Talk:Jax/@comment-89.171.250.109-20120815064124/@comment-4677525-20120816150342

The thing about Jax that makes him strong is the current meta favoring hypercarries. If you notice in tournaments, most junglers camp top lanes now because they are the easiest lane to gank and typically top laners have a difficult time last-hitting under tower if repeatedly pushed back.

Jax's early game is not the best that is for sure but he is extremely mobile and (once he hits 6) becomes extremely tanky - which separates him from most traditional assassins. On top of that he is one of the best late-game champs in the game and so he benefits heavily from his allied jungler camping top until he can hit 6 (at which point he should be able to out-trade the opponent).

Irelia is also very good not just because of her extremely powerful midgame and resiliance to ganks due to equilibrium strike and passive but also because of her insane ability to last-hit easily under tower. Her bladesurge is instantaneous allowing a skilled Irelia player to quickly cs under tower with little issue. This essentially allows Irelia to negate jungle pressure by forcing the creeps under her tower and opening the enemy to jungle ganks without missing a beat.