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League of Legends Champion JaxJax is in the b tier of champions

Jax

FighterAssassin
Jax is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
Relentless Assault abilityp
Leap Strike abilityq
Empower abilityw
Counter Strike abilitye
Grandmaster-at-Arms abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
top
jungle

Jax Build

based on 84,834 matches
Win Rate
48.9 %
Pick Rate
6.5 %
Ban Rate
9.9 %

How We Come Up with Our Jax Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Jax build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Jax builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Jax core items and runes for any situation.

Jax Build Summary

Jax is a a poor top lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Resolve. Adding the highlighted runes shown below in your Jax build will help provide you with the additional bonuses to help him play well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. Jax players should start by leveling up his w ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Jax

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
CullHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
KindlegemCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Jax Items

~22 Mins
Divine SundererSterak's GageZhonya's HourglassMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskGuardian AngelTitanic HydraRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerteleport summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Jax to level upw
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Second ability for Jax to level upe
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Last skill for Jax to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Jax's passive ability p
Jax's q ability q
Jax's w ability w
Jax's e ability e
Jax's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Jax Matchups Overview

Jax is Weak Against

IllaoiIllaoi42.7% winrateDr. MundoDr. Mundo42.9% winrateGarenGaren43.3% winrateSingedSinged43.5% winrate

Jax is Strong Against

IreliaIrelia56.6% winrateKledKled54.6% winrateK'SanteK'Sante54% winrateGwenGwen54% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Karthusbottom+ 51.9% 368 GamesRumblemiddle+ 53.3% 285 GamesIvernjungle+ 53.4% 668 GamesMaokaisupport+ 53.5% 854 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Jax Players

Tips and Tricks

You can use all of Jax's abilities when Counter Strike is active, make sure to time it correctly to dish out damage while making physical attacks against you miss.

Time Empower to hit an enemy on a third consecutive attack to combine with Grandmaster's Might's passive.

Jax's ultimate, Grandmaster's Might, has an active that provides bonus armor and magic resistance for 8 seconds. Use it immediately before a teamfight to have survivability during the engage,

Additional Jax Build Insights

League of Legends Jax players may find him to be a complex champion to build out properly. You will notice that his build varies when he is up against either diversified or highly focused team compositions, meaning you shouldn't take the same Jax build every game of League of Legends

The best items to include in your champ's build include: Divine Sunderer, Sterak's Gage, and Zhonya's Hourglass. Players who included these pieces in their setups had a much better win rate than those who tried for other Jax builds. Moreover, if you are playing a varied enemy team arrangement, you should strongly consider getting Jax the Precision, and Resolve runes. In recent matches, he won the largest percentage of his games when equipped with these runes.

We established our Jax build suggestions by analyzing 84,834 recently ranked League of Legends rounds with him selected. We only advise the best winrate Jax builds that were built by ranked gamers enough times for us to suggest them. With so many games in our dataset, we are very confident in our provided builds.