Jax Build Guide : [14.9] ThisIsPatrik's In-depth Jax Guide

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Tips against Zac Top?

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I personally run and try to go for just quick W's during lane, also baiting him to W and backstepping out of it and then walking up again. Make sure to deny him the healing off his blobs if possible since thats his main source of sustain. At 6 you have to be careful since his ult spawns a lot of blobs for him and also does a lot of damage. It's not a very good lane for imo but its winnable.

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Hi! I currently following your guide to play Jax and I'm improving little by little
And i have a question to ask, Did you try the Experimetal Hexplate on Jax for the S14?

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Hello! Don't think that item is something that wants since your ult CD isn't that problematic anyways, and you want ability haste for your normal abilities rather than only your ult.

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hii!!! The new season has greatly changed the builds of many characters, including Jax. and I noticed that taam kench has become very hard for Jax, since without divin sunderer Jax lacks sustain and damage against it.what do you recommend buying, and basically what to do against this catfish?

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Hello!

I haven't faced yet personally, so I can't say yet anything really other than I'd still probably go into since early on you can still kill him and afterwards just waveclear with Hydra.

I'm not sure about any of the shred items yet for . In some rare cases maybe is viable but I won't make any statements yet on that since I haven't tested much. Also in terms of sustain is a viable option.

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thanks!

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Could jax use any of the new items like rageblade and go hybrid jax since now he has better AP ratios?

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Really don't see working for since he has no HP while rushing it and you are also giving up on first item. If you go second, still have no HP to tank anything. At its best, it's probably a 4fun build you can do, but personally I don't see it.

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Your guide is just loverly, my only thought is that maybe you want to build a color theme? pick a color, or a couple close colors, and consider even recoloring your item links. The idea being that your guide ends up with a more cohesive visual theme.

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Glad you enjoyed the guide! My guide definitely needs a bit of visual tuning but I've been really lazy with putting together new ideas towards it. It will happen eventually though 👍

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Hi! I have one more question. . what jax build do you prefer this patch/season? it's just strange to see bork in the recommended items, knowing your preference, wits end.

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I still stick to the regular -> / -> situational basically just depending on what enemy team has. is pretty nice item even sometimes 2nd if you need to be the one engaging for your team since it will buy you time while your team follows your engage.

While it's true I preferred for a long time, my choice basically depends on what I'm laning vs and if they have multiple AP champions. If they have like 2-3 AP champions or more then I probably opt for , unless they are really behind and the game seems like a stomp then I might just go anyways. is fine if they have less AP damage since you can itemize things like vs singular AP champ or a fed AP champ.

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Really thank you!!! you really helped me.you really helped me.

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Hi! its me again for a simple question: its a bad option buy corropted potion at the start? not even the game recomend it anymore... why?

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got nerfed and you don't run because of the nerf on it as well, so its overall just worse these days. or is just far superior option these days since it gives good stats for laning and generally allows you to sustain and fight through your way for the first reset to buy if you need the extra sustain. Only difference is you have to be a bit more conservative with mana but that's why you take to help you with mana issues.

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Hy! I really like your guide. what do you think about the conqueror? is he a good choice for jax? Or is lethal Tempo better? do need an hourglass for jax?

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While is viable choice, I think is still just superior since it makes you a lot stronger in early lane phase and if you can't make use of then you opt for in matchups like and etc where you don't get extended trades.

is a situational item for . If you are doing the engaging for your team and your team doesn't really have proper follow up, or if you just need to buy time in general in fights then is a fine option.

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Thank you!!! This question arose from the fact that I often see a conqueror in some other jax players. so I decided to get your opinion on this rune. thanks a lot again!!

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Hello! I like your guide! I wanted to know something... Is still worthy to build AP with Jax currently? Since his AP ratios are pretty nice, I see his damage output is OP XD But I dont know if this kind of build stills being a good idea. Recently, I was playing as Jax and all my team were AD, so... I was thinking of this build can be good in this kind of situations or not, and stick to AD.

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Hello!

The regular build is still superior to going AP build. The changes to basically just allow him to have a broader itemization and include some AP items in his regular build situationally like and . The laning and scaling to late game with AP build is just way harder than with the normal build, and you are relying on oneshotting a lot with the AP build.

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Thank you! :D You are right. It is hard to survive being AP.

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Hi! I love your guide and check back every patch to see your thoughts on new items, runes, and matchup changes. Few questions, any thoughts or tips for the K'sante matchup? I haven't played against him very often as Jax and I feel like I either stomp or get stomped and am unsure how to play it optimally. Also what are your thoughts on taking grasp/conqueror? I see a lot of pros and other high elo Jax players taking grasp. Do you ever take it? When and why do you, or why don't you take it? I don't see many people taking conqueror any more but does it still have it's place? Thanks!

