Jax: Smack Smack... amg he got away?!

[quote=Dante Rebellion]Yo forums, I have been playing Jax for a while now, and I usually run him with a Phantom Dancer, you know..before the dodge got removed, now I just cant spam stuns as much as I used to (fml.)... I havnt really bothered to try out the new phantom dancer, since its still pretty expensive and well the benefits arn't as good as they used to be..So I have been rollin' AP Hybrid Jax, and so far it's been fine. [color=green]My only problem is: Chasing[/color]... I find it extreamly difficult to chase other champs. Now, usually all the top rated builds I have seen here, get the Rageblade after the ninja tabi. But I was wondering why not get the Bilgewater Cutlass? It has a nice slow effect and some interesting Life Steal... So...do you think its a good idea to get a Bilgewater Cutlass before the Rageblade, then maybe build it up to a Gunblade?[/quote]

[quote=DEWO]Good shit imho. But very costy also. Rageblade is easy to get and you need some AS in early game. I would still go Tabi->Rageblade->Rest_of_the_build[/quote]

[quote=Dante Rebellion]Well I have to argue on Rageblade being easy to get, the bilgewater is actually alot cheaper 2235: Being the total price for a Rageblade 1825: Being the total price for a Bilgewater Tbh I can lane longer with bilgewater, thanks to the lifesteal, and maybe pull off more kills with the help of the slow... Immediatly after I could work for a rageblade and bam my problems are pretty much over.. The downsides however, will be the the lack of ability power and attack speed in the start. Humm, I would have to test this idea :P....[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong]Chasing hard? frozen mallet! Triforce you can also experiment with, seems like it'd work well on jax.[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]Triforce actually not so much, mainly because Jax relies on strong DPS and not bursty spikes - he's basically anti-Poppy. Frozen Mallet works in theory but only if you're well fed enough to maintain your damage output as you're chasing.[/quote]

[quote=Dante Rebellion]Hmm an interesting idea, for some reason I forgot about Frozen Mallet, but with such a high price, isnt the gunblade a better item? Anyways I tested my idea and well... the rageblade is much better to begin with than the Bilgewater xD! the attack speed makes so much of a difference =/... chasing is still annoying but i'm starting to think I will need someone like Morgana to lane with me, so I can get fed omnomnom. EDIT: holy effin' sheet. I just tried the frozen mallet idea and went 15/3/10... solo'ing whole teams like wussup. Amazing idea o.o![/quote]

[quote=B-Wong][quote=Dante Rebellion] Hmm an interesting idea, for some reason I forgot about Frozen Mallet, but with such a high price, isnt the gunblade a better item? Anyways I tested my idea and well... the rageblade is much better to begin with than the Bilgewater xD! the attack speed makes so much of a difference =/... chasing is still annoying but i'm starting to think I will need someone like Morgana to lane with me, so I can get fed omnomnom. EDIT: holy effin' sheet. I just tried the frozen mallet idea and went 15/3/10... solo'ing whole teams like wussup. Amazing idea o.o! [/quote] Frozen Mallet was just a suggestion for the chase ability if you're not able to get as many dodges off because of the new patch. Ninja->Rageblade->Mallet seems solid if you ask me. Allows you to get quite a bit of damage off while having a lot of survivability and also being able to chase well with high attack speed. The ability to get these items is only limited by your ability to farm. Also, I suggested the Trinity Force because Triforce + Empower seems pretty damn good and also has the Frozen Mallet slow along with extra movespeed. I guess it can be tested, but hey, I'm just theorycrafting here. Also it's cool how there's +HP and +Mana because I know Jax has quite some Mana problems with so much spamming, too.[/quote]

[quote=PFP]I just had a great game with Jax and here's how I build him. Given he sucks in the lane without a good partner, I enjoyed having a Blitz laning with me. Rylai's > Mallet btw I get 1 point in every skill to start, then I max empower, leapstrike, then counterstrike. This gives you the most dmg output possible. [icon=Cloth Armor size=19] [icon=Health Potion size=19] x3 [icon=Mana Potion size=19] [icon=Ninja Tabi size=19] [icon=Blasting Wand size=19] [icon=Guinsoo's Rageblade size=19] [icon=Vampiric Scepter size=19] [icon=Blasting Wand size=19] [icon=Rylai's Crystal Scepter size=19] [icon=Stinger size=19] [icon=The Bloodthirster size=19] [icon=Nashor's Tooth size=19] [icon=Hextech Gunblade size=19][/quote]

[quote=Dante Rebellion]ahh PFP thats pretty good, but why even bother getting the gunblade so late, maybe just get a guardian angel or something? I ran, Tabi> Rageblade> Vamp> Frozen Mallet> Bloodthirster> Nashor's> guardian angel worked pretty well, AD really helps the passive :D![/quote]