Talk:Jax/@comment-5557556-20140718140922/@comment-15244341-20140722151812

You have to do one of two things against Jax. Shut him down or rush the game. You can't pick to win duels vs Jax since you are NOT going to do that unless Jax seriously misplays when lategame comes.

That said, IF you are good at Renekton, pick him. Jax has zero pressure against Renekton in lane and Renek can pretty much feed himself off Jax and proceed to roam all over the map, take objectives and force the game to end before Jax hits his late game spike. If you can't play Renekton well don't even think of picking him. Renek has zero chances to win against Jax in any sort of 1v1 and has less teamfight contribution later in the game (since he will most likely be a meatwall with some minute damage).

I would never recommend Irelia. She wants the same build as Jax, but she is weaker early/mid game and gets hard countered in lane, which means Jax can pretty much do as he pleases in lane. She also destroys squishies, but needs a team with at least one extra diving threat to really click (read, someone like Vi).

I'd also think about Shyvanna. She gets tankier earlier than Jax (she only needs one offensive item) and has big roaming potential at 6.

As a general tip, don't take top tower too early against late game champions and try to freeze lane close to your tower so that you force them to be in a position from which they can get ganked. After a gank, ask your jungler to help you push to your tower so that they lose CS (most important thing ever for Jax) and the lane starts to push back to you. Share CS with the jungler, it doesn't matter.

If you like tanks, Malphite is a somewhat safe bet. Cho Gath with Golem (outside of jungle, yes) can become a Raid Boss and even Jax would have some trouble taking him down (Cho screws melee champions pretty hard and is basically one of the best Frozen Heart users in the game).

Finally, consider Exhaust. Seriously, that spell bones Jax so hard it isn't even funny.

That said, Jax is a top 10 ban right now and rightly so. I'd actually recommend trying to either learn him or ban him rather than counterpick him.