League of Legends - Jax Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

Jax

Basic Information

Champion Stats

Lore

Skills

Icon	Description
	Relentless Assault  The character’s consecutive basic attacks continuously increase his Attack Speed.
	Leap Strike  (Target Range: 700, Cost: 65 Mana, Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6)ACTIVE: The character’s leaps toward a unit. If they are an enemy, he strikes them with his weapon. Jax leaps to target unit, dealing 70/110/150/190/230 (+100% bonus Attack Damage) (+60% Ability Power) physical damage if it is an enemy.
	Empower  (Cost: 30 Mana, Cooldown: 7/6/5/4/3)   ACTIVE: The character charges his weapon with energy, causing his next attack to deal additional damage. Jax charges his weapon with energy, causing his next basic attack or Leap Strike to deal an additional 40/75/110/145/180 (+60% Ability Power) Magic Damage.
	Counter Strike  (Effect Radius: 300, Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 Mana, Cooldown: 16/14/12/10/8)– ACTIVE: Jax’s combat prowess allows him to dodge all incoming attacks for a short duration and then quickly counterattack, stunning all surrounding enemies. Jax enters a defensive stance for up to 2 seconds, dodging all incoming basic attacks and taking 25% less damage from area of effect abilities.After 2 seconds or if activated again, Jax stuns surrounding enemies for 1 second and deals 50/75/100/125/150 (+50% bonus Attack Damage) physical damage to them. Counter Strike deals 20% more damage for each attack Jax dodged (max: 100% increased damage).
	Grandmaster’s Might (Cost: 100 Mana, Cooldown: 80) Every third consecutive attack deals additional Magic Damage. Additionally, Jax can activate this ability to strengthen his resolve, increasing his Armor and Magic Resist for a short duration.PASSIVE: Passive: Every third consecutive strike Jax deals 100/160/220 (+70% Ability Power) additional Magic Damage.ACTIVE: The character strengthens his resolve, granting him Armor and Magic Resist for 8 seconds.Armor bonus is equal to 30/50/70 + 50% bonus Attack Damage.Magic Resist bonus is equal to 30/50/70 + 20% Ability Power.

Strategy

• You can use all your skills while (E) Counter Strike is active. This includes (Q) Leap Strike and (W) Empower. 
• Time your (W) Empower with every third consecutive attack to combine the damage with (R) Grandmaster’s Might.
• A good combo to catch unsuspecting enemies from far away is to activate (Q) Leap Strike while (E) Counter Strike is active. Activate (E) Counter Strike again just when you are at the enemy to stun them.
• You can jump on wards with (Q) Leap Strike. 
• Activate (R) Grandmaster’s Might before a team fight starts so that you won’t have a hard time activating it when you are already engaged in a fight. This skill reduces burst damage so in some cases it might be a good idea to activate it while recalling if the enemy has a global skill like Jinx’s Rocket or Karthus’ Requiem.

Runes & Masteries

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Summoner Spells

Top Lane		Jungle
Flash	Teleport	Smite	Flash

Item Builds

Top Lane

Starting Items

Starting Items
Corrupting Potion	Warding Totem

Core Items

Core Items
Titanic Hydra	Trinity Force	Ninja Tabi

Titanic Hydra – Titanic Hydra provides Jax with damage, extra health, and health regeneration. Timing your (W) Empower with the active on this item can act as an autoattack reset and increase your damage greatly. Building this item along with Spirit Visage increases your damage output because of the health statistic.

Trinity Force – Trinity Force makes you an offensive juggernaut. The spellblade proc fits well with your kit. Trinity Force also grants you a lot of offensive and defensive stats. This item is a must for Jax.

Full Build

Full Build
Trinity Force	Sterak’s Gage	Titanic Hydra
Spirit Visage	Guinsoo’s Rageblade	Ninja Tabi

Sterak’s Gage – Sterak’s Gage gives you 400 health and increases your base attack damage. What makes this item even better for Jax is the passive which grants him additional base attack damage and a decaying shield, making him a better at extended fights.

Guinsoo’s Rageblade –  This item can be a secret snowball item for Jax since (W) Empower and (R) Grandmaster’s Might scales well with ability power. The passive also increases his attack speed, ability power, and grants every other basic attacks on-hit effects, all these stats benefit Jax greatly.

Situational Items

Situational Items
Ravenous Hydra	The Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel
Blade of the Ruined King	Infinity Edge

Ravenous Hydra – This item is good if you opt to splitpush rather than take objectives and hunt down enemy champions. The extra damage and lifesteal increases Jax’s sustain and survivability.

The Bloodthirster – The Bloodthirster is good if the enemy has a lot of champions that excel at extended fights. It’s also a good pickup if you are confident in your team mates and that you won’t get hammered that fast in team fights.

Blade of the Ruined King – Get this if the you want to be more of a duelist-assassin type champion. Blade of the Ruined King increases your lifesteal, damage, and allows you to catch unsuspecting squishes with the active.

Infinity Edge – Infinity Edge is a very situational item because the kit of Jax already gives him a lot of options on dealing damage. Adding this item in your inventory may be a novelty, but it surely helps in some situations.

Jungle

Starting Items

Starting Items
Hunter’s Machete	Refillable Potion	Warding Totem

Core Items

Core Items
Stalker’s Blade – Bloodrazor	Trinity Force	Ninja Tabi

Bloodrazor Enchantment – Bloodrazor increases the attack speed of Jax, making him proc his passive and (R) Grandmaster’s Might more.

Full Build

Full Build
Stalker’s Blade – Bloodrazor	Trinity Force	Sterak’s Gage
Titanic Hydra	Spirit Visage	Ninja Tabi

Situational Items

Situational Items
Randuin’s Omen	The Bloodthirster	Guinsoo’s Rageblade
Blade of the Ruined King	Infinity Edge

Playing Against

• Avoid extended fights with Jax as he has a good 1v1 skill set with Relentless Assault and (R) Grandmaster’s Might.
• Stun Jax or get away from him when he uses (E) Counter Strike since your auto attacks won’t do damage to him and you’ll get stunned if he activates it again or when the duration ends.
• Always take note that after level 6 his third consecutive attack is always stronger. Jax can proc the first 2 attacks on minions and hit you with the last, so it’s better to zone him and maintain lane dominance if possible.
• Build Thornmail, armor, and attack speed reduction items to reduce his damage output in the game. Jax heavily relies on auto-attacks, so these items will give Jax a hard time in contributing to the team fight

Hard Counters

• Malphite – Malphite is made to counter Jax. Malphite can just use Ground Slam to decrease the attack speed of Jax by as much as 50%. Most Malphites also build full tank, negating most of the damage Jax deals.
• Rammus – Rammus is good against any champions who rely on their auto attacks. The best example of this Jax. Rammus can just use Defensive Ball Curl to return some damage back to Jax. His Puncturing Taunt also makes him very vulnerable as it decreases him armor.
• Dr. Mundo – Dr. Mundo needs to get close to his enemies to deal the most damage, someone that Jax is weak against. Mundo also has one of the best health regenerations in the game, making extended fights with him very hard. Burning Agony  can also deal continual damage to Jax when he is nearby.

Strategy Video

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