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How to Win Jax vs Rengar Counter MatchupJax is in the a tier of champions

Jax vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Jax in LoLJax is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rengar as Jax

based on 9,287 Jax vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
1.89
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. Within our database, Jax engaged Rengar 9287 times. With so many matchups for Jax vs Rengar gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce useful statistics and a solid build to destroy Rengar. This matchup is fairly rare. Jax has to counter Rengar in only 3.5% of his matches.

Jax vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Jax has done a good job of beating Rengar. On average, he wins a terrific 52.1% of games the champions face each other in. In Jax versus Rengar matches, Jax’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Rengar.

Best Jax vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PhageSheen

Core Jax Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelTrinity ForceDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinSterak's GageFrozen HeartTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Jax to level upw
>
Second ability for Jax to level upe
>
Last skill for Jax to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Jax's passive ability p
Jax's q ability q
Jax's w ability w
Jax's e ability e
Jax's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Rengar as Jax

Tips for Playing as Jax against Rengar

Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.

Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.

Advice to Win Against Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Jax vs Rengar Counter Stats

Jax Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
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6.7
< Kills >
8
6.2
< Deaths >
6.9
5
< Assists >
6.2
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.81
123
< Minions Killed >
43
0.66
< Dragons Killed >
1.25
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.36
12,310
< Physical Damage >
16,755
7,820
< Magic Damage >
1,327
619
< True Damage >
1,069
20,751
< Damage Dealt >
19,152
29,632
< Damage Taken >
33,553
12,052
< Gold Earned >
12,755
2.26
< Towers >
1.29
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
8,689
< Total Healing >
16,155
14,515
< Experience >
13,910
19
< Vision Score >
20
9
< Wards Placed >
5
195
< Time Dealing CC >
232

How to Counter Rengar with Jax in LoL

The stats shown here show some important Jax against Rengar matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Jax’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rengar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jax may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rengar..

Jax typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Rengar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Jax and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Jax
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jax
Rengar

Who is Better, Jax or Rengar?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jax usually wins when taking on Rengar, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Jax makes a good counter to Rengar.

While Jax does have a higher win rate compared to Rengar, when on opposite teams, Jax also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Jax into Rengar.

Additionally, Jax also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Jax vs Rengar matchups, Jax is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Jax is a good counter for Rengar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jax against Rengar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Jax

Jax Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.8% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.3% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrateBrandBrand47.5% winrate

Jax Wins Against

YuumiYuumi58.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.7% winrateSejuaniSejuani55.3% winrateKalistaKalista55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TeemoTeemo+ 55.2% 13684 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.4% 10633 GamesMordekaiserMordekaiser+ 55.8% 9036 GamesSingedSinged+ 55.8% 2797 Games

Additional Information for Jax Players

How We Calculated Our Jax vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Jax, we analyzed 9,287 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rengar as Jax comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Jax Build Rengar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jax in order to counter Rengar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jax often racks up more CS relative to Rengar. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Jax versus Rengar build include Guardian Angel, Trinity Force, and Death's Dance. When Jax incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Rengar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Jax had an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Rengar with this counter build.

To have the best probability of defeating Rengar as Jax, Jax players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Jax vs Rengar fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rengar as Jax are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.