Jax Build, Runes, Abilities, & Matchups

In League of Legends Wild Rift Jax is a Fighter that can play at both Baron Lane and Jungle. View Jax Best build, Runes, Matchups, and more here!

Jax Build Guide

Full Build

Trinity Force	Blade of the Ruined King	Gluttonous Greaves
Deaths Dance	Steraks Gage	Guardian Angel

In Wild Rift Jax build items that increase Attack Damage, Attack Speed, Physical Vamp, Armor, Health, and Movement Speed.

Enchantment: Quicksilver is an item that Jax should build.

Core Items

Trinity Force

Gluttonous Greaves

Blade of the Ruined King

Jax core items are Trinity Force, Gluttonous Greaves, and Blade of the Ruined King.

These Core items increase Attack Damage, Attack Speed, Cooldown Reduction, Health, Physical Vamp, and Movement Speed.

Other Options

Trinity Force	Mercury Treads	Bloodthirster
Steraks Gage	Deaths Dance	Guardian Angel

Down below are different techniques to build on Jax against different enemy match up.

Build Vs Marksman

Trinity Force	Gluttonous Greaves	Blade of the Ruined King
Randuins Omen	Guardian Angel	Deaths Dance

Build Randuin's Omen to get extra 50 armor, 400 max health, and reduces both Critical Strike and Attack speed from the marksman by 15% for 1.5 seconds.

Build Guardian Angel to get 45 attack damage, 40 armor, and restores back 50% base health and 30% mana when you got eliminated in the fight.

Build Vs Mage

Trinity Force	Mercury Treads	Maw of Malmortius
Spirit Visage	Guardian Angel	Deaths Dance

Build Maw of Malmortius to get 45 attack damage, 35 magic resist, 10% cooldown, when Jax hp is under 35% it will grant a shield that absorbs 350 magic damage.

Build Spirit Visage to get more 45 magic resistance, 350 health, 100% regen, and cooldown reduction that give Jax enough magic resistance to survive Mage combo skills.

Build Vs Tank

Trinity Force	Gluttonous Greaves	Deaths Dance
Mortal Reminder	Blade of the Ruined King	Guardian Angel

Build Mortal Reminder to get extra 45 attack damage and 35% armor penetration to attach tank champion.

Jax Jungle Fighter

Trinity Force	Glorious Enchant	Steraks Gage
Dead Mans Plate	Spirit Visage	Randuins Omen

This build is really good for Jax to play as a Jungle in for the team. Make sure to get Smite spells when you play as a Jungler.

Jax Runes

The Best WIld Rift Jax Runes are Conqueror keystone, Brutal, Backbone, and Hunter Genius.

Conqueror	Gain Stacks of AD or AP when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Stacks up to 5 times. When fully stacked, deal bonus damage to champions (Adaptive)
Brutal	Gain 7 AD and 2% armor penetration , or 14 AP and 2% magic penetration (Adaptive)
Backbone	Gain 10 AR or 10MR, based on which ever stat you have less of.
Hunter Genius	Gain 2.5% cooldown reduction. Unique champion takedowns grant 1.5% cooldown reduction.

Summoner Spells

Flash	Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aim direction.
Ignite	Ignite is a summoner spells ignites target enemy champion, dealing 60 true damage over 5 seconds and inflicting them with Grievous Wounds. Cooldown: 90 seconds.

You can switch Ignite to Smite if you want to play Jax as a Jungler Fighter.

Jax Abilities Guide

Skill Detail

Relentless Assault	His passive gain attack speed for 3 seconds on each attack. The attack can stack up to 8 times to increase more attack speed. You should hit some minions first to stack up the attack to get more attack speed before you start the fight with your enemy.
Leap Strike	This skill allows Jax to jump towards the targets and deal more damage. This skill is good whenever you want to start a fight but remember that you can jump if you have a target. In Wild Rift you can not jump on a ward like PC version. Cooldown : 7/ 6 / 5 / 5 Mana Cost: 65
Empower	It Empowers your next auto attack or your first skill and deals additional damage. Use this skill first before doing your first skill. This way can reduce the cooldown of this skill faster. Cooldown : 5 / 4 / 3 / 3 Mana Cost: 30
Counter Strike	This skill allows Jax to enter a defensive stance where you basically whirl your lamp post above your head and dodge incoming attack for 2 seconds. This skill can only dodge the basic attack and won't able to dodge crowd control effects. Each attack Jax has dodged will increase damage by 20%. Jax allowed to attack and cast skills during that two seconds duration. You can press the third skill again to give a quick stun to nearby enemies. Cooldown : 11 / 10 / 8 / 6 Mana Cost : 60
Grandmaster's Might	This skill has a passive effect it give additional damage on your third consecutive attack. This ultimate is goes really well with his passive to gains more additional attack speed on each attack and also increase armor and magic resist. So you can be tanky in the team fight. Cooldown : 46 Mana Cost: 100

Skill Order

Leap Strike	Empower	Counter Strike	Grandmaster's Might
2	3	1	5
8	4	12	9
10	6	14	13
11	7	15

Skill Combos

1. Leap Strike > Counter-Strike > Empower

2. Grandmaster's Might > Leap Strike > Counter Strike > Empower

Jax Matchups

Enemy Matchups

Good Against
Fiora	Jax has less cooldown on his Counter-Strike than Fiora Riposte. So in the fight, Jax can use his counter strike and walk to her if Fiora uses Ripsote just walk away then the next time your counter-strike is up, her riposte still on CD, then you can stun her and win the fight.
Darius	The first thing Jax should know Darius passive is so powerful is he got up to 5 stacks, so play passively don't let him got his stack. Moreover, if he usesapprehend Jax can use his Leap strike to dodge away from Darius.
Tryndamere	Jax has more Burst damage and Attack Speed than Tryndamere. When Tryndamere Spinning Slash away Jax can counter by leap strike and stun him.
Nasus	Jax is good to counter Nasus. Jax can use empower to annoy Nasus when he tries to farm for his stack and Jax can also use counter strike to block Nasus's siphoning strike in the fight. When Nasus use his ultimate Jax can also dodge him by using his leap strike to run away so, Nasus ultimate will be useless.
Jarvan IV	Jax can use his Leap Strike to counter Jarvan IV Ultimate. Moreover, When Jarvan IV use his flag combo Jax can use his Counter-Strike to counter him as well.

Hard Counters
Garen	Garen Courage can reduce the damage and duration of Jax's stun when he jumping to Garen and then use Judgment to punish Jax.
Olaf	Olaf has more damage and tanky than Jax and also can clear more minions that Jax does.
Camille	Camille should play passive try to stay near the wall and trade with him by using Tactical Sweep. When Jax Leap Strike, Camille can use hookshot to escape.
Wukong	Wukong can use his Nimbus strike to counter Jax Leap strike and Counterstrike without that skill Jax won't be able to kill Wukong. Moreover, Wukong Ultimate has pretty good damage than Jax.