This does damage. A lot of damage. So much damage you can get kills all game without a single offensive item, mastery, or rune. 10% of max hp all game from your first hit, and the time between procs changes as you level up. Make sure in fights to rotate your target (Unless you're trying to lock someone down) to do maximum damage with this.


This is where most J4 supports fall flat. Maxing Dragon Strike first is the #1 mistake a J4 support could make. The % armor pen is tempting, but remember, most champs don't have that much armor earlygame, not to mention its his only skill other than his ult that has an increasing mana cost making it nearly impossible to sustain in lane. Not to mention, it leads to your combo accidently stealing tons of CS from your ADC, and does not hasten your combo at all, only slightly increases damage and increases its mana cost. Not to mention reduces your survivability by not maxing your W or E.

That being said, this is his best lategame ability in teamfights other than his ult. 26% armor shred is huge lategame, but that's also why you max it last. You accomplish literally nothing by putting any points in this before you have to (Except at level 2 to enable your combo.)


Always max this first. Always. In lane, I cannot tell you how many kills this has gotten my ADCs. Its a shield, its a slow, its everything a support dreams of. AND its cooldown decreases with rank so get that lame argument out of my house. Its literally the best earlygame ability you could ask for, and lategame it can help win teamfights with its slow. In combination with your combo, at level 3 you can start denying farm and bullying the enemy out of lane. Maxing W first allows you to not only slow the people you didn't knock up, but slow those that you did, allowing for chain CC and letting you and your ADC absolutely wreck the enemy bot lane with barely any consequences. Whats that? You focus down J4, who just knocked you up and slowed you? Too bad I have a crazy strong shield and you both just took 10% of your hp MINIMUM. Whats that? J4 can do this every 10-13 seconds for barely over 100 mana? And it stays that much until you start leveling Dragon Strike? Yeah. America. Get some.


You get this first? Why? Free vision to scout bushes, 10 armor, 10 AS, and ability to offer some help to your ADC level 1 with AS. You max this second. Why? More armor, more AS, ability to get objectives faster as a team, more damage from your combo, and all keeping the same mana cost. People underestimate that a proper J4 support in a lane with a decent ADC can sustain for ages. Getting Dragon?Drop a flag. Need help with Baron? Drop a flag. Taking turrets? Drop a flag. Seriously, I cant count the number of times the enemy bot roamed mid, and we proceeded to take 2-3 turrets simply due to the pushing power this skill has. Just drop flags whenever your team needs the AS, or when doing your combo. Your flag belongs everywhere, because everywhere belongs to America.


This is either your best or worst move. You need to practice J4 enough to know Cataclysm's radius or half the time you will trap your allies in their grave. However, you can use this move in several ways. You can Cataclysm and then E>Q combo out of it to trap 1 or more enemies in a pit for forever while your team escapes. You can lock someone in a pit that is dueling a champion like Tryndamere or Darius so they have to Flash to escape. In lane you want to use this to lock the enemy ADC and/or support in place so your ADC can take potshots at them, all while having increased AS from your Demacian Standard and armor shred from your Dragon Strike. Possibly my favorite use for this is against Hecarim or Master Yi, because 700 movespeed doesn't help you if you're trapped in a pit. Not to mention, the cooldown on this is super short, and if done correctly, can win entire teamfights all game.