My Jax jungle build, opinions?

yung niga singed·11/3/2016, 4:44:09 PM·1 votes·743 views

Long read, I know. But I'm really trying to improve, and I have no where else to turn.

Okay, so, I've recently had VERY VERY bad luck with my old Jax duelist build. Winrate is about 38%. It's not good. It's winrate in normals is very high, often carrying going 17/4 or around that. In ranked it's another story, often feeding due to the high gold it requires to build it. So I revised my build, instead of straight AD. I'm building him Hybrid. My old build was item 1416 item 3153 item 3078 item 3124 item 3006 item 3072 After losing so many games because I fail to get to that tier of items till like 40 minutes in on a lucky good day.

My build that I came up with is this, a complete revise item 1402 item 3146 item 3026 item 3078 item 3124 item 3006 then late game (40 minutes) sell boots for item 3512 Is this build any good? I've named it an unofficial hybrid-carry-pusher Jax. Is this really a carry? I made this build explicitly for a climb build. I've honed my Jax mechanical skills, I have good timing on abilities, but I think I went full retard with my old build's items. Is this any better? How much better will this build be over my old duelist build? I really need help because every build I see with Jax is outdated usually, and I want a good discussion on my build I just took the time (about an hour and a half of doing math with abilities and etc) and I think I improved my build, but did I? And by how much. I have a whole paragraph nearly for every item and why I want them, but I'll TLDR all of them Runic Echoes for ult proc AP damage (since ult is pure AP Hextech gunblade for lifesteal, AD, and AP for my ult AP damage Guardian angel for late game second life Rageblade for every three hits on ult to turn into two hits and AD and AP (+ an attack speed boost for splitpushing/a little longer fights) Berserkers Greaves for early attack speed Trinity force because core on Jax Late game ZZ for pressure on lanes no one on my team is paying attention to. I made this build built around his ult procs, and some AD for regular basic attack damage. Am I thinking in the right areas? And improving my build at all? I know it's a long read, but please. I'm done losing ELO, I want to do something about it. I have a few days to at least get to silver (I went from Bronze 1, to 2, to 3, now I slowly climbed back to 2 at 2 LP)

15 Comments

Sahn Uzal11/3/2016, 5:02:57 PM1 votes

BloodRazor's fine. I'd get item 1419 if I were you. Trinity Force is like Jax's core item AFAIK. Gunblade is great on him. GA is great on him. I would get a Steraks or a Frozen Mallet if I were you, some health would go a long way with the resistances from GA and your ult

Q0zmiK11/3/2016, 5:04:00 PM1 votes

This is my opinion, Jax is not a carry champ, Champions has a carry level to which they can contribute a lot into the game to which I like to call tier level. Jax is like tier 2 for me. Warwick is tier 1 because he is a useless piece of crap. Tier level 3 for me are Kha and Rengar, you know champions that can gank and do 2-4 shots that kills. If your going to play Jax, your just trying to have fun and hoping to win either by getting carried by your teammates or going against a bad enemy team. And you don't have to finish your full build every game, try to get objectives and win the game ASAP even if you only have 2 completed items.

EndlessSorcerer11/3/2016, 5:07:39 PM1 votes

Consider trying: Jax item 1401 item 3078 item 3146 item 3143 item 3065

WoonStruck11/3/2016, 5:39:28 PM1 votes

On Jax, DO NOT BUILD YOUR JUNGLE ITEM.

Take either Talisman or Machete, but rush Gunblade to assist in ganks, or TF if you get fed early. If you absolutely want a jungle item, it has to be warrior's. The others are so insanely stat-inefficient (sub 60% if you include the jungle-only portions)that they set you back. Warrior's at least has 91% gold efficiency, but its not a very good item for him.

You need 2 or more HP items on Jax, or his ult's active is worthless. This is why a lot of people grab Sterak's+TF (outside of his usual synergy) on him.

For late game, I would grab a frozen mallet specifically for the HP+AD and sticking power. Going glass makes you near-worthless if anything looks in your direction.

item 3146 item 3078 item 3053 item 3111 item 3022 item 3139 is probably your best bet. You get plenty of AD, so a decent chunk of armor from your ult. Plus dodge. Might want to grab CDR runes, however. Obviously Spirit Visage is another decent choice.

Hold onto your jungling component until you hit 18. You can finish it if you like, but none of the options are especially great on him. Bloodrazor if you're against a bunch of tanks, but that's about it.


Also keep in mind that Jax is only decent when there's someone else to hard-initiate for him.