What are some tips for the Jax vs. Garen matchup?

Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.

How do you play Jax into Garen?

Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.

Who wins the Jax vs. Garen matchup?

Based on our data, this matchup is undefined Garen. A key tip is: Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.

How do you counter Jax as Garen?

Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.

What are some tips for the Jax vs. Aatrox matchup?

You win extended trades level 1 very hard. After he uses his Q3 look to trade or zone him from cs. Try to hold your e until he uses his empowered auto. In order to dodge his qs, try to fake that you are walking away then move back into him to avoid the sweet spots. If he ends up using his e, then you can look to hard trade. Try to q out of his w before the pull goes off. Stand outside of his q1 range. If he tries to q1+e you then sidestep. You hard win at first item.

How do you play Jax into Aatrox?

You win extended trades level 1 very hard. After he uses his Q3 look to trade or zone him from cs. Try to hold your e until he uses his empowered auto. In order to dodge his qs, try to fake that you are walking away then move back into him to avoid the sweet spots. If he ends up using his e, then you can look to hard trade. Try to q out of his w before the pull goes off. Stand outside of his q1 range. If he tries to q1+e you then sidestep. You hard win at first item.

Who wins the Jax vs. Aatrox matchup?

Based on our data, this matchup is undefined Jax. A key tip is: You win extended trades level 1 very hard. After he uses his Q3 look to trade or zone him from cs. Try to hold your e until he uses his empowered auto. In order to dodge his qs, try to fake that you are walking away then move back into him to avoid the sweet spots. If he ends up using his e, then you can look to hard trade. Try to q out of his w before the pull goes off. Stand outside of his q1 range. If he tries to q1+e you then sidestep. You hard win at first item.

How do you counter Jax as Aatrox?

You win extended trades level 1 very hard. After he uses his Q3 look to trade or zone him from cs. Try to hold your e until he uses his empowered auto. In order to dodge his qs, try to fake that you are walking away then move back into him to avoid the sweet spots. If he ends up using his e, then you can look to hard trade. Try to q out of his w before the pull goes off. Stand outside of his q1 range. If he tries to q1+e you then sidestep. You hard win at first item.

What are some tips for the Jax vs. Renekton matchup?

Avoid fighting in the wave so he doesn't heal as much from his q and so he cannot e out. Try to bait his q by walking in and out of range. Trade when its down. E when he jumps on you and save your q until he uses his e2. Respect his fury stacks and try to trade when they are down. Do not let him get fury for free. Try to save counterstrike for his w or when he has more than 50% fury in a fight. Rush steelcaps and sheen.

How do you play Jax into Renekton?

Avoid fighting in the wave so he doesn't heal as much from his q and so he cannot e out. Try to bait his q by walking in and out of range. Trade when its down. E when he jumps on you and save your q until he uses his e2. Respect his fury stacks and try to trade when they are down. Do not let him get fury for free. Try to save counterstrike for his w or when he has more than 50% fury in a fight. Rush steelcaps and sheen.

Who wins the Jax vs. Renekton matchup?

Based on our data, this matchup is undefined Renekton. A key tip is: Avoid fighting in the wave so he doesn't heal as much from his q and so he cannot e out. Try to bait his q by walking in and out of range. Trade when its down. E when he jumps on you and save your q until he uses his e2. Respect his fury stacks and try to trade when they are down. Do not let him get fury for free. Try to save counterstrike for his w or when he has more than 50% fury in a fight. Rush steelcaps and sheen.

How do you counter Jax as Renekton?

Avoid fighting in the wave so he doesn't heal as much from his q and so he cannot e out. Try to bait his q by walking in and out of range. Trade when its down. E when he jumps on you and save your q until he uses his e2. Respect his fury stacks and try to trade when they are down. Do not let him get fury for free. Try to save counterstrike for his w or when he has more than 50% fury in a fight. Rush steelcaps and sheen.

