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Jax Build Guide by

Jax, The Grandmaster in the Jungle (SOLO QUEUE)

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Spells:

Smite

Flash

Items

Spawn

First Back (910+ Gold)

Priority Items

Core Build

Late Game (Situational)

Ability Order

Jax Passive Ability

Introduction

My summoner name is iETL. My main role is Jungler, although I can also Top, Mid and Support pretty well, my skills in the art of ADC are horrendous though. I have been playing League of Legends for about two years, since 's release. My favorite champions is , therefore I felt that it was a necessity that my first guide be on . I am currently Gold V and climbing. Please feel free to add me if you'd like to play some games or ask me questions.

Jax, The Grandmaster's At Arms

is a melee fighter. By "fighter" I mean that not only is he capable of dealing good amounts of damage, but he is also capable of withstanding a good amount of damage when properly itemized and with the aid of his ultimate.

's main source of damage is physical, but he also has a strong secondary source of damage which is magical. This makes him extremely hard to itemize against. also has both sustained damage AND burst damage. This means he can wither down tanks and he can also burst down carries. is truly a force to be reckoned with.

Abilities

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

IN-DEPTH EXPLANATION

's passive is , it increases his attack speed per auto attack landed. It caps at 6 stacks. This means that in a 1 vs 1 scenario, after landing a few hits 's attack speed will encrease, giving him an advantage. This will be encreasing proc rate, increasing his DPS and burst overall, sometime I will more into detail later.

is a gap closer that deals a mix of physical and magical damage, it can also be casted on friendly units which can save you from a LOT of sticky situations. It also synergizes with .

is an auto attack steroid. Aside from resetting 's auto attack's animation, which means an extra auto attack when done properly, the steroid is addition of magic damage to your next auto attack. can be casted before casting , and it applies together, increasing your 's damage and burst.

when activated triggers a "spin" animation on , lasting 2 seconds in which can dodge auto attacks, takes 25% less damage from area of effect abilities and at the end of the two seconds any enemies nearby are stunned for 1 second and damaged physically. While is "dodging" he can also auto attack and cast his abilities. Any attacks dodged during this time can also increases the ability's damage to up to 200% (20% per auto attack, 5 equaling 200%) depending on how many attacks were dodged.

is 's ultimate. It is both a passive and an active. It passively makes every third auto attack deal bonus magic damage, if he doesn't auto attack for 2.5 seconds the passive counter is reset. Combine this with his for some insane burst, and in addition to his passive , you have some insane sustained damage that almost no champion can withstand toe to toe. 's active gives bonus Armor and Magic Resist based on how much AP (Ability Power) and AD (Attack Damage) has. Making him surprisigly tanky in dangerous situations such as 2 vs 1.

Take 's kit into consideration and think of the capabilities this great champion has in the right hands. I feel like although I don't have the ELO or Ranking of a "professional" player, I do have an indepth understanding of this champion.

Masteries

OFFENSIVE

is really nice for jungling, because it doesn't specify AD or AP, thus making it twice as valuable on . It'll help you clear the jungle faster, hit champions harder and be a menace to other junglers, for a very small trade of more incoming damage.

is very handy for clearing the jungle fast, and late game it will make you extremely scary, combined with your passive and your items.

for the AD, faster jungle clear and stronger ganks.

for the same reason as .

greatly compliments 's kit, whether it is clearing the jungle, ganking lanes or dueling fools in the jungle.

for the same reason as .

will help you pick up kills on ganks, clean up fights, and jump on enemy junglers who barely have sustain because they will most likely be low at the early stages of the game. Late game, tanks will run away from you.

is very good for because his attack speed, enabling him to gain the stacks fast, and since is on a low cooldown it'll let him take full advantage of the bonus damage and apply it constantly.

is also very good because of 's low cooldown, and synergy with 's fast auto attacks, it'll be applied often as well.

is probably the best mastery for . The penetration helps you inflict your damage more effectively, since you also build AP on my guide, it will make it very hard for your opponent to itemize against you as well.

is self explanatory. Just like , the damage is not specified, therefore is both AD and AP. It is twice as valuable on .

DEFENSIVE

is really handy on . He's a dueler, so when other junglers want to try you, you ALWAYS have something to say, this will give you an advantage on fights. It will also help you clean up lanes earlier, making you harder to kill.

will make jungling easier at the early stages of the game.

just like will help you duel other junglers and gank lanes.

and 's HP are really handy early in the game, simply makes you stronger, healthier, harder to kill. HP is always good, because it helps against all types of damage.

Masteries Controversy

I like going to "probuilds.net" to see how pros play certain champions, I did this often for and viewed various pros, their runes and masteries. The biggest difference between their and mine is the mastery page. I have noticed how pros like putting points into and completely disregard and . It was also brought up to me in a comment on this very guide. So I decided to do some research and do the math to prove once and forever that my mastery page is the best for .

's bonus damage is not that much and I find it more effective getting some AP, specially considering . greatly benefits from both AD AND AP.

When it comes to percentages, you need to understand that they are only effective when the numbers being effected are high.

Bear in mind that only effects bonus attack damage. On my guide you build , and the .

That's 85 AD, with the masteries and runes, is 108.8, or ~109 AD. ~109 AD plus the 5% is 114.24, or ~114 AD. You'd be getting a bonus of about 6 AD.

If you were to grab and early game you would have about 6~9. You will have 22 AP AP by late game. gives you 30 AP, so you'd have ~109 AD and 52 AP. Late game it makes a huge difference because it makes it even harder to itemize against you. Flat amounts of stats is better than percentages when applying it to low numbers.

So, do you want to have 6 more AD, or 22 more AP?

Don't get me wrong, is a very good mastery, but on champions that build a ton of AD, someone like or .

Runes

Precision

Press the Attack

Lethal Tempo

Phase Rush

will help you clear the jungler faster, as well as add more damage to your ganks.

is a must for jungling. The armor helps you survive the dangerous jungle and help you duel other junglers that try your life!

is very effective when ganking mid and they are AP. It will prevent you getting instantly bursted by them and it'll also help you if they have a jungler that's AP or if the mid decides to roam into the wrong place.

just like your marks, it will help you clear the jungler faster, as well as add more damage to your ganks.

it will help you stay healthy early in the jungle, saving you from counter jungles from your opponent. Combined with your it will help keep you stay healthy at all stages of the game.

You could replace for if the enemy team doesn't have much AP or any at all, bear in mind there are some champions, that although are AD, still deal magical damage.

You could also replace it with , or . I have not tested these yet.

Items

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Jungling Route

UNDER WORK

Ganking

UNDER WORK

Guide still under construction

I will add more in-depth information as soon as possible.

P.S. I do not own of the images used in the guide. Please give credit to their proper owners/creators.