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Garen vs Jax

Garen
vs
55.8%

over 6118 games

Jax
Analyze a draft with Garen

Favorable matchup

Split pushSustained DPSHigh burstHeavy AP damage

Build vs Jax

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Garen: Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder, Berserker's Greaves, Dead Man's Plate, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Infinity Edge, Force of Nature.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Stridebreaker
1
Phantom Dancer
2
Mortal Reminder
3

Standard

Berserker's Greaves
4AS
Dead Man's Plate
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot97%
FlashTeleport2%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Dead Man's Plate
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Infinity Edge
Force of Nature
Sterak's Gage
Black Cleaver
Executioner's Calling
Spear of Shojin
B. F. Sword
Lord Dominik's Regards
Serpent's Fang
Serrated Dirk
Randuin's Omen
Death's Dance
Voltaic Cyclosword
Tiamat
Guardian Angel
Trinity Force
Hullbreaker
Thornmail
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Bramble Vest
Endless Hunger
Immortal Shieldbow
The Collector
Kaenic Rookern
Maw of Malmortius
59.4% WR1,680 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
TriumphTriumph
Legend: HasteLegend: Haste
Last StandLast Stand
SorcerySorcery
Axiom ArcanistAxiom Arcanist
CelerityCelerity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Jax's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Relentless Assault (P)

Jax's consecutive basic attacks continuously increase his Attack Speed.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s7s17s–
67s7s17s1m50
96s6s17s1m50
116s5s17s1m40
166s3s13s1m30
186s3s9s1m30

Playing as Garen

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Silence, spin, back off

    Trade with Decisive Strike (Q), then Judgment (E), and back off: the Decisive Strike silence stops your opponent from answering with spells.

  2. Stay closest to your opponent

    During Judgment (E), stay closer to your opponent than to their minions: the nearest enemy takes extra damage.

  3. Back off to regenerate

    After a trade, back off until Perseverance (passive) kicks in: without recent damage taken, you regenerate part of your health every second.

  4. Courage just before impact

    Activate Courage (W) just before the bulk of the damage: you first gain a shield and tenacity, then a longer damage reduction.

  5. Save your R to finish

    Save Demacian Justice (R) to finish: its true damage grows with the target's missing health.

Playing against Jax

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Short trades

    Take a short trade, then back off: Relentless Assault (passive) increases his attack speed with each consecutive auto.

  2. Back off during Counter Strike

    During Counter Strike (E), back off instead of attacking: he dodges your autos, then stuns nearby enemies, dealing more damage per dodged auto.

  3. Trade after his E

    Trade right after Counter Strike (E): it's both his defense and his only stun, and it has a 17 to 9 second cooldown.

  4. Don't let him split push alone

    In the late game, don't leave his split push unanswered: send someone to hold his lane, or force an objective on the other side of the map.

Other Garen matchups

Patch 16.21.1