Jax Matchups Spreadsheet
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| Matchup | Difficulty | Win Rate | Games Played | Early | Mid | Late | Tips | |
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 Aatrox | 6 | 50.02% | 3,013 | Skill | Skill | Win | You win extended trades level 1 very hard. After he uses his Q3 look to trade or zone him from cs. Try to hold your e until he uses his empowered auto. In order to dodge his qs, try to fake that you are walking away then move back into him to avoid the sweet spots. If he ends up using his e, then you can look to hard trade. Try to q out of his w before the pull goes off. Stand outside of his q1 range. If he tries to q1+e you then sidestep. You hard win at first item. | |
 Akali | 8 | 51.6% | 1,595 | Skill | Skill | Win | Trade on your grasp cooldown and on her w and e cooldowns. Try to use your counterstrike to block her empowered passive autos. | |
 Akshan | 3 | 51.13% | 1,021 | Lose | Skill | Win | Try to play safe for the first few levels. After level 3 you can look to short trade on him with q e auto w auto. Walk away after that, if he e's into you then you can look to all in. You hard outscale at first item. | |
 Camille | 3 | 52.43% | 1,854 | Win | Win | Win | Use your e to short trade and block her passive auto or extended trade and block her q2 damage. Do not stand near walls against Camille. She can use her hookshot to stop your counterstrike from stunning her. Avoid Camille's W in lane. The healing she recieves especially from the outer portion adds up. After two items, you should hard win 1v1. | |
 Cassiopeia | 9 | 45% | 400 | Skill | Skill | Win | Level 1 go into her close bush and wait. If she walks in or if she starts autoing minions start your e and take an extended trade with her. If she plays passive skill q and take a short trade. Avoid her qs and play around bushes to try to stay healthy in this lane. Her w has a 24 second cooldown. Hard punish her if she wastes the ability. Sidesteping the ult by moving backwards so you get slowed instead of stunned is pretty important. If you can do that it can likely lead to a solo kill. | |
 Cho'Gath | 5 | Win | Skill | Win | Cho'gath wants to play to poke you down and outsustain you with his passive. Early on, take extended trades with your e if he walks up to cs. If he plays passive and farms with q, 3 wave stack and shove then cheater recall. When you jump on him, look to dodge his q asap. Post six, if you dodge a q you can all-in at 70% health. You hard win fights after 2 items. | |||
 Darius | 5 | 53.53% | 2,453 | Lose | Skill | Win | Do not get frozen on. Walk in or dodge when he qs in lane. Use your counterstrike to avoid his auto w and disengage. Take basic short trades with counterstrike auto w and then q'ing away to a minion. Level 1 try to auto the wave to get passive stacks maxed out and then trade with him level 1 with counterstrike. Stun him and disengage to get priority and wave control. You should get level 2 and should be able to trade up again with level advantage. | |
 Dr. Mundo | 7 | Win | Win | Win | Stand behind minions to avoid his q. Take short trades to pop his passive. Try to trade when his passive his down. Look to trade right after Mundo uses a cleaver on the wave. Use your counterstrike to try to block his auto e damage. 3 wave crash into his turret early. Play to snowball, he outscales. | |||
 Fiora | 6 | 47.96% | 1,495 | Skill | Skill | Skill | Play around your vitals. If you have a bad vital you can reset it by walking out of range and walking back in. If you have a good vital , you can look to trade. Use your w every time she walks up to the wave. When she ripostes, q away to dodge the damage and slow. When her parry is down look to hard punish with your e. Stand against a wall when she ults so she can't get the final vital proc. | |
 Gangplank | 6 | 51.67% | 1,291 | Skill | Win | Skill | Run Ghost in this matchup. When you have ghost post six you can just pop ghost and jump on him and he has little counterplay if he is mispositioned. Focus his barrels to reduce Gangplanks mobility and damage output. | |
