Jax Patch History

Mana cost: 65 50

Minimum health ratio: 3.5% 4% of target's maximum health

Maximum health ratio: 3.5*2% 4*2% of target's maximum health

New Now gains an additional 1.5% attack speed per stack at level 19.

New Damage based on the target's health ratio is now capped at 9000 against monsters.

Base health: 665 650

Bugfix Restored cast VO.

Primary bonus armor: 25 – 75 3 45 – 75 3

Primary bonus magic resistance: 25*0.6 – 75*0.6 3 45*0.6 – 75*0.6 3

Bonus attack speed per stack: 3.5 to 3.5+1.5*5 for 6 5 to 5+1.5*5 for 6

Maximum bonus attack speed: 3.5*8 to (3.5+1.5*5)*8 for 6 5*8 to (5+1.5*5)*8 for 6

Undocumented / New Effect: Empowered basic attack now has an uncancellable windup.

Bugfix No longer sometimes fails to apply its damage against structures.

Bugfix After spending a second or further skill point in the ability, no longer causes the attack animations associated with the ability to stop playing.

Health growth: 100 103

Base mana regeneration: 7.6 8.2

On-hit base damage: 70 – 170 3 75 – 185 3

Cooldown: 100 – 80 3 110 – 90 3 seconds

Base damage: 150 – 350 3 100 – 250 3

On-hit base damage: 60 – 160 3 70 – 170 3

Bonus armor: 15 – 65 3 25 – 75 3

Bonus magic resistance: 15*0.6 – 65*0.6 3 25*0.6 – 75*0.6 3

Bonus armor per subsequent target: 15 – 25 3 20 – 30 3

Bonus magic resistance per subsequent target: 15*0.6 – 25*0.6 3 20*0.6 – 30*0.6 3

Bugfix Empowered attack no longer sometimes fails to apply against towers.

Cooldown: 15 – 9 17 – 9 seconds

Bugfix Restored empowered attack SFX when attacking structures.

Bugfix Cast indicator now matches with the correct range of 375.

Bugfix Ability power and attack damage from conversions and adaptive force is now properly included in the ratio calculations.

Adjusted splash artwork for SKT T1 Jax.

Bugfix Restored all respective buff icons.

Bugfix Idle fish VFX now appear as intended while he is in the river.

New Empowered attack is now consumed against structures for 50% damage.

Minimum base damage: 55 – 175 40 – 160

Maximum base damage: 55*2 – 175*2 40*2 – 160*2

Minimum health ratio: 4% 3.5% of target's maximum health

Maximum health ratio: 4*2% 3.5*2% of target's maximum health

New Passive stacks can now be consumed against structures to deal 50% damage.

Adjusted splash artwork and model for The Mighty Jax.

Bugfix Now uses the correct animation for the attack rather than the default one when he has any passive stacks.

Bugfix Flame VFX is no longer misplaced during his Recall animation.

Bugfix Several VFX and SFX issues resulting from the ASU have been resolved.

[Undocumented] Now deals the proper amplified amount of damage again if Jax recasts it manually.

Cooldown: Bugfix 14 – 8 15 – 9 seconds

Mana cost: Bugfix 50 100

Updated ability icons.

Complete visual update across all skins.

New splash artwork for Original Jax, The Mighty Jax, Vandal Jax, Angler Jax, PAX Jax, Jaximus Jax, Temple Jax, and Nemesis Jax.

New voice-over.

Updated sound effects.

New Catching a fish now grants 1 AP for 5 seconds.

New Now has a 5% chance to catch a rare fish that grants 10 gold and 10 ability power for 5 seconds.

[Undocumented] Empowered basic attacks now have an uncancellable windup.

Undocumented / Bug: Cooldown: 15 – 9 14 – 8 seconds

Undocumented / Bug: Now always deals the minimum damage if Jax manually recasts it.

Counter Strike

Bugfix VFX ring no longer remains for longer than intended after dodging multiple hits.

Undocumented / Bug: Mana cost: 100 50

Bugfix VFX is no longer visible to enemies from the Fog of War.

Bugfix VFX is no longer visible to enemies from the Fog of War.

Bugfix Cape and shoulder armor no longer improperly clip with his model during certain animations.

Counter Strike

Bugfix VFX no longer displays for longer than intended after dodging multiple hits in a single cast.

Bugfix Several issues with voice line playback have been resolved.

Counter Strike

Bugfix VFX indicator no longer remains after the fact even if multiple hits were dodged during the ability.

Cooldown: 14 – 8 15 – 9 seconds

Mana cost: 50 100

Base health: 685 665

Health growth: 99 100

AP ratio: 100% AP 70% AP

New Now increases total damage per attack dodged instead of only base damage.

On-hit base damage: 80 – 160 3 60 – 160 3

Base bonus armor: 25 – 65 3 15 – 65 3

Base bonus magic resistance: 15 – 39 3 9 – 39 3

Shield visual effect restored.

Improved hit sound effect.

