Jax's Future Rework [No Real Date Yet]

Chillee·8/26/2018, 3:28:55 AM·1 votes·4,224 views

So it seems my boy Reav3 announced that Jax would get an Ezreal-like rework SOMEWHERE along the line. So I had a some questions maybe Riot could answer!

Jax's lamp is almost too iconic to change, but he is the grandmaster at ARMS, so would he be caught with a different weapon?
Jax, judged by his hand, is clearly not a PURE human... would that stay? In the story of Icathia it shows that when Icathian priests summoned their "new weapon" AKA the first void rift, he promptly fled due to him knowing Icathia was most likely destroyed. So, does that mean he avoided Void infection? Or was he infected somehow?
Will Jax have his joke just have him stuffing himself with hard boiled eggs?

In short, I'm just curious on what you want to change about him!

leave speculations below!

7 Comments

Shmeeve8/26/2018, 3:34:37 AM3 votes

http://hasagi.gg/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/God-Staff-Jax1-1.jpg

http://mmorpgforums.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Gilgamesh_XIII-2-790x494.png nuff said

Arakadia8/26/2018, 1:44:46 PM2 votes

May I link you to an older post of mine?

I honestly see Riot either going two ways with Jax. Ditching the "Grandmaster at Arms" theme as it doesn't work unless you give him more weapons, or keeping it but still limiting him to just the long pole weapon he has now.

What I mean is they could have him manipulate the flames like I suggested in the linked post above to shape different weapons, but they might also go for giving him unique fighting stances. Either of this ideas would let him still have his iconic lamp post but let him be a little more versatile with it (which you would expect from someone who has mastered all weapons).

Gold Light8/26/2018, 3:48:40 PM2 votes

I honestly feel like a Jax rework would just make him resemble his appearance in the New Dawn trailer; a bit skinnier, better cloth textures, a somewhat altered mask design, and changing his lamp post into something more like a big torch. It's been confirmed that the Ezreal rework is going to keep his current kit fairly in-tact (I think they're only really changing his W?) so I don't see many alterations to Jax's current kit, but I definitely believe he could stand to have a new ultimate ability, if only because the current one is kinda bland (he gets a small buff and a some vaguely glowing energy around him.)

Personally, I think it would make sense for Jax to have an ability that buffs himself AND his allies. After-all, in the Icathia story, he acts like a big morale booster for his comrades, and I think this could definitely fit well with a jungler role. Imagine getting a gank from Jax and suddenly getting a big stat boost because he does like an AOE rally cry or something to boost the team's morale. This would be even more effective when he jumps into the midst of a team fight with his Q.

Those are just my ideas, though.

MaidensKnight8/26/2018, 7:35:53 PM1 votes

It's hinted that jax may not be even human since riot said that there were non-humans species living in icathia.