Talk:Jax/@comment-6582248-20150113214850/@comment-24073465-20150114070040

Well, when laning against a Garen, it's not a lane you can expect to come out winning early, unless the Garen is complete trash compared to you....he excels in hit and run gameplay which jax isn't so great at (especially in early levels); speaking of which, his early game rocks while Jax's early game is meh pre-6, and with W and passive, he has natural tankiness and sustain....

Jax's job, in such a lane would be less on trying to kill him, and more towards farming up as much as possible...Since most of Garen's damage is Physical, getting some early armor like Tabi or Chain vest or something will help out quite a bit(Ult is magical, but he uses that for execution and it has a comparitively high early game cd)...on top of that, one thing I've seen most Jax's do is rush stuff like Phage and Sheen or something, which allows their combo to match his with Sheen Proc,and Phage allows you to follow or get out there faster...

Pre-6, Garen will win almost all trades....even post 6, he'll have a SLIGHT advantage on Jax...but I think around 9-ish, Jax can take him out...on top of that, since Jax deals mixed damage, Garen can't itemize for both simultaneously, so take advantage of that....also, like I said, ensure you can match him in cs and all, since in mid game TF and all, you should be able to do a much better job than him at killing targets...

TL;DR (and I will hate you if you do that): Avoid early trades, play safe and tower farm if required, get some early armor and the triforce route, and play safe contently knowing that for equal farm and kills, you're better than him at TF and other stuff....