Talk:Jax/@comment-31656015-20120915130301/@comment-178.166.24.118-20120924225733

Yes. Basically he's a true terror in top lane but just an average champion in the jungle. Why? The big difference between lane/jungle Jax is the gold income. Top lane has tons of farm and an enemy champion, which is equivalent to gold and exp. according to the player's skill at last hitting, managing wave pushes and killing his matchup laner. Jungle however has scarce income (hence the blossom of GP5 itemization) and is the natural place for sustainable champions, with fast clears and/or gamebreaking kits who don't require items to be effective. Jax has decent sustain, decent clear times, decent ganks... But that's it, just decent. He doesn't excel at ganking (Alistar, Nautilus), does not have a kit to support his team in mid-game teamfights (Maokai, Amumu) and he doesn't clear and invade with proper quality (Mundo, Shyvana). Jax is a poor choice at trying to get the best of three worlds: ganking, clearing and utility. You won't have that dodging, jumping pedo Jax who murders a carry with a Triforce and a Gunblade simply because you take an eternity to afford those items in the jungle unless you snowball like a madman, and let's face it, that ain't happening in competitive games.