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Jax Build Guide by

Hybrid solotop jax. (With dominion and jungle)

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~Introduction~

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Legend

Hi, my names Orcyish and this is my third MOBAfire guide. I noticed that there was alot of guides, but none were "The Best" So i decided to publish my thoughts on jax. Thanks for reading

~Masteries~

Above are my favored masteries, Standard hybrid.
Here are my Jungling masteries, for ease in the cruel wilds.
Now, When i build tanky these are my favorite runes.
Here are some nice Utility masterys. Use these when you want a chance to outlevel your lane buddy

~RUNES~

Runes

Precision

Fleet Footwork

Dark Harvest

Phase Rush

This is the ideal rune setup for . But this section will go over all options.

*Marks

The best mark for any AP caster. I take 6 of these because endgame you will have alot more AP then you have AD.

Greater Mark of desolation
Considering as this is a hybrid build, i like to take 3 of these. They will help your damage quite a bit.

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The best early game marks for jax in my opinion. Very strong, i always take these as a jungler, and if you want to take them for any path. They are very viable.

I like to take a few of these as a jungler for the speed on getting that yummy lifesteal more frequently.

*Seals

The best defensive seal in my opinion. I will almost always take these.

Greater Seal of defense
I will only take these on rare occasion, i prefer the flat armor because of its early game bonus. If you were to take these against someone like or with high early game damage you would be at a major disadvantage.

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Greater seal of vitality
These are the second best option for defensive seals. I will take these if im laning against an AP solotop, like or

This is the last seal i feel is viable, If on the rare occasion i take these, i will only take 3-6, not a full page. (Because mana can be a problom)

*Glyphs

These are my favorite glyphs on (or any tanky character). They give great defence endgame against any magic based character.

I would only take these over shielding if you were laning against an AP champion.

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If you prefer damage> survivability i would take these glyphs.

Take this glyph if you want more damage endgame and less survivability.

*Quintessences

These are my favorite quintessence to get on , you will get a huge survivabliity boost early game. In my opinion these are the best tank runes in the game.

I would only ever take these if my opposition was AP with alot of burst.

I would only ever take these if i didn't have armor seals, and only then if i was against a super bursty AD character like

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These Quintessences will give you a nice damage boost, especially early game

These quints, like Potency quintessences will give you some early game damage.

What could possibly be wrong with bonus movement speed for catching prey? Pretty self explanatory.

~Summoner Spells~

Flash
Flash is my favorite summoner spell on . Use it to chase, escape, steal an objective. Very handy.

Exhaust
Exhaust is usually what ill choose when laning. You have no built in slow, so until you get or you will probobly need this for most kills

cleanse
A very nice defensive spell. When going defensive you can choose this or heal.

Teleport
Ok spell, helps you make fast trips to base, and get back into lane fast. Also can come in handy to gank sometimes

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Ghost
Nice spell, i prefer but if you get move speed i would choose this.

Ignite
Nice spell, better then when you have your or i get this when i play burst .

Smite
A must get for jungling, unless you wanted to die to blue buff.

Heal
nice spell, you can use it to escape alot of situations, and maybe to juke a dim witted opponent.

~Skills Sequence~

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

This is the best order to level your skills. (The only change is get at level 1 if jungling)

~Skill Kit~

relentless assault

A very nice passive to have, it will give you the upperhand advantage in early 1v1 fights, and gives the ability to be a good jungler

Tips and tricks:

Nice, because it procs Master-At-Arms, and it will give you an early upperhand. If your losing in a 1v1 fight and there's nowhere to jump to, remember you have this and decide if you have the lifesteal to have a chance

Leap strike

This combined with makes the burst character he is. Use this to go in or you can escape with it.

Tips and tricks:

You can leap to allys if they are in range.(this includes wards, so having a safety ward somewhere isn't a bad idea)
Scales with bolth AD and AP, one of the reasons Jax is such a good hybrid.

Empower

Makes you next attack deal massive bonus damage, very good.

Tips and tricks:

Procs on a Leap Strike
Only scales with AP, one of the reasons you end with more AP> AD

Counter strike

Great ability. Very potent against any AD character that will rely on auto attacks to kill you.

Tips and tricks:

Use this before you Leap Strike so that they will be stunned when you land.
use this while running, you may stun them, or you may just dodge their attacks.

Grandmaster's might

Huge survivability boost. Gives you more defence for the more attack powers you have. Use this whenever you go into any fight.

