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These Jax buff are contradictory to his hyper scaling identity.

mRiOzQAmos·8/7/2019, 5:15:52 PM·29 votes·12,668 views

So from what I see here his early game Q cooldown is being buffed by 2 seconds while leaving his late game scaling untouched. Good, he didn't need any buffs to his late game. But what's the deal with improving his early game Q cooldown further?

Let's be clear here, Jax is a late game hyper carry. One of the few true melee hyper carries in the game and is supposed to absolutely dominate the late game which he does. He is SUPPOSED to be weak early game as such in order to give him a window to be punished during. There's literally no reason to take away his windows of punishment by improving his mobility further.

Jax has always been a great pick into a lot of top lane bullies (I'm looking at you , , and , and buffing his Q only makes it easier for him to stay on top of them. This buff especially hits Darius hard as Jax is going to have a far easier time getting into his Q and that's noting Darius has been sucking dick in forever now.

As a Jax main I can confidently say Jax has been one of the most overpowered champs in the game ever since was introduced. Jax has had a decent early game and clearly didn't nerfs to it. He gains 40% CDR at two fucking items and then infinitely scales into the late game outclassing any single champ. Anybody who does bad with Jax in the current meta is either terrible at macro or stuck with the 'Yasuo player syndrome' where they lose every fight by expecting Jax to be able to 1v5 at all points of the game.

Tl;dr -

His early game should remain weak.

He does not need early game buffs which fix his only intended weakness.

35 Comments

Lugg8/7/2019, 5:24:05 PM22 votes

The Riot balance team shows every patch that they don't actually understand the game at all. Jax is probably one of the top 5 champions for top in the game. He definitely doesn't need a single buff.

Neumím Riven8/7/2019, 8:42:40 PM7 votes

Why did they buff this faceroll, 3 brain cells required to play champion?

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General Esdeath 8/8/2019, 12:50:12 AM2 votes

You should know by now Riot balances in the worst way possible

"Riven is oppressing Jax, Renekton, Darius, and Illaoi too much? We should just buff Jax, Renekton, Darius, and Illaoi"

Libido8/8/2019, 6:01:21 PM2 votes

We have shit such as Karma, Kennen, Vayne, Tristana, Akali top and you guys worry about Jax?

HateDaddy8/8/2019, 1:41:15 AM2 votes

Maybe they’re removing or seriously nerfing SOS

as a Jax player, I think he’s totally balanced right now and definitely on the strong side. Really doesn’t need any help at all.

Hot LeBlanc Yuri8/8/2019, 1:10:05 AM2 votes

Jax doesnt need buffs, if anything he needs nerfs lmfao

Cloud2738/8/2019, 12:01:32 AM2 votes

I disagree. I think Jax's late game is too strong and deserves to be nerfed. I honestly wouldn't mind him being a bit stronger early if it meant he was less annoying late game.

Flawless Fetus8/8/2019, 11:41:17 AM1 votes

His early game isnt even weak. Lol. Its not great, but very few champions go to lane expecting to beat Jax. This buff is weird. Decent early, God tier mid/late, so lets buff his early. Lol.

JoeMG8/8/2019, 4:33:09 PM1 votes

Don't worry, I'm sure he will get a new skin next month to compensate [slayer-jinx-wink]

Trash MammaI8/8/2019, 7:48:25 PM1 votes

I have never seen a jax in lane do good, ever. They always get beat out of the game until it's about to end. I don't get how he's supposed to be good vs bullies when they poop on him so hard because his early game stats are just disgustingly bad

Romans VI XXIII8/8/2019, 10:16:42 PM1 votes

As if he was even weak early game, specially for a "late game" hyper carry he sure does pop off offly early.

ImTheJuggernauty8/7/2019, 8:45:47 PM1 votes

Thank you for being an honest jax main. I think you hit the nail on the head tbh. It really sucks playing as someone immobile like darius, and who has less scaling, but still being beat up in lane by late game champs such as jax just because he can jump all over the place.

LPelican 8/8/2019, 1:24:23 AM1 votes

i have big yasuo player syndrome when i play jax :(

SgtAwesomeness8/8/2019, 3:11:52 AM1 votes

someone on the balance team wants to play jax

FSRER8/8/2019, 8:23:41 AM1 votes

Even if this Jax buff was back in Season 5 where he went a real duelist build and not a juggernaut's one, it would still be considered overpowered and unecessary.

The Kombinator8/8/2019, 8:45:10 AM1 votes

Riot balances the game perfectly at all times. Don't question them. Beside even with buff Jax still can be countered, and that means it remains perfectly balanced.