Talk:Jax/@comment-3014924-20110609143951

Jax, my favourite character. Even if he's lower tier, whatever...

Things were working good with Jax on 3 on 3. But I always struggled in 5 on 5. I mean, yeah, that theorical core with Tabi, Gunblade or RageBlade. But it never worked. Unless I was facing melee laners that couldn't kite me to death, I struggled to get my costy items, went underfarmed and usually ended average or worse.

I tried to add a Hexdrinker so I wouldn't die to the first nuker coming around (how many times was I asked for help mid and discovered that that mid character could simply 3 shot me). I tried a Wriggle, to spend less in Wards and get Armor, AD and Lifesteal. Why was it just easier with Xin than Jax? Answer, Jax scales stronger due to his hybrid ratios, but has lower base values. This week, I re-thought my whole build. And changed it all to compensate my weak early. And IMO, without losing late game: I start Amplifiyng Tome + Pot (up to now, I'll spare you the numerous pots I buy all game long). Then I go Kage's Lucky pick for +25AP, 5gold/5secs. Boots of Speed, 2nd Kage Lucky Pick. This helps me to harass a little bit stronger which gives me some relief to farm and last hit. With my previous builds, I would have always taken more damage than doing damage by Leaping+Empower. I complete my Tabi and go for a Sheen. Components are cheap and as I can Empower or Leap when I wanna hit a champ, I get Sheen's ability as a nice bonus. I'm ok at damages, at least enough for the type of gaming I play (farming+little harass), So I go for a Negatron Cloak (end of that 3 shot Spellcast). Previoulsy, I was still working on my core Gunblade usually. Then I complete a Trin Force with Phage First (good to get all these bonuses+Mov Speed). I complete then a Force of Nature (again Mv Speed, Health Regen). That's 8960 Gold. Count that you got a Kage for 25min, + Another one for 15 min, and that's 1200 free gold so it's a 7760 gold build. Good I can go for that Gunblade with Revolver first (I focused more on AP so far). With Revolver, I would have 120 AP, 20% Spell Vamp. I sell 1 Kage (-382 Gold in my pocket + 10 additionnal mins with that Kage so 300 Gold), Complete the Gunblade. Then if it's still playing, I sell Kage (-382 Gold in my pocket + 20 additionnal mins with that Kage so 600 Gold), and goes for a Rabadon unless I'm focused, then I would go for a defensive item. Global Cost: 14 431 - Kage's Gold generation estimations: 2100 Gold= 12 231 Gold.