What are some tips for the Jax vs. Garen matchup?

Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.

How do you play Jax into Garen?

Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.

Who wins the Jax vs. Garen matchup?

Based on our data, this matchup is undefined Garen. A key tip is: Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.

How do you counter Jax as Garen?

Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.

What are some tips for the Jax vs. Zaahen matchup?

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Who wins the Jax vs. Zaahen matchup?

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What are some tips for the Jax vs. DrMundo matchup?

Stand behind minions to avoid his q. Take short trades to pop his passive. Try to trade when his passive his down. Look to trade right after Mundo uses a cleaver on the wave. Use your counterstrike to try to block his auto e damage. 3 wave crash into his turret early. Play to snowball, he outscales.

How do you play Jax into DrMundo?

Stand behind minions to avoid his q. Take short trades to pop his passive. Try to trade when his passive his down. Look to trade right after Mundo uses a cleaver on the wave. Use your counterstrike to try to block his auto e damage. 3 wave crash into his turret early. Play to snowball, he outscales.

Who wins the Jax vs. DrMundo matchup?

Based on our data, this matchup is undefined DrMundo. A key tip is: Stand behind minions to avoid his q. Take short trades to pop his passive. Try to trade when his passive his down. Look to trade right after Mundo uses a cleaver on the wave. Use your counterstrike to try to block his auto e damage. 3 wave crash into his turret early. Play to snowball, he outscales.

How do you counter Jax as DrMundo?

Stand behind minions to avoid his q. Take short trades to pop his passive. Try to trade when his passive his down. Look to trade right after Mundo uses a cleaver on the wave. Use your counterstrike to try to block his auto e damage. 3 wave crash into his turret early. Play to snowball, he outscales.

JaxMatchups

Master every matchup: stats-driven builds, runes, skills, and laning insights, combined with Master-Tier tips and community contributions.

Matchup	Threat	Games	WR	Gold @ 15	Gold Diff	Tips
Garen	Very Hard	941	43%	-425	-1,337	Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health.
Skill Priority W Empower Jax charges his weapon with energy, causing his next attack to deal additional damage. E Counter Strike Jax's combat prowess allows him to dodge all incoming attacks for a short duration and then quickly counterattack, stunning all surrounding enemies. Q Leap Strike Jax leaps toward a unit. If they are an enemy, he strikes them with his weapon. 46.0% WR 787 Matches Summoner Spells 42.5% WR 320 Matches Skill Order Leap Strike Jax leaps toward a unit. If they are an enemy, he strikes them with his weapon. 3 14 15 16 18 Empower Jax charges his weapon with energy, causing his next attack to deal additional damage. 2 4 5 7 9 Counter Strike Jax's combat prowess allows him to dodge all incoming attacks for a short duration and then quickly counterattack, stunning all surrounding enemies. 1 8 10 11 13 Grandmaster-at-Arms Every third consecutive attack deals additional Magic Damage. Additionally, Jax can activate this ability to deal damage around himself and strengthen his resolve, increasing his Armor and Magic Resist for a short duration. 6 12 17 Jax vs Garen Runes 40.6% WR406 Matches Starting Items 45.6% WR 125 Matches Core Items 53.5% WR 43 Matches 4th Item Options 53.9% WR76 Matches 42.6% WR68 Matches 53.4% WR58 Matches 5th Item Options 33.3% WR27 Matches 57.1% WR21 Matches 26.7% WR15 Matches 6th Item Options 50.0% WR6 Matches 75.0% WR4 Matches Laning Phase (@15 min) Jax Damage 7,597 Garen Damage 7,123 Gold Diff-425 CS Diff-10 XP Diff-550 Ally Ganks1.01 Enemy Ganks0.95 End of Game Jax Damage 22,068 Garen Damage 24,534 Total Gold Diff-1,337 Total CS Diff-25 Split Push Jax Dmg to Turrets 11,597 Garen Dmg to Turrets 11,886
Zaahen	Easy	733	52%	+392	+895

DrMundo	Not Favored	514	48%	-75	-252	Stand behind minions to avoid his q. Take short trades to pop his passive. Try to trade when his passive his down. Look to trade right after Mundo uses a cleaver on the wave. Use your counterstrike to try to block his auto e damage. 3 wave crash into his turret early. Play to snowball, he outscales.

Darius	Even	508	53%	+94	+349	Do not get frozen on. Walk in or dodge when he qs in lane. Use your counterstrike to avoid his auto w and disengage. Take basic short trades with counterstrike auto w and then q'ing away to a minion. Level 1 try to auto the wave to get passive stacks maxed out and then trade with him level 1 with counterstrike. Stun him and disengage to get priority and wave control. You should get level 2 and should be able to trade up again with level advantage. — Diamond I Paul231#NA1

Renekton	Very Hard	500	51%	-354	-7	Avoid fighting in the wave so he doesn't heal as much from his q and so he cannot e out. Try to bait his q by walking in and out of range. Trade when its down. E when he jumps on you and save your q until he uses his e2. Respect his fury stacks and try to trade when they are down. Do not let him get fury for free. Try to save counterstrike for his w or when he has more than 50% fury in a fight. Rush steelcaps and sheen.

Aatrox	Hard	482	49%	-232	+135	You win extended trades level 1 very hard. After he uses his Q3 look to trade or zone him from cs. Try to hold your e until he uses his empowered auto. In order to dodge his qs, try to fake that you are walking away then move back into him to avoid the sweet spots. If he ends up using his e, then you can look to hard trade. Try to q out of his w before the pull goes off. Stand outside of his q1 range. If he tries to q1+e you then sidestep. You hard win at first item.

Malphite	Easy	470	49%	+238	+923	Have to abuse his weak early game before he gets items. W him when he walks up for cs. Trade when his shield is down. Try to keep pressuring him so his shield is always down. Trade if he wastes abilities on the wave and use your counterstrike on his w auto. Rush sheen and look for an early freeze.

Mordekaiser	Easy	450	53%	+66	+661	You hard win level 1 extended trades with counterstrike. Try to space out and dodge his q and e. Post 6 try to all-in when he is around 70% health and doesn't have his e or w up. Use your e early in trades so he cannot get his passive up. Focus on dodging the pull back when you jump on him.