Talk:Jax/@comment-5238644-20120708204600/@comment-4659726-20120710195156

I would say his old version was somewhat OP though because of lots of free tanky stats for building pure damage, no need to buy any hp at all. He got 3 hp per AD and 2 hp per AP, that is a ton even if he is melee. He doesn't have a tradeoff like Vladimir where his skills cost hp(doing true damage to yourself) or they are short range and his defences are low.

I think riot really just wanted to fix the whole "free stats" thing on champions that really didn't have any downsides to go with their free stat passives that are offense > offense or offense > defense.

Lots of jax players didn't like him since the rework but I have a feeling it is more of they don't feel like they can build the same and get the same results. However the new jax is just as useful as old jax, he just has to build some hp now. He is still a monster top, and fighting against him is a pain as his damage is mixed physical and magical. If you make use of auto attacks he can dodge a good bit of your damage as well and return it.