How is it okay that Jax can be so tanky while building no real defense items?

Foxstep·11/10/2018, 3:11:00 PM·2 votes·999 views

It doesnt make sense. I had a Jax building in my game and during his ultimate he had legit 260 armor at level 16. Thats a disgusting amount of armor considering he doesnt really build any armor besides tabis... and tabis give you 20 armor only.

So why does a champion that has a defensive ability like him also get such a huge amount of raw stats?

I dont see how this is healthy to the game. He builds pure offense but is super tanky.

People will now probably say hey just wait till his r wears off but 8 seconds isnt a short amount of time imo.

3 Comments

Frikgeek11/10/2018, 3:17:09 PM2 votes

He has that tankyness for the same reason that trynd has his ult(5 seconds of complete immortality). Jax is a melee carry, compared to a ranged marksman he has to be "out of position" to deal damage. Because he has to jump into an entire team to do anything he's rewarded with superior damage and tankyness compared to ranged champions.

Even with 260 armor and 120 MR he can blow up pretty easily if he gets kited or stunlocked.

Warwick Main11/10/2018, 4:37:18 PM1 votes

Those are not cheap items either. You let Jax hit his mid/late game power spike which you're not supposed to be doing. Some champions are ticking time bombs whose only real weakness is their item dependence

Kassadin Kaisa Nasus Yasuo .

Mcsquzzy11/10/2018, 5:06:54 PM1 votes

He studied under piccolo and thus knows how to dodge