Jax Build Guide by Rahzr

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League of Legends Build Guide Author Rahzr

I'll Jax You Up (Jax Jungle)

Last updated on August 2, 2012

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Build 1 (Cheat Sheet)

Champion Build: Jax

Recommended Runes

Purchase Order

Ability Sequence

Mastery Tree Is Outdated

WARNING: These masteries are still using the old tree and have not been updated to the new tree by the guide author. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.

Masteries

Offense: 30

Defense: 0

Utility: 0

Guide Table of Contents

Introduction

Pros/Cons

Runes

Masteries

Items

Skill Sequence

Summoner Spells

Conclusion

Introduction

Greetings Summoners :D Today we will be looking at .
Jax is an amazing champ that excels at jungling and ganking well.
I hope you enjoy this guide! :D

Pros/Cons

Pros

+ Excels at jungling early game.
+ Jax's ganks are effective, quick, and deadly.
+ Only character in the game that has dodge :3
+ Does not die easily.
+ Great sustained damage and gap closing abilities.

SPACE

Cons

- Can be easily jungle countered by a tanky opponent.
- If stunned, Jax will be melted.
- Depends on items.

Runes

Greater Quintessence of Strength

For quintessences I always bring because of the extra attack damage for that edge on early jungling and for damage in early game.

Greater Mark of Desolation

Greater Mark of Desolation

For marks, Greater Mark of Desolation gives both an early and late game dominance on squishies. It also gives some penetration if any champ tries to build armor.

Greater Seal of Resilience

For seals, gives you an early tanky aspect so that you won't die during your ganks.

Greater Glyph of Warding

For seals, gives you an early tanky aspect so that you won't die during your ganks.

Masteries

Recommended Mastries

Since is a hybrid champion, that means that he builds both Ability Power AND Attack Damage items. For his masteries to pump out the damage I spec 30/0/0. Now some may think: "Having all 30 points in one tree is stupid". When you are ROFLstomping the enemy team you wont think having all 30 points is stupid. I build all the way down row 3 and row 4 of the Offense tree because it gives constant damage whereas skills like or aren't very useful for jungle Jax.

Other Viable Mastries

If your team is lacking a lot of tanking capability, I suggest going the traditional 21/9/0 build, putting points into the Offense tree to reach and putting the resting into the first few basic health, MR, and armor stats in the Defense tree.

If your team is tanking impared then either pick a different champ or if you REALLY want to play Jax go 9/21/0, putting points into damage reduction, health, MR, and armor stats until . Put the rest into AD stats in the Offense tress.

Items

Early Game

For jungling, start out with cloth armor and 5 health potions. This gives you armor as well as a lot of HP pots to be effectively keeping up with the jungle. Afterwards, either get for quicker ganks or for an easier time clearing the jungle. Finish your boots with either or depending on how the enemy teams line-up is. If it is equal, I suggest for the additional Tenacity but if they have 4+ AD champs then get for reduced damage. Finish your Early game with and grab a .

Mid Game

Start building for both AD and AP as well as the passive that compliments Jax's own passive. Once finished, Get a and finish . From there you can start really dealing out the damage with high bursts.

Late Game

If you played your cards right early game, Jax will explode almost anyone that isn't a tank in late game. Say goodbye to the enemy squishies if they aren't being escorted at all times. Start building for the extra damage and another nuke :3 Afterwards, finish your build with either , , or . Depending on what is going on in your game, each item is viable. If they build a lot of magic resist/health then get for more AD and crits. If they build a lot of armor/health go for so you can put a huge dent in them with and . If the enemy team is bringing you down quickly, grab a for extra armor, MR, and the ability to be revived if u get gunned down quick.***KEEP Wriggle's Lantern*** Even though it may not be as good as other items late game, The ward function has saved me so many times. Once you get good with Jax and using his item abilities, use lantern to escape tight situations by throwing it over walls and jumping to it.

Other Viable Items

Rylai's Crystal Scepter

is viable for it's health buff and AP for your and . It also slows enemies hit with your abilities, allowing you to sustain the damage and close gaps effectively.

Maw of Malmortius

is viable for it's AD, MR, and both of it's passives for defensive capabilities. Grab this item if you are having a hard time 1v1ing with AP/AD carries.

Skill Sequence

For jungling, start with . Immediately after the leash wears off, pop it and you will dodge, stun, and loose almost no health. For level 2 ganks, I recommend that you get so that you can jump and stun for an easy first blood kill. Then go back and forth leveling and . Start at Blue -> Wolves -> Wraiths -> Red -> Golems

Leap Strike

is a great skill overall. It is utility and offensive because you can jump-to/damage enemies AND you can jump to allies/wards. Great mechanism for escaping and catching up.

Empower

is Jax's nuke. I personally love this ability because it can stack with and you can use it during . It has a very low cool down and does massive AP damage.

Counter Strike

is one of the most unique abilities in the game because it is the only dodge ability. Once activated, Jax will dodge all normal attacks and can still attack and use abilities. Once the duration of the skill expires, all enemies around Jax are stunned. This ability is amazing for ganks because if you time it right you can jump to an enemy and immediately stun them. Active then and lead into . When used correctly this skill becomes one deadly QQ creator.

Grandmaster's Might

Jax's ultimate ability, , helps him dish out the damage quickly. It's passive ability gives him a huge AP nuke damage on every third hit. On activation, he gains a large armor and MR buff. Active the ability when going into team fights to reduce damage and stay in the fight or when in close 1v1s this will give you the edge.

Summoner Spells

Flash

is a very common, yet very useful, summoner spell. It allows for an easy escape and a deadly gap closer. I recommend this highly on Jax.

Smite

is the typical jungler summoner spell. It helps clear the jungle mobs quickly and effectively while giving you bonus gold if the mob is killed with it. I recommend this highly if jungling.

Other Viable Summoner Spells

Ghost

is useful for its speed buff that you can use for effectively ganking,catching up, or even just getting from one place to the next quicker.

Ignite

is great for it's healing debuff and the extra true damage.

Exhaust

is great for the slow and the extreme AD/AP debuff for the duration. Works best during 1v1s.

Conclusion

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