Jax·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Jax Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Second Wind and Unflinching in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Sterak's Gage and finish with Wit's End. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 54.1% winrate over 13 551 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Trinity Force as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sundered Sky as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Sterak's Gage and Frozen Heart. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 50.8% win rate across 1 019 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Jax Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm as your primary rune tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Nashor's Tooth as your first item, then finish Symbiotic Soles as your second item, and Lich Bane as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is E - W - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 45.8% win rate over 500 matches played.

Situational Jax Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Jax build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.