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JaxMatchups

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Matchup	Threat	Games	WR	Gold @ 15	Gold Diff	Tips
Garen	Very Hard	544	48%	-145	-942	Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.
Skill Priority W Empower Jax charges his weapon with energy, causing his next attack to deal additional damage. E Counter Strike Jax's combat prowess allows him to dodge all incoming attacks for a short duration and then quickly counterattack, stunning all surrounding enemies. Q Leap Strike Jax leaps toward a unit. If they are an enemy, he strikes them with his weapon. 52.7% WR 444 Matches Summoner Spells 46.1% WR 228 Matches Skill Order Leap Strike Jax leaps toward a unit. If they are an enemy, he strikes them with his weapon. 3 14 15 Empower Jax charges his weapon with energy, causing his next attack to deal additional damage. 2 4 5 7 9 Counter Strike Jax's combat prowess allows him to dodge all incoming attacks for a short duration and then quickly counterattack, stunning all surrounding enemies. 1 8 10 12 13 Grandmaster-at-Arms Every third consecutive attack deals additional Magic Damage. Additionally, Jax can activate this ability to deal damage around himself and strengthen his resolve, increasing his Armor and Magic Resist for a short duration. 6 11 16 Jax vs Garen Runes 47.4% WR285 Matches Starting Items 45.6% WR 114 Matches Core Items 26.1% WR 23 Matches 4th Item Options 66.1% WR62 Matches 62.5% WR48 Matches 68.2% WR22 Matches 5th Item Options 84.2% WR19 Matches 42.9% WR14 Matches 53.8% WR13 Matches 6th Item Options 100.0% WR4 Matches 66.7% WR3 Matches 50.0% WR2 Matches Laning Phase (@15 min) Jax Damage 7,507 Garen Damage 6,909 Gold Diff-145 CS Diff-5 XP Diff-283 Ally Ganks1.11 Enemy Ganks1.03 End of Game Jax Damage 21,062 Garen Damage 22,419 Total Gold Diff-942 Total CS Diff-18 Split Push Jax Dmg to Turrets 7,752 Garen Dmg to Turrets 6,622
Aatrox	Even	386	56%	-179	+484	You win extended trades level 1 very hard. After he uses his Q3 look to trade or zone him from cs. Try to hold your e until he uses his empowered auto. In order to dodge his qs, try to fake that you are walking away then move back into him to avoid the sweet spots. If he ends up using his e, then you can look to hard trade. Try to q out of his w before the pull goes off. Stand outside of his q1 range. If he tries to q1+e you then sidestep. You hard win at first item.

Renekton	Hard	330	49%	-271	-77	Avoid fighting in the wave so he doesn't heal as much from his q and so he cannot e out. Try to bait his q by walking in and out of range. Trade when its down. E when he jumps on you and save your q until he uses his e2. Respect his fury stacks and try to trade when they are down. Do not let him get fury for free. Try to save counterstrike for his w or when he has more than 50% fury in a fight. Rush steelcaps and sheen.

Ambessa	Favored	323	58%	+49	+301	💬 No tips yet — Be the first to add a tip!

KSante	Hard	312	50%	-320	+228	Sidestep his qs. You hard win extended fights level 1 as long as you dodge his q3. Look to w poke him when he steps up to the wave. Post six stack your ult passive and then w him for the extra damage. Rush sheen. Stand away from walls so he has a tough time ulting you. Look to all-in when you have space to run him down and he is around 60% health.

DrMundo	Not Favored	305	50%	+13	-226	Stand behind minions to avoid his q. Take short trades to pop his passive. Try to trade when his passive his down. Look to trade right after Mundo uses a cleaver on the wave. Use your counterstrike to try to block his auto e damage. 3 wave crash into his turret early. Play to snowball, he outscales.

Darius	Easy	297	57%	+53	+380	Do not get frozen on. Walk in or dodge when he qs in lane. Use your counterstrike to avoid his auto w and disengage. Take basic short trades with counterstrike auto w and then q'ing away to a minion. Level 1 try to auto the wave to get passive stacks maxed out and then trade with him level 1 with counterstrike. Stun him and disengage to get priority and wave control. You should get level 2 and should be able to trade up again with level advantage.


Sion	Hard	294	47%	-60	-3	Level 1 bush cheese him, let Sion push early and freeze when possible. Use coutnerstrike to cancel Sion charging Q. Always Q out if he lands his E slow on you or you're going to get chunked. You can also use Q to avoid Sion's Q. Beware Sion's bush cheese later in the game and don't Q into him thoughtlessly or he will chain CC with R into Q