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 Spear of Shojin, Frozen Heart and finish with Sterak's Gage. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 56.9% winrate over 1 765 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack 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 Sterak's Gage, Wit's End 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 54.8% win rate across 372 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, Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Sundered Sky as third item. The last 3 options are Frozen Heart, Sterak's Gage and Spear of Shojin. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 62.0% win rate over 368 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.