 Garen | 10 | 48.51% | 2,618 | Win | Lose | Lose | Try to get a kill or lane advantage before he gets berserker's greaves. Stack your passive on the wave and then look for a positive trade. Try to use your counterstrike to avoid his q. Take short trades with your e when he has E with auto, w, E2, auto, q or walk out. Try to w harass him when he walks up for CS Try to trade on his long W cooldown earlygame When trading stay in your minion wave since his E will deal less dmg Look for an all in when he doesn't have W, and he's 70% health. | |
 Gnar | 3 | 49.53% | 1,056 | Win | Win | Win | Look to hard trade if you hit level 2 first. Look to q grasp auto when he goes to cs in this lane. Try to trade on him when the wave is not behind him so he can't double jump away. Look to all-in when he is around 70% health. | |
 Gragas | 8 | 49.43% | 2,100 | Win | Skill | Lose | You lose short trades without Sheen. Play patient and on your cooldowns. Use your E to farm the first 3 minions Try to stand inside the wave, so he has to walk up farther into the wave to E you Look for an extended trade level 2. Use your e to block his w. Try to avoid his barrels by changing direction the movement you see him do the animation. If you have to q away from his barrel. When you are all-ing or hard trading try position yourself near a wall so he he ults you are not knocked back far from him. | |
 Gwen | 3 | 49.07% | 2,313 | Win | Win | Win | Use your to trade and hit the wave level 1. You should get level 2 before her and try to hard trade. Try to take short trades when her q stacks are down. Avoid the middle of her q and avoid taking extended trades against her conquerer. Hold your q until she uses her dash to dodge. | |
 Heimerdinger | 6 | 44.02% | 234 | Lose | Win | Lose | ||
 Illaoi | 7 | 46.48% | 654 | Skill | Skill | Skill | Look to trade on your e cooldown and hers. You win trades if you dodge her e and lose if you get it. Try to trade with your e on her early game and block her empowered w auto damage. When you trade on her focus on dodging abilities. You can win at 6 if you get her to 60-70% health first. Run if you are hit with her e or she ults unless you can burst her. | |
 Irelia | 3 | 55.37% | 1,611 | Skill | Skill | Win | Trade on your e cooldown. You should try to chunk her and hard trade levels 1-3. Use your q to guarentee your e lands on her. You can predict where she is going to dash to by looking at the lowest minions in your wave. | |
 Jayce | 7 | 49.68% | 1,874 | Lose | Win | Win | Play around bushes to avoid poke damage. Level 1 play on your grasp cooldown and q onto him when its up. Then play passive until level 3. If he uses abilities on the wave you can look for an extended trade. Block his w autos with your e and stand behind minions so you can't get shock blasted. Try to position so his e knockback hits you into a wall so the knockback is reduced. Do not q onto him and trade when all of his cooldowns are up. | |
 K'Sante | 5 | Win | Skill | Skill | Sidestep his qs. You hard win extended fights level 1 as long as you dodge his q3. Look to w poke him when he steps up to the wave. Post six stack your ult passive and then w him for the extra damage. Rush sheen. Stand away from walls so he has a tough time ulting you. Look to all-in when you have space to run him down and he is around 60% health. | |||
 Kayle | 2 | 53.35% | 1,359 | Win | Win | Lose | Constantly try to trade with her especially with counterstrike. Level 1 you can zone her from the wave by using your counterstrike. Make sure she does not get xp. Or you can pull the wave level 1 to ensure it pushes into you and you can set up an early freeze pre six. | |
 Kennen | 7 | 50.47% | 741 | Lose | Win | Win | Play around bushes to avoid taking free poke. You can trade level 1 with grasp. Play passive until level 3. If uses abilities on the wave then you can look to trade. Block his empowered w auto with your counterstrike. Stand behind minions to avoid his q. Buy early sheen and mercs. Do not jump on him when he has all cds up. | |
