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Get to gold fast!! | Jax jungle - especially for low elo

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Runes: 1v9

Precision

Conqueror

Triumph

Legend: Alacrity

Last Stand

Resolve

Conditioning

Unflinching

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

New standard

Ghost

Smite

Items

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first back

Core purchases

Boot choices

Tank options

Other choices

Final build example

Ability Order

Jax Passive Ability

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Champion Build Guide

Introduction

Do you want to get out of your elo? Do you want to 1v9 games with ease? Enter Jax. If played correctly, you can skyrocket your winrate and get to gold or above in a flash! I will put brief overviews of each chapter at the top, but if you want more in depth be sure to read down! Let's get into it.

Summoner Spells

Self explanatory for jungle. Absolutely necessary.

You're probably wondering why I don't take flash. Ghost is extremely strong when you want to stick to opponents. You are virtually un-kitable in team-fights. Best of all, the cooldown is nearly half that of at 180 seconds (3 minutes).

Items

Jax has one of the most variable build options in the entire game. Building correctly is what differentiates good Jax's from great ones. I will continue to experiment with builds and see which one is most effective.

This is a fairly standard item that you build second in most games. Jax can make use of all the stats, and the sheen proc helps burst down squishy targets. This item is great because the components are strong in their own right. I build first generally.

This item is AMAZING if your opponents have 2+ crit based champions. The active is very fun to use, as enemies do not expect the slow. If the enemy has a fed yasuo, buy this item! Otherwise, only buy if your opponent has 2 or more crit champs. This can be purchased after trinity force/guinsoo's rageblade.

While you might not always build lifesteal items, you can increase the healing you get from conqueror and the lifesteal against jungle monsters with your jungle item. Healing is an important trait when trying to solo or duo baron! Build this into heavy magic damage enemies.

You should almost always pick this item if the enemy has 3+ auto attack based champions. If the enemy has a fed carry that is auto attack based, this may be worth just to shut down the carry. Make sure that your team has grevious wounds to take down fed carries!

In-game strategy

I like to do a full first clear and recall with at least 1100 gold to buy . If you have extra gold, buy .

In this elo, your opponent's laners aren't good and often overextend. It is very important that you look at your minimap and ask your allies if your opponents have their summoner spells. Make sure to gank! Ganking boosts team morale because you are helping, and more effectively, your enemies will lose their minds if you spam gank (which is great). If you kill your opponent's a few times, they might just give up.

To reiterate, gank when you can. If you get ahead, counter jungle to push your lead but be careful not to die. The good thing is that Jax scales very well so even if you don't get too far ahead, just say "we scale" to your team.

How to navigate teamfights

Teamfights in league of legends are messing and difficult to properly go through but I will tell you how to teamfight with Jax.

First: identify a priority target.
Generally, the enemy has one fed member and if you can kill that person you should be able to win the fight. If you catch the high priority target out of position (aka they facecheck a bush you are in) GO ALL IN! If the high priority target is playing safe, let one of your allies initiate the fight, THEN go in for the kill. Jax is mediocre as an engager.

Second: kill the rest of the enemies based on who has the most damage. Let's play through an example. They have a fed . You engage and kill Syndra quickly. What do you do next? Most likely you should jump and kill their ADC because usually ADC's have high damage. Then that's it- you and your team will overwhelm the enemy especially without their strongest member that you killed. NICE.

Finally: be decisive after a fight. Communicate with your team what you want to do after a win. If you are near baron, ping and type "baron" to your team. if you are close to the enemy base, destroy an inhibitor! Communicate and lead your team to victory.

Ward hoping

Ward hoping is a key mechanic of Jax. This is the act of placing a and immediately ing to it. It's simple and very powerful. This is effectively another flash. You can ward hop over walls, cover extra distance in a chase, or dodge skill shots.
For this reason, always try to keep at least one available.

Try this out in practice tool a couple times - ward hop over walls. Make sure you can hop in and out of the dragon and baron pit. Ward hoping feels good once you get it down.

Auto attack canceling

If you already understand AA cancelling, feel free to skip this section. If not, please read!

Note: a common abbreviation of Autoattack is (AA)
AA cancelling is the act of using an ability immediately after the damage from an auto attack goes through. I will attach a gif shortly.

As Jax, use your right after you auto attack so you basically hit twice at one time. For the most damage possible, DO NOT activate your before you use . This is because hitting an enemy with will consume your . Instead, use , then immediately use and auto attack after. This way you are adding more damage by using an auto attack reset.

Other tips

If you take the rune, healing is increased even more while you are under 40% health. To maximize healing, use smite and while you are low on health for more healing!

Keep a control ward in your inventory so you can ward hop with it!

Don't forget you can reactivate early to stun sooner!

Speaking of which, if you stun the it reduces it's armour and magic resist from 60 -> 30! So stun it first then attack it to kill it faster.

Conclusion

Give Jax a try and let me know how it goes! I love reading comments so if there is something I missed and you want me to add something let me know! I hope this helps you reach your end of season goals.

Thank you for reading