Stop picking Jax into Riven/Trynd/Irelia

FalconPawwwwnch··1 votes·353 views

Since all 3 of them are really overtuned and he's still recovering from his nerfs a year ago. Stop thinking he counters these Champs when he clearly doesn't anymore

He has:

43.21% win rate vs. Tryndamere 44.11% win rate vs. Riven 47.13% win rate vs. Irelia

7 Comments

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

They are skill-matchups, not counters. Jax can still beat them if you play the matchup better than your opponent.

FalconPawwwwnch1 votes

And I'm sure they can beat him if they play better too

I can make assumptions too

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

And I'm sure they can beat him if they play better too

Uh, yeah. That's kinda how skill-matchups work.

They are essentially neutral matchups where both players have a (near-) equal chance of victory and player skill (or jungle presence) determines the victor.

FalconPawwwwnch1 votes

That's not true at all lol

Jax has a massive win rate disadvantage in plat+

NemeBro1 votes

I'm new to Jax, but he does seem fairly weak. He doesn't have a strong early game, which is to be expected from a melee carry I guess, but unlike Tryndamere for example there aren't many windows of opportunity in the early game to get ahead (Jax's potential for a level 2 cheese for example seems a lot lower than Tryndamere's). I have yet to play a Jax game where we reach late game, so I can't comment on how it compares to any of these champions (though I'd like to hope his late would be better than Irelia and Riven's).

He's pretty fun, but I can't really imagine using him in ranked as he is.

Can any Jax mains comment on this?

YumaS2Astral1 votes

I am not a Jax main, but from my experience, Jax has a pretty big powerspike after level 6. He can get massively ahead, and if he gets fed, he is unstoppable. However, once teamfights start, he once again becomes weak, since he is too squishy and lacks teamfighting potential.

So his strongest points are really between level 6 and 11, because before that he is weak, and after that he is too squishy and easily focused.

paperbIade1 votes

do you main jax lol

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