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, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Magical Footwear and Biscuit Delivery 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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Kaenic Rookern, Hullbreaker and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 51.5% winrate over 297 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 Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Demolish with Bone Plating in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Tenacity and Slow Resist in defense. The items for the build are Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Trinity Force as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sundered Sky, Frozen Heart and Blade of The Ruined King. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 46.1% win rate over 89 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Tenacity and Slow Resist as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Locket of the Iron Solari as a third item. You want to finish the build with Frozen Heart, Knight's Vow and Zeke's Convergence. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.0% win rate across 54 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, Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Sudden Impact with Relentless Hunter 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 Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Hextech Rocketbelt as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Thornmail and Redemption. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.8% win rate over 41 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.