 Kled | 3 | 52.99% | 536 | Skill | Win | Win | Hard trade level 1. You win even if he lands q. Try to bait out his eq and look to trade when its down. Use your e to block his w autos especially if he is dismounted. Use your q after he dashes. Save your skills for when Kled is about to dismounted when fighting. Do not dismount him if you don't have kill pressure. | |
 Lucian | 5 | 49.44% | 3,554 | Lose | Win | Win | ||
 Malphite | 9 | 47% | 1,500 | Win | Lose | Lose | Have to abuse his weak early game before he gets items. W him when he walks up for cs. Trade when his shield is down. Try to keep pressuring him so his shield is always down. Trade if he wastes abilities on the wave and use your counterstrike on his w auto. Rush sheen and look for an early freeze. | |
 Maokai | 1 | 50.38% | 524 | Win | Win | Win | ||
 Mordekaiser | 6 | 52.22% | 1,354 | Lose | Win | Win | You hard win level 1 extended trades with counterstrike. Try to space out and dodge his q and e. Post 6 try to all-in when he is around 70% health and doesn't have his e or w up. Use your e early in trades so he cannot get his passive up. Focus on dodging the pull back when you jump on him. | |
 Nasus | 4 | 52.15% | 675 | Win | Skill | Lose | Have to abuse his weak early game. Look for hard trades and try to freeze on him. Pre six focus on using your counterstrike on his q. Be cautious of using your e on his q post six. He can look to all-in when its down and ghost you down the lane with ult. | |
 Neeko | 52.75% | 599 | ||||||
 Olaf | 5 | 51.79% | 641 | Skill | Skill | Skill | Take short trades against Olaf. Auto w e auto q away. You can start taking more extended trades with items. Try to focus on dodging his axes and uses your e when he pops his w attack speed. Use ignite when he is lower than 50% health and you are looking to all-in. In a close all-in fight, try to flash an axe. | |
 Ornn | 3 | 50.74% | 808 | Win | Win | Win | Hard trade levels 1-3. Dodge his q's early and try to use your counterstrike on his w autos. Stand away from his pillar and walls when fighting him. Be careful of his triple brittle combo. | |
 Pantheon | 8 | 52.11% | 900 | Lose | Skill | Win | Try to walk to his bush level 1 and take an extended trade with your counterstrike. Play to survive the early game. Bring ghost and try to run him down post six. You only win in an extended all-in if you have the space to run him down. Ping his roams after six. Rush steelcaps and sheen. Do not q onto him when he has cooldowns up. | |
 Poppy | 10 | 47.65% | 766 | Skill | Skill | Win | Try to bait out her q by walking in and out of range of it. Then look to trade with your e when its down. Don't fight near walls so you cannot get stunned from her e. Try to play around bushes so you can avoid her passive auto damage. You can look for an all-in when she is at 50% health. | |
 Quinn | 10 | 47.29% | 535 | Lose | Skill | Win | Play safe until levels 2/3. Try to look for short trades with q e auto w and then walking away. Ward the bush so she can't drop minion aggro when autoing you. Play safe until level 6 and use your e to block her passive autos. At six look for the same combo but stack your passive auto on the wave first. Rush steelcaps and sheen and all-in when she is at 60% health. | |
 Renekton | 5 | 50.46% | 1,627 | Skill | Skill | Win | Avoid fighting in the wave so he doesn't heal as much from his q and so he cannot e out. Try to bait his q by walking in and out of range. Trade when its down. E when he jumps on you and save your q until he uses his e2. Respect his fury stacks and try to trade when they are down. Do not let him get fury for free. Try to save counterstrike for his w or when he has more than 50% fury in a fight. Rush steelcaps and sheen. | |
 Rengar | 6 | 51.29% | 776 | Lose | Win | Win | Play safe early and avoid getting chunked. Stand away from bushes and respect his range. You can trade early on when he wastes abilities on the wave and has low ferocity stacks. If he leaps to a minion near you to cs, you can trade with auto w e q, then q or walk away. Warding the bushes is risky since if he brings scanner he can use them for free jumps. You hard win at two items. If you are struggling rush Steelcaps, if not just rush sunderer. | |