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Hello!

Glad you enjoy the guide! I think is pretty rough to lane vs since he is, well a new champ and he has a lot of mobility to get out of your E or even just ignore it with his W CC immunity. You can beat him but you have to dodge his Q to not get chunked in lane but its so low cooldown its pretty hard to manage. Also when he R's you have to respect his damage a lot and you cant really jump on him near his tower since he will just insec you into his tower range then.

I still have played mostly since its just felt really good so far but scales better since later into the game attack speed isn't going to be as valuable due to how quickly fights end and people get bursted. is probably good in some matchups but will help you be stronger in lane which helps you get ahead and win games but I'll have to try more this patch. I only really run into champions like , and maybe since you can't get extended trades into them making and less valuable, but you are giving up scaling by taking so I would limit it to these matchups only really.

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I like this guide very much, it has a lot of usefull information and very important things to know, I want to ask to you: Is de new R better than old R, because it´s ok and well you hit the R passive only with 2 AA but the old R was good to, and now with some skins jax look some weird than before because the new R, also de Legendary Skin before had a super shield that looks amazing and has a lot of textures, and now they replace that with an poor aura. Before I play Jax a lot but with this I don´t very sure, also I was going to buy Mecha Kingdoms Jax but with this things I told you I change the idea. Regards!!

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Hello!

Glad you liked the guide!

The new R in terms of gameplay is better since its an more involving ult in a way that you have to think more of how and when you want to use it instead of just using it before a fight to get extra resistances. Sadly the VFX are pretty bad and the animations for the 3rd auto from R are really bad too for 1350+ skins but apparently they are working on improving them so hopefully they get fixed asap. I've personally just stuck to older skins for now like Nemesis and PAX on my main.

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hello, why dont you recomend ravenous hydra? so many champions use it now

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Hello!

isn't really what wants in his regular builds since the item is purely damage oriented, and you already have filling that spot. That item will fit into the build, where you first go -> , into , but that build requires you to snowball and be ahead since your first item really isn't all that great.

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Hey there, great guide, helped me a lot after not having played for over a year. What would be your opinion on combining Spear of Shojin with Rod of Ages? It's fairly gold efficient when stacked. Like Tiamat -> Trinity/RoA -> Roa/Trinity -> Spear I guess?

Additionally, have you Tried Hail of Blades yet? I laned with it and was quite satisfied (although not sure if it's good enough to compete with Conq), however, what about jungle? Gives good duelling power, better burst while ganking and doesn't fall off as much as PtA does. Not to mention you get Zombie Wards and such which is always helpful as a jungler.

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Hello and thank you!

Problem with is that you'd generally want to acquire it early game since it takes 10 minutes to stack up. Sure it would help out with mana issues but in the end there are just better items to be built. If you are running out of mana constantly there are items like , or even that I'd rather have than . I still usually just ignore the mana issue and reset when oom since the usual build of: -> /-> -> -> Situational Items is just so good.

I personally don't like . Some people like to run it while jungling but I still prefer to go either or into more tankier teams while jungling. Also as far as I'm concerned only viable keystone for top lane is so don't do while laning. gives you early dueling power, but falls off as the game goes on. It might be a preference thing but I just don't see as a rune I'd ever run on .

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Well, thing is I rarely get the Spear this early and usually go straight into Sterak’s after Tia/TriForce is done. I find lacking survivability and not damage at this point. So I never run oom ^^ You’re most probably right, in the end.

HOWEVER, after posting this I did try RoA like 4 times - for ***** and giggles - and it was pretty good. First backed at 1100, got Catalyst, makes farming quite safe since it gives some sustain and max hp and you’re still Jax and people aren’t that eager to trade with you. Then backed at 1600 and it’s easy to finish RoA by minute 10 or so. Since I’m tanky, have sustain, and W+R passive hits like a truck thanks to AP, the lane is free to be farmed and I have Tiamat + Boots + TriForce by minute 20 or so.

So in the end, these stats might not be exactly what Jax needs, but early sustain + 500 HP + 100 AP + 20 MR (in ulti, obviously) for 2.7k gold is... still quite a lot of stats ^^ Not to mention the passive easily heals 200-300+ HP per teamfight despite the numbers not looking that big.

And yes, Conqueror > Hail of Bladses, just wanted to get your take on it

[14.9] ThisIsPatrik's In-depth Jax Guide

[14.9] ThisIsPatrik's In-depth Jax Guide

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