Jarvan IV vs Pantheon Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Jungle, this is Jarvan IV versus Pantheon — a fighter/tank hybrid against a fighter/assassin hybrid. 356 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Jarvan IV at a 54.5% win rate into Pantheon. That is 4.5 points above even, so Pantheon is one of the matchups Jarvan IV can lean on.
This is a physical-versus-physical exchange between Jarvan IV and Pantheon. Jarvan IV opens on 640 health and 36 armour, Pantheon on 650 and 40. Jarvan IV scales to 2408 health by 18 while Pantheon reaches 2503. Pantheon moves quicker at base (340 against 345), which shows up on roams.
With both sitting in melee range (175 against 175), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Golden Aegis (W) and Grand Starfall (R) are usually what decide a trade between Jarvan IV and Pantheon. Then it becomes Cataclysm against Grand Starfall, and the one still holding it sets the terms.
356 games sit behind that figure, and it moves whenever Jarvan IV or Pantheon gets tuned.
FAQ
Yes — Jarvan IV holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Jarvan IV wins 54.5% of the recorded games.
54.5% from Jarvan IV's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
356 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Jarvan IV build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Jarvan IV build page.