 Riven | 6 | 50.3% | 1,340 | Skill | Skill | Win | Start in the bush near her. Hard win level 1 fight if you block some passive autos from her. Get lane and wave control and try to crash 3 wave and reset. Space riven so she has to use 1/2 q or e to engage onto you. She loses both mobility and damage on you and you can likely land your e to trade back this way. If you think she is looking to trade stand back and give yourself room to walk forward and extend the trade later. Look to all-in when she wastes her w. | |
 Rumble | 8 | 52.4% | 584 | Lose | Skill | Win | Start in his bush. Take a short trade with e level 1 if he uses his q on the wave. Generally play safe and look to scale. Stand behind minions so he can't hit harpoons on you for free. You can look for solo kills levels 6-9. Rush Mercs and sheen. You can go hexdrinker if you are struggling. | |
 Ryze | 4 | 51.26% | 831 | Win | Win | Win | Play extremely aggressive first few levels, you won't have openings after. Bush cheese him level 1 and rush level 2 first. Do not eat EQ aoe damage from minions. Do not let Ryze push you in early game. | |
 Sett | 3 | 52.48% | 1,999 | Skill | Win | Win | When Sett burns abilities to shove the Wave(EQ), you have a window to just kill him. Constantly hover in and out of Sett's E range and bait it. If he's going to land his E, use counterstrike and trade on him with (auto w auto q out). Always use Q to dodge Sett W. Main issue with Sett is his absurd sustain but you can outplay his kit | |
 Shen | 1 | 47.56% | 780 | Skill | Win | Win | You win extended trades due to Shen's high CD's. You'll always win if you blocks Shen's 3 Q empowered autos with counterstrike. Do not use your W when Shen activates W. Post 6- keep Shen shoved under tower so if he does ult he should be set massively behind. Do not let Shen drag his dagger through you for free. | |
 Shyvana | 51.22% | 449 | ||||||
 Singed | 8 | 43.93% | 922 | Win | Skill | Win | Play to scale and farm up. Walk with your wave level 1 so he cannot set up a proxy. Look to hard trade pre six. Post six be careful with your cooldowns and playing around his turret since he can look for an all-in. Rush mercs and sheen. | |
 Sion | 2 | 49.95% | 949 | Skill | Win | Win | Level 1 bush cheese him, let Sion push early and freeze when possible. Use coutnerstrike to cancel Sion charging Q. Always Q out if he lands his E slow on you or you're going to get chunked. You can also use Q to avoid Sion's Q. Beware Sion's bush cheese later in the game and don't Q into him thoughtlessly or he will chain CC with R into Q | |
 Swain | 52.19% | 684 | ||||||
 Sylas | 1 | 51.42% | 3,102 | Skill | Skill | Skill | You beat Sylas level 1-2. Then he is stronger from 3-9 and you will outscale for the rest of the game. so you need to get a large lead in first levels. If he even walks up, use short counterstrike trades on him. go back behind minions before he tries to use E2 chains on you. Bush Cheese him level 1 | |
 Tahm Kench | 7 | Skill | Lose | Win | You win short trades, he wins long trades. Level 1 bush cheese him and trade with EW whenever he walks up. Use minions to block Q poke. Always Q out whenever Tahm gets 2+ stacks on you. Cancel Tahm's W with your counterstrike. Watch out for getting eaten near tower, this is likely to kill you | |||
 Teemo | 8 | 47.5% | 640 | Skill | Lose | Win | Levels 1-3, play safe and do not eat poke. Post 3, you win short trades( Q onto him, E, wait for his blind to end, auto, W, walk away) Preferably walk into bushes so he loses vision. Post 6, you can just straight up all-in him if he gets below 70 percent hp. The key here is to never eat poke damage for free and counterattack on your spikes | |
 Trundle | 6 | 50.08% | 599 | Skill | Skill | Skill | Take short trades against trundle with auto w e auto q out. Try to use your q after he pillars so he cannot interupt you midair. If trundle holds his pillar then just walk out with e. All-in with r when he is about 60% health. Try to ult after he ults. | |
 Tryndamere | 5 | 51.2% | 1,246 | Skill | Skill | Win | Bush cheese him level1, fight him before he stacks up fury and only with counterstrike up. When he goes for CS, short trade him with your W. Post 6 kite him with your Q and use your tower. Your sheen/sunderer powerspikes are big into Tryndamere. Always be aware of his fury bar since most of his trading power comes from it | |
