Talk:Jax/@comment-220.255.2.52-20120729052217/@comment-4677525-20120729080354

Malphite was a classic counter to Jax. Actually, it was because Jax was such a powerful force in toplane that people actually (re)discovered Malphite just because he was such an effective counter pick due to his natural tankiness and potent attack speed slow. Characters (like Malphite) that gain damage by building tanky are natural counters to a burst melee champ like Jax.

However, I don't really know how good Malphite is after the nerfs (I haven't seen him as much after the nerfs but I personally think that he is still pretty good). Other champs that are really good against Jax are characters that can out-sustain him (Yorick, Lee Sin and Warwick for example) and characters with extremely powerful ranged harass (Teemo, Swain and Vladimir for example) who can shut Jax down early game and prevent him from farming.