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How to Win Jax vs Jayce Counter MatchupJax is in the a tier of champions

Jax vs Jayce

How to Beat Jayce as Jax in LoLJax is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Jayce as Jax

based on 3,363 Jax vs Jayce matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
1.81
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our database, Jax faced Jayce 3363 times. Having so many games with Jax versus Jayce gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare useful data and a pro build to wreck your rival. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Jax encounters Jayce in only 1.3% of his rounds.

Jax vs Jayce Matchup Summary

Jax has done a good job of countering Jayce. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.4% of games the champs fight each other in. In Jax versus Jayce games, Jax’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Jayce.

Best Jax vs Jayce Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPhage

Core Jax Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelFrozen HeartDeath's DanceWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
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
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
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

Guide to Countering Jayce as Jax

Tips for Playing as Jax against Jayce

Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.

Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.

Advice to Win Against Jayce

Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.

Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.

If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.

Jax vs Jayce Counter Stats

Jax Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Jayce Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.8
6.3
< Deaths >
6.5
5.2
< Assists >
6.2
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
121
< Minions Killed >
184
0.64
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.5
10,764
< Physical Damage >
19,928
6,988
< Magic Damage >
4,358
571
< True Damage >
602
18,324
< Damage Dealt >
24,889
30,256
< Damage Taken >
21,474
11,857
< Gold Earned >
12,345
2.2
< Towers >
2.5
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
8,449
< Total Healing >
2,789
14,378
< Experience >
14,700
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
200
< Time Dealing CC >
134

How to Counter Jayce with Jax in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several important Jax vs. Jayce counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Jax’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jax may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jayce..

Jax often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jayce. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Jax and Jayce

Damage Types Compared

Jax
Jayce
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jax
Jayce

Who is Better, Jax or Jayce?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jax usually wins when trying to fight Jayce, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Jax makes a good counter for Jayce.

While Jax does have a higher win rate than Jayce, when facing one another, Jax also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Jax into Jayce.

Furthermore, Jax has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Jax vs Jayce matchups, Jax is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Jax is an above average counter for Jayce. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jax against Jayce.

Other Champion Matchups Against Jax

Jax Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.8% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.3% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrateBrandBrand47.5% winrate

Jax Wins Against

YuumiYuumi58.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.7% winrateSejuaniSejuani55.3% winrateKalistaKalista55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TeemoTeemo+ 55.2% 13684 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.4% 10633 GamesMordekaiserMordekaiser+ 55.8% 9036 GamesSingedSinged+ 55.8% 2797 Games

Additional Information for Jax Players

How We Calculated Our Jax vs Jayce Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jayce as Jax, we analyzed 3,363 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Jayce as Jax comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jax to counter Jayce during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jax most often gets less CS relative to Jayce. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Jax versus Jayce build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jax included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Jayce than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Jax boasted an average winrate of 52.4% battling Jayce with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Jayce as Jax, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Jax vs Jayce LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jayce as Jax are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.