Okay, now for the theory-crafting fun. I take boots and a
Blasting Wand first because I feel it gives him the best leg up on the enemy team. When he gets to top node, he is a force to be reckoned with, because 1. He is relatively fast, and 2. His
Leap Strike/
Empower combo will take of AT LEAST a quarter of your health, if not more. He can jump into a fight, stun everyone, destroy one person, and then leave just as easily as he came in. That's ridiculous. With a good team behind you, its almost impossible to lose the first fight.
Now, on to the later stuff. After this first fight, I normally have enough for
Ninja Tabi, which are extremely helpful, although not essential, to
Jax. I say not essential, because if the team is all ap, your dodge chance is going to have to rely on minions and minions only. So, in order to make your stun effective, you need the extra dodge chance. BUT, if the team is all ad auto attackers, then you don't necessarily need that dodge unless you want to feel even more godly than you already are. In the latter situation, I would probably take
Sorcerer's Shoes or
Mercury's Treads if they had some kind of ridiculous cc. Then, I take
Guinsoo's Rageblade as my first big item. the reason behind this is that its relatively cheap for a large item, and it helps
Jax's damage output immensely when paired with
Relentless Assault. He auto-attacks so much faster, which means he gets every 3rd hit faster, which means max damage output. And, it also gives you boosted ap for that ridiculous jump that he has. What's not to love?
After that, I take sheen and then a
Hextech Gunblade.
Sheen is another item that helps
Jax immensely. He uses his ablilties a lot, and when he does, he gets extra damage on his auto-attack, as well as some extra ap. WIN, and on top of that, it builds into
Trinity Force later, which is a TRIPLE win. Then, the
Hextech Gunblade. Oh, how to put my love for this item into words. It gives you a ranged slow with extra damage output, life steal, spell vamp, and a ******ed amount of attack damage and ability power? That is the ultimate hybrid item, and it is integral to
Jax. You need to remember that it has an active ability though, otherwise you are not using it to its maximum potential.
Okay, onward and upward. Next on my list is either
Rylai's Crystal Scepter or
Trinity Force, and its all by preference. Rylai's, will give make your
Leap Strike/
Empower combo hit even harder, and it will give you a slow on top of that. Meanwhile
Trinity Force will give you ap, ad, crit chance (meh) and a 25% chance for your auto attacks to slow on hit. Like I said, whichever you pick is a preference and an acquired taste, so experiment with it a bit. I just like this order the most because I feel like it helps me more at this point in the game.
And last, but certainly not least,
Guardian Angel. Now, if its this far into the game, and the enemy team hasn't started freaking the hell out whenever your name is even mentioned, then shame on them, but if they are, and they're focusing the hell out of you, we'll here is your release from that. It makes you nearly unkillable, and when you do get killed, YOU COME BACK TO LIFE. This should be enough to make a squishy character **** themselves on demand whenever they see you. All of these items together makes rofl stomp soup. And it tastes so sweet...
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