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Jax

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.7%#59 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.2%picked in 336 of 6,486 games
Ban: 7.5%244 bans over 3,246 games, against 11.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Top50.0% between 45.1% and 54.9% over 274 gamesSoloQ 49.9%: no clear gap

Median length28 minsoloQ 27.4 min

Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftSpells
How to play itLethal Tempo, then Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 85% of top laners.DuelistSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.9%
SoloQ
2.4%
1.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
8.9%
SoloQ
11.9%
8.9% ban rate in amateur play over 1,886 games, against 11.9% in soloQ over 129,307 games.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
54%
SoloQ
58%
Played in 54% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (58%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Lethal Tempo, then Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesLethal Tempo57% · 10,502

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite58% · 10,855

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 54% · 289 games

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 44 games

Core (3 legendaries)16% · 1,017

16%of soloQ games

Trinity Force
Sundered Sky
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 85% of top laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop15%33% · top laners: 28%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Duelist
Split-push

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 63 in lane, 36 in mid game and 24 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

629+29 vs 599

836-32 vs 868

985-94 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Jaxtop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 62% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 63 of 100 among top laners629 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 36 of 100 among top laners836 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 24 of 100 among top laners985 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 51 of 100 among top laners+119 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 62 of 100 among top laners+212 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 53 of 100 among top laners979 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 20 of 100 among top laners50% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 85 of 100 among top laners33% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 27 of 100 among top lanersrank 27 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 34 of 100 among top laners0.6 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 69 of 100 among top laners23% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.