Jax Build Guide by rockthecasbah1

But what we don't all know is how to play him. Well neither do I, but this is what I learned in four weeks of rocking out with Jaximus Prime.

This guide is primarily for a top fighter Jax. You may believe that Jax, with his deep voice, broad shoulders, strength, poor communication skills and tasteless outfit is the most rambo-esque of the champions. This may lead you to believe that Jax should retire to the jungle position, where he is best equipped to avoid overzealous local sherifs bent on making his postwar reintegration more difficult. You would be wrong. Aside from Jax's aoe stun, which has a long cooldown, I think he's quite poorly equiped to jungle. He also lacks jungle mobility, as his jump requires creeps to jump to best found in lane. Don't get me wrong, he's great for ambushing but his jump range is so long that in my opinion he an quite effectively ambush from his own lane as easily as he can from the side. So there is little benefit to putting Jax in the jungle position.

Jax is best played as a solo top lane. By level six his damage should have reached the point where he can dominate the lane. What I mean by dominate the lane is use his long jump rage, incredible dps, and good chasing ability to instill the fear in his opposing laner that any move within jack's jump rage will seriously risk his death. This strategy requires gold focus on dps, abilities focus on his jump attack and speed to be effective. It's also hit or miss and can be difficult to use against some ap characters and good jumpers/stunners. However, it remains Jax's most effective strategy.

Really a no brainer for almost every champ. Or so I've heard, I'm not actually a high enough level to use it (a solitary tear slides down my cheek).

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