Building Jax: AD vs. Hybrid

[quote=rekh]So I've always enjoyed playing Jax and I've liked his hybrid damage. However, I'm seeing increasing numbers of guides focusing more on AD in Jax builds, and have seen plenty of claims/discussions on this forum that say "hybrid builds are dead". So I'm wondering if hybrid damage is still effective on Jax, I guess? I like to do [[Trinity Force]] followed by a [[Hextech Gunblade]] for damage, and then build accordingly from there ([[Warmog's Armor]] or [[Randuin's Omen]] for defence, maybe a [[Blade of the Ruined King]] or [[Zephyr]] for damage). Is it now better to just rush something like [[Blade of the Ruined King]] and do more AD/AS items?[/quote]

[quote=luizdeh][[jax]] does fixed magic damage every third strike, so getting AS is great on him, especially considering his passive. So, why not hit hard while you proc it? Hybrid builds aren't dead. Hybrid [[kayle]]s can still own. But they're just weaker versions of more powerful AD or AP oriented builds.[/quote]

[quote=samgoeslol]ive tried hextecha bunch of times but i tend to build; bilge triforce botrk with a hex inbetween if vs strong ap. after that i go tank hybrid needs more items to get rolling and that means his tankitems will get delayed greez sam[/quote]

[quote=Killercomic]Hybrids are not dead. They just need more time to really be effective when everyone else is stacking AD/AP. Therefore might be a con opposing to pure builds. But if you have the time to farm it out, i'd still take a hybrid over AD. Especially in [[Jax]]'s case.[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD][quote=Killercomic] Hybrids are not dead. They just need more time to really be effective when everyone else is stacking AD/AP. Therefore might be a con opposing to pure builds. But if you have the time to farm it out, i'd still take a hybrid over AD. Especially in [[Jax]]'s case. [/quote] They pretty much are. There's a limited supply of good hybrid items and they are all crazy expensive.[/quote]

[quote=Killercomic][quote=GrandmasterD] [quote=Killercomic] Hybrids are not dead. They just need more time to really be effective when everyone else is stacking AD/AP. Therefore might be a con opposing to pure builds. But if you have the time to farm it out, i'd still take a hybrid over AD. Especially in [[Jax]]'s case. [/quote] They pretty much are. There's a limited supply of good hybrid items and they are all crazy expensive. [/quote] Therefore takes a lot time. I'd say do it if you can, but in the more competetive scene that's not gonna happen. If you put it in that way, you could consider Hybrid builds dead.[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD][quote=Killercomic] [quote=GrandmasterD] [quote=Killercomic] Hybrids are not dead. They just need more time to really be effective when everyone else is stacking AD/AP. Therefore might be a con opposing to pure builds. But if you have the time to farm it out, i'd still take a hybrid over AD. Especially in [[Jax]]'s case. [/quote] They pretty much are. There's a limited supply of good hybrid items and they are all crazy expensive. [/quote] Therefore takes a lot time. I'd say do it if you can, but in the more competetive scene that's not gonna happen. If you put it in that way, you could consider Hybrid builds dead. [/quote] Because it's not as effective as the AD or AP counterparts you can pretty much say it's dead. I'm not saying it doesn't work obviously.[/quote]

[quote=animorte]I've got a few effective hybrid builds, fairly cheap too.[/quote]

[quote=rekh]To those of you saying hybrid builds are dead, what would you recommend building on Jax? To those of you saying they aren't dead, my friend would like to know why [[Guinsoo's Rageblade]] is no longer built on Jax? He feels that the synergy between its passive and Jax's passive is too good to pass up, and I wasn't able to give him much more than no one builds it anymore.[/quote]

[quote=tehAsian]Guinsoo's makes you squishy and other items are more important, i.e. Randuins/Triforce/Gunblade/Bork. Just build Jax with Triforce + Bilgewater upgrade + tankiness and proceed to 1v5 teams.[/quote]