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 Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Unflinching 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 Plated Steelcaps and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin and finish with Titanic Hydra. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 40.8% winrate over 71 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, Zombie Ward and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Hextech Flashtraption with Cosmic Insight 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 Mercury's Treads as your second item and Sundered Sky as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Abyssal Mask and Wit's End. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 46.0% win rate over 63 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, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Eclipse as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sundered Sky, Maw of Malmortius and Spear of Shojin. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 62.1% win rate across 58 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, Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Celestial Opposition as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Trinity Force as third item. The last 3 options are Sundered Sky, Blade of The Ruined King and Stormsurge. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 42.3% win rate over 52 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.