 Urgot | 4 | 49.13% | 863 | Skill | Win | Win | Beware Urgot's amazing level 1-2. Use E to farm the first 3 minions and play passive till level 3. You need to constantly dodge Urgot Q's and stay healthy. If he lands it, it will allow his W to hit you through minions. Otherwise you can use Minions to blocks his W damage if they are closer. Post 3, you can trade but hold coutnerstrike until Urgot uses his E forward. | |
 Vayne | 7 | 50.13% | 1,989 | Skill | Skill | Lose | Play the matchup similar to Quinn. Go for short q auto w trades and use to e to walk out. Play around bushes so she cannot poke you for free. Ghost is viable to try to run her down the lane. Use plated steelcaps and sheen. | |
 Vladimir | 5 | 50.3% | 1,165 | Win | Skill | Lose | You really need to play extremely aggressive levels 1-3 and set him behind. Level 1 you trade with him with Q into 3 auto attacks and then walk into the bush. You need to hit level 2 first and then zone him from CS/XP. If he stays in XP range you need to kill with ignite. After this its critical you manage the wave and let him push towards you, freeze at tower. NEVER let vladimir get free empowered Q's off | |
 Volibear | 5 | 57.02% | 1,296 | Skill | Skill | Win | Early game you must avoid Volibear's E and play for short trades. If he lands it you will lose trades. To win trades you should use all your abilities before Volibear can get his shield from E and Q out. Outplay his stun with coutnerstike. As you hit spikes you play much more aggressively. When you hit 6, all-in him if he hits half hp with ignite. Be VERY cautious if the wave is crashing towards you. You want to avoid trading and setting up for Volibear to dive you. | |
 Warwick | 5 | 51.99% | 1,004 | Skill | Win | Win | Level 1, you want warwick to push in the wave. Take short trades with counterstike and poke him down. You should not be letting Warwick fear go off, either stun or q out. You should hard win at 6 if you all-in him at 70 percent hp and ignite him below half hp. Warwicks usually take barrier so to avoid losing to cheese we play for short trades and all in below 70 percent | |
 Wukong | 5 | 52.41% | 1,286 | Skill | Win | Win | Take ignite for this matchup to reveal his clone and use it when he E's onto you. When he uses W, walk with him and only attack him when he reappears. You hard win this matchup early, bully him pre-6 and bush cheese him level 1. Post-6 you need to be more careful because he has kill threat and his R can cancel your Q jump. | |
 Yasuo | 2 | 51.85% | 2,995 | Win | Skill | Win | Similar to yone but much easier, go for short counterstikes trades early. Do not eat poke for free and do not waste your Q. Pop counterstrike when Yasuo dashes and and use Q when he dashes out. At 6, you hard-win all in. Whenever he uses tornado, you have a large window to trade on him | |
 Yone | 3 | 53.77% | 2,561 | Win | Skill | Skill | Constantly bait Yone's Q by hovering in and out of his range. Play for short trades with counterstrike. Yone will constantly use W to last hit low minions, do not stand near them. Kite back predictively before Yone uses his Q3 tornado to avoid it. Beware of Yone's burst potential at level 6 with R + ignite, it can kill you from around 60 percent healtth. Yone Q can still damage you through coutnerstrike if it went through a minion | |
 Yorick | 1 | 54.07% | 810 | Win | Win | Skill | Yorick has a terrible early game and you can abuse that but you need to be able to dodge Yorick's E and be able to bait it effectively with great movements. Q him after he wastes cage. You can bush cheese him level 1 | |
 Zac | 3 | Win | Win | Win | Always deny Zac's passive by stepping on his blobs. You want to take short trades using counterstrike while also hovering Zac's W range and baiting him to use it. To win All-in fights you must dodge Zac's E and Q. Generally you'll want to use minions or E to block Zac's Q. For the most part you will win early fights if your passive is stacked up. Lots of outplay potential in this lane |