Tips and tricks:

The damage bonus will proc spellvamp.
Make sure you have your bonus attack ready if possible when going into a fight.

~Items~

Basic

This is my current staple build, but in this section i will go over all the options, and why they ARE options.

*Possible builds

Basic

This is my preferred build in most games. It gives you a good defense against most any solotop character you will be fighting.

Against AP heavy

I will build this if the enemy team is AP heavy.

Tanky

In this build i replace with a second defense item.

Glass Cannon

Use this build if you prefer damage> survivability

*Starting items

Doran's Shield
Great item to have. The health regen gives you sustain, the flat HP it provides is huge. (you can start with an easy 250 bonus health with this and runes/masterys) And the armor is great to have

Doran's Ring
Nice damage boost, the AP it provides helps alot early game, and the mana regen gives you sustain. The health, of course is also nice.

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Boots of speed
If your not a fan of Doran's items you can take this and 3 health pots, and rush your faster boots.

Vampiric Scepter
Nice item, i prefer another to it for laning, but i do prefer this to and 5 pots for jungling. Although you can go with either.

*Core items

Hextech Gunblade
I love this item. The slow/ damage it provides is an amazing boost to your rotation, it gives you spellvamp and lifesteal also, which provide you with survivability, and the damage/ AP boost is great. My favorite hybrid item.

Trinity Force
I love this item on The bonus from the proc is the best part, but it increases all of your stats, while giving you a built in slow.

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Rylai's crystal scepter
I love this item. It gives you a huge health boost, a nice AP boost, and a slow with every ability. (this includes the proc)

Ninja Tabi
Nice boost to survivability, and of course you have to have boots. I almost always take these or

*Other items

Rabadon's Deathcap
Pretty self explanatory. Huge damage boost.

Guardian angel
I love this item on . HUGE survivability boost. Gives you armor and MR, and if you die, you have a chance to get back up and survive.

Maw of Malmortius
Against a magic damage based team i like to get this. not only does it give you a spell block if you get low, but when you get low, it increases your damage drastically.

Banshee's Veil
I will take this item> another defense item if they have someone like or so you can block their ult.

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Wriggle's Lantern
I always get this item when jungling, because its a great item for it. If you do get this remember to use the ward it offers.

Sorcerer's Shoes
If you want damage> survivability take these boots.

Will of the ancients
Nice AP and Spellvamp boost, with this and you will have alot of healing as you fight.

Guinsoo's Rageblade
Works extremely well with feel free to take this or when building glass cannon.

~Special note~ Gold per 5 items such as kage's lucky pickand Philosopher's Stone can be extremely useful to get if your behind. If you are getting these get them as early as possible *I recently discovered that these will win you the game if your against another jax jungler. I recently picked up all 3, and went 6/0/8 in 20m surrender. This allows you to shut down your enemys jungle, and have a huge money advantage on everyone.

~Laning phase~

In lane phase, some champions you might have trouble with are because and can easily outsustain you, and can outburst you. These are just some of the champions that may prove difficult.
However, there are many champions you can counter, such as and these are just a few, but because of your dodge what i'm going for here is AD carrys in general.
But if you do get outplayed, make sure to last hit minions as much as possible. (15 CS= 1 kill) So even if your outbursted or outplayed, you wont be out of the game

~ Jungling~

Here's a video i found of jungling ~100% of credit goes to Stonewall008~ /league-of-legends/champion/jax-15

~Team Fights~

Your role in team fights is damage. DO NOT initiate unless you are THE most tanky character On your WHOLE team. And if you must, use your ult before doing so.
Whenever you go in, focus the character on their team who has the most sustained damage, like the AD carry. in with and on. Use THE SECOND you take ANY damage. (if not before going in)

~Dominion~

With my dominion build, i focused heavily on speed. I did this because I like to backdoor with as often as possible. You can usually sneak through the middle and at least neutralize the first enemy point. If you do this, you will at least draw someone from top. As soon as they get close run to top and try to help. Or, if their doing fine, you can probably help whoevers holding bottom get a kill.(Use ghost to get there faster)

But keep in mind how fast you are throughout the game, backdoor and roam as much as possible, and remember, CS is still really, really game changing even in dominion.

Closing statement

Thanks for reading. This is my 3rd guide as i said in the introduction, please give me a delicious +1 :), it really helps.

Email me at Orcyish@gmail.com with any suggestions, please comment also and ill get back to you.