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Jax vs Gwen

Jax
vs
50.0%

over 540 games

Gwen
Analyze a draft with Jax

Skill matchup

Heavy AP damageSustained DPSSplit pushHigh burst

Build vs Gwen

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Jax: Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, Zhonya's Hourglass, Mercury's Treads, Blade of The Ruined King, Wit's End, Death's Dance, Dusk and Dawn.

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Trinity Force
1
Sundered Sky
2
Zhonya's Hourglass
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Blade of The Ruined King
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot79%
FlashTeleport13%

Other options

Blade of The Ruined King
Wit's End
Death's Dance
Dusk and Dawn
Hextech Gunblade
Riftmaker
Sterak's Gage
Stridebreaker
Maw of Malmortius
Seeker's Armguard
Kaenic Rookern
Spear of Shojin
Experimental Hexplate
Hullbreaker
Black Cleaver
Ravenous Hydra
Executioner's Calling
Dark Seal
Navori Flickerblade
Titanic Hydra
Guardian Angel
Randuin's Omen
Nashor's Tooth
Tiamat
Zeke's Convergence
Abyssal Mask
Kraken Slayer
61.9% WR63 games
PrecisionPrecision
Lethal TempoLethal Tempo
TriumphTriumph
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
Last StandLast Stand
ResolveResolve
UnflinchingUnflinching
Bone PlatingBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Gwen's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

A Thousand Cuts (P)

Gwen's attacks deal bonus magic damage based on the targets health. She heals for a portion of the damage dealt to champions by this effect.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
36.5s22s13s–
65s22s13s2m
93.5s21s13s2m
113.5s20s13s1m40
163.5s18s12s1m20
183.5s18s11s1m20

Playing as Jax

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Start trades with Counter Strike

    Start your trades with Counter Strike (E): you dodge autos and take less area damage, and each dodged auto adds damage to the stunning counterattack.

  2. Look for long trades

    Look for long trades: each consecutive auto increases your attack speed thanks to Relentless Assault (passive).

  3. Ward hop to escape

    To escape, place a ward and jump to it with Leap Strike (Q): it can target any unit or ward, allied or enemy.

  4. Activate your R up close

    Activate Grandmaster-at-Arms (R) up close: it only grants armor and magic resist if it hits a champion, and your bonus hits then land every other auto.

Playing against Gwen

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Enter her mist or wait

    To hit her during Hallowed Mist (W), walk into the mist or wait for it to fade: from outside, you can't target her.

  2. Trade before her 4 autos

    Take short trades before she lands 4 autos: each one adds a snip to Snip Snip! (Q).

  3. Get out of her needles' path

    Step out of the Needlework (R) line: she can recast it twice within 6 seconds, with three then five needles.

  4. Send two to answer her split

    Answer her split push with two players rather than alone: A Thousand Cuts (passive) heals her on every auto against a champion.

Other Jax matchups

Patch 16.21.1