DamageEdit

Personally, it seems that Jayce gets too much free damage. These are some numbers i looked at to take away some of that free damage but allows Jayce to actually do more if itemized for damage.

 To the Skies!

From

Physical Damage: 20 / 65 / 110 / 155 / 200 (+1.0 per bonus attack damage)

To

Physical Damage: 10 / 45 / 80 / 115 / 150 (+1.25 per bonus attack damage)

 Shock Blast

From

Physical Damage: 60 / 115 / 170 / 225 / 280 (+1.2 per bonus attack damage)

To

Physical Damage: 30 / 85 / 140 / 195 / 250 (+1.5 per bonus attack damage)

 Thundering Blow

From

Magic Damage: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+1.0 per bonus attack damage)

Max Health to Damage Ratio: 8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20 %

To

Magic Damage: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+0.9 per bonus attack damage)

Max Health to Damage Ratio: 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 %

Now, based on a Doran Blade + 15 AD rune/mastery page start (even as a bruiser build), at level 3 vs a 690 hp target:

Accelerated Shock Blast: 126

Hyper Charge + Transform

To the Skies!: 45

Hyper Charge Autoattacks: 172

Hammer Transformation Proc: 20

Lightning Field: 100

Thundering Blow: 120

Total: 583/690 (84%)

Total vs 30 Armor/MR: 433/690 (63%)

If you miss an  Acceleration Gate +  Shock Blast then 9 times out of 10 it'll be because you aimed poorly due to the speed increase it gets. The rest of the damage falls into place with the 30% Slow from  To the Skies! and thats not even including an Exhaust, Ignite, jungler gank, support CC, etc.

PS: These are primarily focused on the damage aspect of the abilities, the mana costs of some of Jayce's abilities should also be considered as they are (with the exception of To the Skies / Shock Blast) are under 50 at ALL ranks.

(If anyone remembers Yorick's release, you'll know where that topic is going, for anyone else, read below)

Mana -- More reasonable alternative?Edit

Focusing on Jayce's mana costs, I could see:  Lightning Field &  Hyper Charge

From

40 mana

To

40/45/50/55/60 mana

 Thundering Blow &  Acceleration Gate

From

40 mana & 30 mana

To

30/40/50/60/70 mana & 25/35/45/55/65 mana

 Transform: Mercury Cannon /  Transform: Mercury Hammer

From

0 mana

To

10/20/30/40 mana

• This one will probably get the most negativity, and you could probably just do this change, and leave the other ability's mana costs alone and have a big impact to his mana usage where people would have to be more mindful about when he switches forms instead of spamming it all day for the freebies it gives.