Bugfix Now properly plays all sound effects.

Lightning visual effects added to Grandmaster-at-Arms.

Sparkle and spike visual effects added to Grandmaster-at-Arms.

Adjusted cape animation to reduced stiffness.

Updated Grandmaster-at-Arms's passive empowered attack animation.

Bugfix No longer returns to his idle animation between attacks.

Ember explosion visual effects added to Grandmaster-at-Arms.

Adjusted visual effects for Empower and Grandmaster-at-Arms's on-hit.

Bugfix Now properly plays Grandmaster-at-Arms's reactive shield visual effect.

Bugfix Now properly plays Grandmaster-at-Arms's rank up animation.

Bugfix Now properly plays Counter Strike's unique basic attack animations.

Bugfix Grandmaster-at-Arms's stacks now properly play at their intended speed.

Spike visual effects added to Grandmaster-at-Arms.

Spike visual effects added to Grandmaster-at-Arms.

Updated ability icons.

Secret fishing passive added.

Removed Damage no longer scales with 60% AP.

Damage type: physical magic

Base damage: 55 – 155 55 – 175

Removed Damage no longer scales with 50% bonus AD.

New Damage now scales with 100% AP.

New Damage now scales with 4% of the target's maximum health.

New Now only increases base damage per attack dodged instead of total damage.

Ability renamed to Grandmaster-at-Arms from Grandmaster's Might.

Cooldown: 80 at all ranks 100 – 80 3 seconds

On-hit base damage: 100 – 180 3 80 – 160 3

On-hit AP ratio: 70% AP 60% AP

New Active: Swings his lantern around, dealing 150 – 350 3 (+ 100% AP) magic damage to enemies within 375 units. If this hits a champion, he gains 25 – 65 3 (+ 40% bonus AD) bonus armor, increased by 15 – 25 3 (+ 10% bonus AD) per subsequent champion hit, and bonus magic resistance equal to 60% of armor gained for 8 seconds. He applies his passive on-hit every 2 stacks instead of every 3 while active.

Old Active: Gains 30 – 70 3 (+ 50% bonus AD) bonus armor and 30 – 70 3 (+ 20% AP) bonus magic resistance as well as 10% increased size for 8 seconds.

Updated animations, visual effects, and sound effects.

Mana cost: [Undocumented] 100 50

Base mana regeneration: 7.58 7.6

Base health: 615 685

Health growth: 85 99

Armor growth: 3 4.2

Magic resistance growth: 1.25 2.05

Base health: 593 615

Base damage: 40 – 180 50 – 190

Attack damage growth: 3.38 4.25

Base magic resistance: 32.1 32

Base health: 592.8 593

Attack damage growth: 3.375 3.38

Mana growth: 32 52

Cooldown: 16 – 8 14 – 8 seconds

Bugfix Damaging with Leap Strike followed by two basic attacks will now properly activate Phase Rush and Electrocute.

Indicator added to show recast ability timer.

Indicator added to show recast ability timer.

Bugfix The bonus damage now triggers on-hit instead of on-attack.

Cooldown: 10 – 6 8 – 6 seconds

New visual effects.

Basic attack cleaned up and added some oomph.

Cleaned up for readability.

Activation made more visible and fire added to his lamppost.

Cleaned up and added an indicator for the stun range.

Cleaned up, added sand particles, and made the third hit more clear and satisfying.

New particles over the entire kit.

Counter Strike

Added stun range indicator to match changes to base.

Base attack damage: 69.97 68

Base damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 65 / 105 / 145 / 185 / 225

New Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.

Passive base damage: 100 – 220 3 100 – 180 3

Bugfix Fixed a bug where the buff could take up to 0.25 seconds to take effect.

Base health regeneration: 8.374 8.5

New Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.

Base attack damage: 61.97 70

Base armor: 27.04 36

Base damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240

Minimum base damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155

Bugfix Fixed a bug where he was causing games to crash under specific circumstances.

Removed On-hit bonus damage procing against wards.

New Now grants 50 bonus range.

Bugfix Fixed a number of visual bugs with Counter Strike across various skins.

New Basic attack, empowered attack, and crit animations have been improved across all skins to better match the moment damage is applied and generally feel more responsive.

Bugfix Fixed a bug where Jax could not use Blast Cone plant after casting Leap Strike.

New Altered cast frames on Jax's basic attacks to be more visually consistent.

New Attack now always uses crit animation.

New Resized Counterstrike hit particle and did some rotation/swirl editing to more accurately convey the range and shape of effect.

New Once he levels his ultimate, Jax cycles consistently through his different basic attack animations.

Stack fall-off: all at once one at a time

Splash artwork for Temple Jax updated to the Chinese art.

