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Jax

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

13.6%#60 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.6%picked in 1,787 of 27,189 games
Ban: 7.0%1,557 bans over 22,315 games, against 13.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Top50.5% between 48.4% and 52.7% over 1,492 gamesSoloQ 50.1%: no clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 26.9 min

Amateur: 27,223 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 66% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 856,529 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 tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLengthRunesSpells
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 / againstBetter than expected against Sivir in amateur play: +12.8 pts over 61 games, range above zero.+12.8 pt61 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.6%
SoloQ
3.0%
2.6% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
7.1%
SoloQ
13.5%
7.1% ban rate in amateur play over 13,367 games, against 13.5% in soloQ over 323,918 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.3 min
SoloQ
26.9 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 26.9 min in soloQ.
RunesGrasp of the Undying instead of Lethal Tempo
Amateur
47%
SoloQ
46%
Played in 47% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Lethal Tempo (46%).
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
49%
SoloQ
54%
Played in 49% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (54%).

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 Tempo46% · 27,583

≠ Amateur: Grasp of the Undying instead of Lethal Tempo. 47% · 1,580 games

SpellsFlash + Ignite54% · 31,948

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 49% · 1,580 games

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 151 games

Core (3 legendaries)15% · 2,916

15%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?

Better than expected against Sivir in amateur play: +12.8 pts over 61 games, range above zero.

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.

Against

Topgap to expected

Renekton54.7% · expected 48.8% · 75 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +0.4

Sion58.5% · expected 50.9% · 41 g+7.6 ptSoloQ -2.4

Olaf50.5% · expected 47.4% · 97 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +1.4

Zaahen50.0% · expected 48.2% · 82 g+1.8 ptSoloQ +4.0

Gwen52.3% · expected 48.7% · 44 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +3.7

Junglegap to expected

Viego60.9% · expected 52.1% · 64 g+8.9 ptSoloQ +3.2

Lee Sin53.1% · expected 50.9% · 130 g+2.2 ptSoloQ -1.5

Qiyana56.3% · expected 47.8% · 32 g+8.4 ptSoloQ -1.3

Jarvan IV52.9% · expected 52.1% · 104 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +0.6

Lillia52.2% · expected 47.7% · 46 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -1.9

Midgap to expected

Twisted Fate61.8% · expected 48.7% · 55 g+13.2 ptSoloQ +1.8

Lissandra64.3% · expected 51.8% · 42 g+12.5 ptSoloQ +0.7

Akali60.6% · expected 50.2% · 33 g+10.4 ptSoloQ -4.1

Locke58.3% · expected 51.5% · 48 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -0.1

Orianna56.5% · expected 52.9% · 85 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +0.4

ADCgap to expected

Sivir63.9% · expected 51.1% · 61 g+12.8 ptSoloQ +0.6

Caitlyn53.6% · expected 49.0% · 125 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -0.5

Tristana58.3% · expected 50.8% · 60 g+7.6 ptSoloQ -0.1

Zeri55.3% · expected 48.2% · 47 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -1.1

Aphelios56.3% · expected 54.2% · 64 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +1.2

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine59.4% · expected 49.2% · 69 g+10.2 ptSoloQ -2.1

Nautilus56.1% · expected 50.4% · 148 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +1.5

Lulu55.1% · expected 53.2% · 156 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -0.5

Leona53.7% · expected 51.5% · 123 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +0.5

Milio55.1% · expected 51.9% · 69 g+3.2 ptSoloQ +0.6

With

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao58.8% · expected 49.6% · 80 g+9.2 ptSoloQ -0.8

Sejuani59.2% · expected 48.1% · 49 g+11.1 ptSoloQ +2.1

Viego61.0% · expected 49.0% · 41 g+12.0 ptSoloQ +0.1

Wukong57.5% · expected 52.7% · 127 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -0.3

Lee Sin53.4% · expected 50.2% · 131 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -0.3

Midgap to expected

Ryze64.1% · expected 49.2% · 39 g+14.9 ptSoloQ -1.1

Sylas60.3% · expected 50.4% · 58 g+9.9 ptSoloQ -1.1

Yone63.6% · expected 52.8% · 44 g+10.9 ptSoloQ +0.5

Viktor54.0% · expected 51.0% · 124 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +0.4

Twisted Fate58.8% · expected 52.4% · 34 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -1.5

ADCgap to expected

Miss Fortune58.2% · expected 49.9% · 55 g+8.3 ptSoloQ +1.2

Tristana56.9% · expected 50.3% · 58 g+6.6 ptSoloQ 0.0

Aphelios54.2% · expected 46.9% · 48 g+7.3 ptSoloQ +0.1

Zeri59.3% · expected 52.9% · 54 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +1.9

Jinx55.2% · expected 52.6% · 96 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +0.6

Supportgap to expected

Lulu52.6% · expected 47.9% · 133 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +2.1

Blitzcrank60.7% · expected 52.9% · 61 g+7.8 ptSoloQ +1.7

Rell59.6% · expected 54.0% · 57 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +0.8

Bard59.2% · expected 52.9% · 49 g+6.3 ptSoloQ -0.6

Nautilus51.0% · expected 50.6% · 157 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -2.5

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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