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

Jax vs Rammus

How to Beat Rammus as Jax in LoLJax is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rammus as Jax

based on 5,221 Jax vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
1.85
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Rammus as Jax resulted from an evaluation of 5221 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Jax encounters Rammus in only 2.0% of his rounds.

Jax vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Jax does a dismal job of countering Rammus. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.7% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Jax versus Rammus rounds, Jax’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood against Rammus.

Best Jax vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Jax Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageBlack CleaverDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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 ForceArmor
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
Q
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Rammus as Jax

Tips for Playing as Jax against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Jax vs Rammus Counter Stats

Jax Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Rammus Image
6.4
< Kills >
4.3
6.5
< Deaths >
5.5
5.6
< Assists >
11.2
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
0.97
118
< Minions Killed >
35
0.65
< Dragons Killed >
1.19
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.37
11,525
< Physical Damage >
2,321
8,362
< Magic Damage >
12,339
716
< True Damage >
762
20,603
< Damage Dealt >
15,423
30,539
< Damage Taken >
31,036
11,924
< Gold Earned >
10,682
2.09
< Towers >
1.19
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
8,954
< Total Healing >
12,195
14,314
< Experience >
13,085
19
< Vision Score >
20
9
< Wards Placed >
7
191
< Time Dealing CC >
586

How to Counter Rammus with Jax in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several strategic Jax against Rammus matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Jax’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Jax may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rammus..

Jax normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Rammus. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Jax and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Jax
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jax
Rammus

Who is Better, Jax or Rammus?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jax usually loses when trying to fight Rammus, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Jax makes a bad counter to Rammus.

While Jax does have a lower win rate than Rammus, when on opposite teams, Jax also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Jax into Rammus.

Moreover, Jax also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jax vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Jax is a somewhat poor counter to Rammus. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Jax against Rammus.

Additional Information for Jax Players

How We Calculated Our Jax vs Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Jax, we analyzed 5,221 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 Rammus 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Jax in order to counter Rammus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jax typically accumulates much more CS as Rammus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Jax versus Rammus build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Jax combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Rammus than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jax had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Rammus with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Rammus as Jax, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Jax vs Rammus face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.

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