building the deck and analyzing it I am not so sure anymore. Finally, this deck will struggle to remove big threats when it can’t stick Lux and/or Jayce on board. Without them, you’re just casting big spells with pretty much no payoffs. Then, this deck seems very reliant on its champions sticking to the board. For non-aggro decks, strong card draw is a synonym of consistency. First of all, it is very hard to find good ways to draw in Piltover and Demacia. However, I foresee a couple of problems with that deck. They both accelerate immensely the game by generating extra spells, and if you have both of them on the board the game will be closed decisively. Jayce and Lux are the core cards of the deck, as they are the payoffs for our strategy. This deck looks to play powerful 6+ cost spells to leverage synergies, creating a deceptively strong board with Remembrance and Assembly Line. Jayce Lux is the most obvious combination, and the two go so well together that I’m asking myself if Lux’s recent buff was related to the upcoming champion! Therefore, I expect Jayce to be restricted to a couple of archetypes, but to be quite impressive in those. His deckbuilding cost is quite heavy, as you need a critical mass of 6+ cost spells. However, Jayce is not the kind of flexible champion that will fit in tons of decks, like a Poppy or a Twisted Fate could.
I expect the champion to be a strong build-around and help its archetypes to be more competitive. With a strong statline and useful keywords right away on level 1, a fairly easy level up condition to fulfill granted your deck is built around it, and a powerful level 2 form, I am quite impressed by Jayce’s power level. Acceleration Gate is a pretty decent finisher once you control the board, and makes a lot of sense when doubled with Jayce. Moreover, Jayce also creates an Acceleration Gate when he levels up – meaning you will have at least one 6+ cost spell to double. Leveling Jayce early into the game and casting doubled 6+ cost spells is going to feel so unfair, especially when we pair Jayce with more spell-synergies, for example with the recently buffed Lux, or with Heimerdinger. The fact Jayce doesn’t need to wait for Round 10 Enlightenment is a game-changer.
While the restriction is quite heavy, a deck built around it should be able to leverage a level 2 Jayce.
Once leveled, Jayce acts as a Karma that is restricted to 6+ cost spells. However, this level-up condition does have a large deckbuilding cost – not every deck is willing to play a critical mass of 6-cost spells. The fact that Jayce does not need to be on the board when you cast those makes this level-up condition particularly trivial in a deck built around it, and I foresee Jayce will be played already leveled very often. To level up Jayce, you need to have cast 2 or more 6+ cost spells. However, the Quick Attack keyword will be regularly useful when the opponent isn’t threatening you and/or your priority is to stick Jayce onto the board. This keyword is particularly powerful, especially if we assume that Jayce won’t be played in hyper-aggressive archetypes. The Challenger keyword, however, transforms Jayce into a control tool, able of getting the key opponent’s unit out of the picture. This is very useful when you want to push damage all the while keeping Jayce alive and healthy. With Quick Attack, Jayce can attack without putting himself at risk. He offers a great board presence with his 4/4 statline, and choosing between Quick Attack and Challenger makes this unit flexible. In his level 1 form, Jayce already is quite impressive.
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