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, Deep Ward and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Unflinching in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force 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, Zeke's Convergence and finish with Hextech Rocketbelt. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 49.6% winrate over 607 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 Hail of Blades as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Deep Ward and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Dusk and Dawn as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zeke's Convergence, Imperial Mandate and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is E - W - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 43.9% win rate over 205 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo 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 Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Trinity Force as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sundered Sky, Zhonya's Hourglass and Zeke's Convergence. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 51.5% win rate across 132 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Jax Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Hextech Rocketbelt as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Gunblade and Rabadon's Deathcap. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 44.1% win rate over 59 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.