Talk:Jax/@comment-8903843-20141011073352/@comment-25526475-20141011172531

I've been playing Jax for a year now and realized how strong he could get if things go well. I also seen some videos when Jax was broken as hell back in season 1 and beta, which later Riot reworked him to be more balanced. In the current meta for top lane, APs like Ryze, Maokai, Lulu etc. have become extremely popular. Poke oriented champs with great disengages from ganks and 1v1s. Jax is a fragile laner in the early levels until he has gotten some items like Bilgewater Cutlass or BoTRK or even Tri Force. The base health nerfs, the scaling health nerfs, and the armor per level nerfs was the end for Jax for competitive play, he became to squishy for a top laner. Which is problematic since Jax is now weak in defense and offense in the early levels, which makes other champions like Ryze or Irelia have an easier time to wreck him in lane. Sure, Jax has great scalings if he is ahead or at par with his enemy top laner, but it is not hard to shut him down to point where he become irrelevant for the whole game. If Jax was that strong like how you state him, then he would be banned in every high elo rank game and would be seen in every competitive game, either ban or chosen. My main account is Plat 5 in NA and I have not seen a Jax ban since the health nerfs and the scaling armor nerfs, which IMO he didn't need in the first place, but the majority of the community saw forth that yet another nerf was needed. I see several Jax bans in my Gold 5 smurf since jax has been known for "noobstomping" the entire game just because he is Jax. My theory is that lower elos don't have a clue of ending games early, picking counters, or even the jungler ganking properly. I'm so surprise how the community can take a toll on Riot's decision making. Example, Morello not nerfing Lee Sin to the ground because how Lee Since has a 30+% player base and how people also threaten some Rioters to hurt them or even kill them. THAT'S INSANE RIGHT?! The main point of this reply is that Jax was never op after his rework and that other WAY STRONGER top laners have been left untouch by the hands of Riot. Thank you.