Jax·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Jax Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Nimbus Cloak and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Bloodsong 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 Thornmail. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 42.5% winrate over 106 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Jax Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Deep Ward and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Hextech Gunblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame and Banshee's Veil. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 47.1% win rate over 102 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Font of Life with Bone Plating 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 Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Dusk and Dawn as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zeke's Convergence, Zhonya's Hourglass and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - W - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 52.1% win rate across 94 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.