# Jax Counters Who counters Jax? Best and worst picks against Jax by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Jax in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) ## Page Content [Jax guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) [Play against Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/how-to-play-against/) [Jax counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/counters/) Best and worst picks against Jax in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Quinn, Poppy and Dr. Mundo beat Jax most often. Illaoi, Heimerdinger and Akali win the laning phase against Jax by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Jax Highest win rate versus Jax in Top. - 1 [Quinn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/quinn/) 144 games 62.5% - 2 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 178 games 57.9% - 3 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 588 games 57.3% - 4 [Singed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/singed/) 401 games 56.1% - 5 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 211 games 55.9% - 6 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 112 games 55.4% - 7 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 2,057 games 55.3% - 8 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 602 games 54.6% - 9 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 628 games 54.1% - 10 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 201 games 53.2% - 11 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 285 games 53.0% - 12 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 1,105 games 52.9% - 13 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 496 games 52.8% - 14 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 410 games 52.7% - 15 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 1,091 games 52.4% ## Worst picks against Jax Lowest win rate versus Jax in Top. - 1 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 186 games 45.2% - 2 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 477 games 46.3% - 3 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 755 games 46.5% - 4 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 980 games 46.7% - 5 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 336 games 47.0% - 6 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 759 games 47.3% - 7 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 385 games 47.5% - 8 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 616 games 47.6% - 9 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 277 games 47.6% - 10 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 596 games 48.1% - 11 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 850 games 48.2% - 12 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 2,068 games 48.5% - 13 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 763 games 48.8% - 14 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 410 games 48.8% - 15 [Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) 246 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Jax Largest gold lead over Jax at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 203 games +1,296 - 2 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 100 games +1,138 - 3 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 157 games +1,038 - 4 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 191 games +957 - 5 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 854 games +903 - 6 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 112 games +775 - 7 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 170 games +678 - 8 [Gragas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gragas/) 149 games +549 - 9 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 254 games +526 - 10 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 197 games +517 - 11 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 335 games +438 - 12 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 119 games +395 - 13 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 178 games +386 - 14 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 240 games +379 - 15 [Singed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/singed/) 105 games +352 ## How to play against Jax Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Keep the wave on your side before level 6 so his all-in has less room. - Stop attacking during E and punish after the stun window ends. - Save mobility for his Q or E instead of using it to start fights. - Answer split pushes with numbers only after forcing his teleport or showing your team can start Baron. - Force decisive 5v4 objectives when he shows in a far side lane. ## Where Jax is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Jax needs repeated melee access to take over fights, so disengage and spacing delay his scaling threat. - Jax has one main defensive window; after it ends, focused crowd control can punish his dive. ## Jax counters: questions ### Who counters Jax in Top? At Gold+, Quinn (62.5%), Poppy (57.9%) and Dr. Mundo (57.3%) have the highest win rates against Jax. ### Who does Jax counter? Jax wins most often against Varus (45.2%), Trundle (46.3%) and Darius (46.5%). ### Who wins lane against Jax? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Illaoi (+1,296), Heimerdinger (+1,138) and Akali (+1,038) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Jax. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Illaoi counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/counters/) - [Heimerdinger counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)