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How to Synergize Jax and Irelia

based on 4,262 Jax with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
1.81
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Jax has gone into battle with Irelia in 4262 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much complete data straight from the developers of League, we are completely sure that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Jax synergize with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Jax to play with Irelia as teammates. This has only happened in about 1.6% of matches with Jax.

Jax Irelia Synergy Summary

Jax does a average job of synergizing with Irelia. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.1% of matches the champs try and work together in. If you want to play better as Jax when playing alongside Irelia by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Jax vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Jax Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelFrozen HeartWit's EndTitanic 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 ForceArmor
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
10
E
11
R
12
E
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E
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Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Jax and Irelia

Tips for Playing as Jax with Irelia

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 Understand How Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Jax Irelia Synergy Stats

Jax Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Irelia Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.5
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
5.3
< Assists >
5.2
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.5
91
< Minions Killed >
119
0.92
< Dragons Killed >
0.66
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.49
10,647
< Physical Damage >
12,085
7,378
< Magic Damage >
7,883
697
< True Damage >
662
18,723
< Damage Dealt >
20,631
29,803
< Damage Taken >
30,184
11,608
< Gold Earned >
11,996
1.85
< Towers >
2.14
0.21
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
9,854
< Total Healing >
8,900
13,886
< Experience >
14,465
20
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
214
< Time Dealing CC >
195

How to Play with Irelia as Jax in LoL

The Jax Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Jax sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Irelia helps Jax perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Jax is paired with Irelia, he sees a noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Irelia doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Jax is played together with Irelia on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Irelia.

Additionally, when Jax plays with Irelia on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Irelia does a decent job of covering Jax in teamfights.

Synergies between Jax and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Jax
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Jax
Irelia

Is Jax better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no ideal synergy for Jax that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, Irelia is a very typical teammate for Jax. By playing on the same team as Jax, she decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 50.1%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Jax and Irelia that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Irelia has a lower difficulty than Jax. That means Jax players don't need to be cautious when arranging Irelia comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing together, Jax players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by aligning Jax and Irelia together, you will not be giving your team a lot of cover. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Irelia ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Jax Players

How We Calculated Our Jax Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Jax and Irelia, we analyzed 4,262 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Jax with Irelia comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Jax to pair well with Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to have in your Jax and Irelia synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jax included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Irelia than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Jax boasted an average win rate of 50.1% when playing alongside Irelia with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Jax players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.

If you want to get Jax and Irelia collaboration tips and builds for a a particular division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are calculated using every round completed with both champions.