[4.3] A Baron Lane Jax Guide!
A Baron Lane Jax Guide!
Jax Build
Best Build Guide for Jax
![Long Sword](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/long-sword.webp)
![Ruby Crystal](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/ruby-crystal.webp)
![Trinity Force](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/trinity-force.webp)
![Divine Sunderer](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/divine-sunderer.webp)
![Divine Sunderer](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/divine-sunderer.webp)
![Stasis Enchant](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/stasis-enchant.webp)
![Blade of the Ruined King](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/blade-of-the-ruined-king.webp)
![Death's Dance](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/deaths-dance.webp)
![Wit's End](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/wits-end.webp)
![Guardian Angel](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/items/74/guardian-angel.webp)
Item Build Description
Additional information on the items
STARTING ITEMS
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Long Sword is the offensive option. Build it when you are confident.
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Ruby Crystal is the defensive option. Build it when you are not confident or to play safe. Builds into
Divine Sunderer and boots.
CORE ITEMS
You always need a sheen item, so choose between
Divine Sunderer
or
Trinity Force
. I always prefer
Divine Sunderer
, unless the enemies are all squishy then get
Trinity Force
but even then,
Divine Sunderer
remains a good option in such situations.
BOOTS & ENCHANTMENTS
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Plated Steelcaps and
Mercury's Treads are always the boots for Jax as they offer the matchup-specific defensive stat that Jax needs.
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Ionian Boots of Lucidity is also viable for the ability haste, but you become somewhat squishier.
For the Enchantments, It's free of your choice as I think it depends more on your playstyle. But I alternate between Gargoyle, Stasis, and Quicksilver.
SITUATIONAL ITEMS
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Death's Dance is good if you need armor.
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Blade of the Ruined King good sustained damage item, popularly bought, but not mandatory.
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Sterak's Gage Makes Jax can survive bursts while offering a huge amount of AD.
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Guardian Angel . Revive and armor, nice. Also don't forget to replace it with other items while on cooldown.
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Black Cleaver is used to shred armor. Good when facing many champions that build a lot of armor, and the ability haste can be juicy for Jax too.
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Wit's End is your go-to item against AP threats.
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Riftmaker is usable for getting omnivamp, something that Jax likes because he does both physical and magic damage.
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Nashor's Tooth offers a huge amount of attack speed and ability haste, and also some more magic damage on your auto-attacks similar to
Wit's End .
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Frozen Heart is an alternative option to death's dance if you need more armor, losing some AD but in return, you have more mana, armor, and ability haste.
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Randuin's Omen against 2 or more crit threats, or if one of them is really fed.
- [chempunk chainsword] for anti-heal.
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Thornmail for anti-heal for solely AD threats, can be bought instead of Chempunk if they have fed ADC for example.
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Force of Nature is best second MR item if the enemies are mostly AP.
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Maw of Malmortius is also a contender for force of nature. This item is more offensive than
Force of Nature , build it when you are more confident.
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Hullbreaker for taking down turrets early while also boosting your 1v1 power with the resistance it provides.
- [amaranth's twinguard] allows you to become a supertank in the late game while also still dealing a lot of damage.
OTHERS:
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Sunfire Aegis is niche. Mostly bought it for the HP and the damage it provides.
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Spirit Visage for teammates who heal a lot and if the enemies are all mostly AP.
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Mantle of the Twelfth Hour is an alternative for
Sterak's Gage if you want to be more defensive and is still a good purchase against hybrid compositions if you don't know what to buy next.
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Abyssal Mask keeps your mana full and is purchased against AP threats. But still not as notable as other options here.
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Crystalline Reflector is a magic armor item, that surprisingly offers a good amount of defense but still, compared to Death's Dance and Frozen Heart, this item doesn't offer Jax any ability haste at all.
Jax Runes
Best Runes for Jax
![Grasp of the Undying](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/runes/GraspoftheUndying.png)
![Brutal](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/runes/Brutal.png)
![Adaptive Carapace](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/runes/AdaptiveCarapace.png)
![Hunter Genius](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/runes/HunterGenius.png)
Please note that the runes above are not matchup-specific and are just solid choices, as you should change them depending on the matchup. Choose between
Conqueror
,
Grasp of the Undying
, and
Lethal Tempo
.
The runes format in this site is still outdated as of 12/10, so here are the characteristics set you can use:
Domination (less recommended)
1st Tree: Sudden Impact
2nd Tree: All options are fine here.
3rd Tree: All options are fine here.
Precision (Recommended)
1st Tree: Brutal, Triumph.
2nd Tree: Last Stand
3rd Tree: All options are fine here, depending on your matchup.
Resolve (Recommended)
1st Tree: Nullifying Orb, Courage of the Collosus.
2nd Tree: Second Wind, Bone Plating.
3rd Tree: Overgrowth, Perseverance
Inspiration (Fair)
1st Tree: Sweet Tooth. the others are usable but more niche.
2nd Tree: Transcendence. The others are usable but more niche.
3rd Tree: Demolish. The others are usable but more niche.
Skill Order
How to distribute skill points
![Relentless Assault](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/82/jax_0.jpg)
![Leap Strike](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/82/jax_1.jpg)
![Empower](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/82/jax_2.jpg)
![Counter Strike](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/82/jax_3.jpg)
![Grandmaster's Might](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/82/jax_4.jpg)
Summoner Spells
When to take which summoners
Combos
Learn how to maximize the champions potential
![Counter Strike](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/74/jax_3.jpg)
![Leap Strike](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/74/jax_1.jpg)
![Auto Attack](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift//autoattack.png)
![Empower](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/74/jax_2.jpg)
![Counter Strike](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/74/jax_3.jpg)
A typical gap-close combo for Jax.
Use your
Counter Strike
then jump to your enemy with your
Leap Strike
. Sometimes you can do use
Counter Strike
after using
Leap Strike
if you are not sure. Do an auto-attack and reset it quickly with you
Empower
. After that, quickly recast your
Counter Strike
to end it to stun your enemies, or if they are still in your area of
Counter Strike
, just wait until the duration comes off, and then back off, if it's in the early game.
![Leap Strike](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/74/jax_1.jpg)
![Auto Attack](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift//autoattack.png)
![Empower](https://wildriftguides.gg/img/wildrift/skills/74/jax_2.jpg)
This is a "poke" combo for Jax. Even better to do this if you are using Grasp of the Undying.
Jax Matchups & Counters
Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters
Extremely disgusting matchup. She will try to look to use her
Condemn
to you on a wall if possible and then all-ins you. Try to use your
Counter Strike
ASAP when she did that. After that, you can try to all-in her back, but it is better to all in her after when she used her
Condemn
, she immediately used her
Tumble
. Take second wind or hunter-titan.
![Jax](/img/wildrift/splashart/jax.webp)
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