Maximum stacks: 6 8

Per-stack bonus attack speed: 4;6;8;10;12;14% 3.5;5;6.5;8;9.5;11%

Maximum bonus attack speed: 24;36;48;60;72;84% 28;40;52;64;76;88%

Base mana: 288.8 338.8

Mana growth: 35 32

Mana cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90

Bonus armor/magic resistance: 20 / 35 / 50 30 / 50 / 70

Cooldown: 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8 seconds

Bonus armor/magic resistance: 25 / 35 / 45 20 / 35 / 50

Bonus armor AD ratio: 30% 50% bonus AD

Basic attack animation speed increased by 19%.

Base health: 561 535

Health per level: 98 85

Armor per level: 3.5 3

Base armor: 18 22

Movement speed: 325 350

New splash artwork for Original Jax.

Bugfix Dodge interaction with Shen.

Splash artwork for Original Jax, The Mighty Jax and Vandal Jax updated to the Chinese art.

Base damage: 40 / 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 40 / 75 / 110 / 145 / 180

Bugfix Stunning through Banshee's Veil.

New Jax gains stacks even if his attacks miss or are dodged.

Health per level: 88 98

Radius: 350 375

Removed bonus attack damage and bonus ability power upon activation.

New Upon activation Jax gains 25 / 35 / 45 (+ 30% bonus AD) bonus armor and 25 / 35 / 45 (+ 20% AP) bonus magic resistance.

Mana cost: 100.

Cooldown: 80 seconds.

Bugfix Passive's enhanced third attack being canceled if active's duration ran out during attack animation.

Mana regen per level: 0.45 0.7

Bugfix Cooldown at early ranks being higher than intended.

Dodge duration: 1.5 2 seconds

New Reduces area-of-effect damage by 25% for the duration.

New Can be reactivated earlier after 1 second of casting.

Damage: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+ 80% Bonus AD) 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 50% Bonus AD)

Bonus damage: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 per dodge 20% per attack dodged (up to 100)

Cooldown: 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds

Duration: 6 8 seconds

New joke animation.

Splash artwork for Angler Jax and PAX Jax and updated to the Chinese art.

Base health: 506 551

Health per level: 83 88

Armor per level: 3.2 3.5

Every time Jax attacks an enemy, he gains 4;6;8;10;12;14% increased attack speed (stacks up to 6 times).

Base damage: 20 / 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230

AP ratio: 70% AP 60% AP

Cooldown: 13 / 11 / 9 / 7 / 5 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds

Base damage: 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 40 / 85 / 130 / 175 / 220

Removed 40% AD ratio

AP ratio: 40% AP 60% AP

Mana cost: 20 30

Cooldown: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 seconds

Jax dodges all incoming basic attacks for 1.5 seconds. At the end of the effect, Jax deals physical damage, increased by 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 for each dodge over the duration, and stuns nearby enemies for 1 second.

Removed Passive dodge chance, on-dodge stun trigger, on-hit stun upon activation, AP ratio.

Base damage: 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160

New Damage has a +80% bonus AD ratio.

Every third consecutive attack passively deals 100 / 160 / 220 (+ 70% AP) bonus magic damage.

Active: For 6 seconds, Jax gains 25 / 45 / 65 (+ 20% bonus AD) bonus attack damage and 25 / 45 / 65 (+ 20% AP) bonus ability power.

Base damage: 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 20 / 45 / 70 / 95 / 120

Base damage: 75 / 110 / 135 / 180 / 215 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200

New Breaks Banshee's Veil.

Bugfix Jax's attacks being undodgeable.

New Jax will attempt to attack enemy targets after landing on them.

Base damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 / 135

AD ratio: (70% AD 100% AD

New Jax can target wards but they will be revealed for 2 seconds if so.

AD ratio: 100% AD 70% AD

Removed Targeting wards.

Removed Jax not being able to use abilities mid-leap.

New Targeting will prioritize enemies over allies when they overlap.

Ability tooltips updated.

Bugfix Jax sometimes losing health while leveling up.

Cooldown: 17 / 14 / 11 / 8 / 5 13 / 11 / 9 / 7 / 5 seconds

New Brighter particle when Jax has recently dodged an attack and the stun is ready.

Bugfix Interaction with Rylai's Crystal Scepter.

Recommended items updated.

Tooltip updated to dynamically display bonus health gain.

AP ratio: (+ 80% AP) (+ 70% AP)

Cast time reduced by 20%.

Speed increased by 20%.

Base damage: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215

AD ratio: (+ 20% AD) (+ 40% AD)

AP ratio: (+ 20% AP) (+ 40% AP)

Cooldown: 5 at all ranks 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 seconds

Mana cost: 35 20

Tooltip updated to display correct damage type (physical instead of the intended magic).

Bugfix Dealing less damage when used together with Leap Strike and with each third hit from Relentless Assault.

Removed Cleave damage

Targeting: area-of-effect single

New Resets Jax's basic attack timer on-cast.

Base damage: 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200

Removed Damage, AP ratio.

New Upon activation Jax gains 20 / 35 / 50 (+ dodge chance) bonus magic resistance for 5 / 6.5 / 8 seconds.

New Buff icon dynamically displays number of stacks.

Tooltip updated to display correct maximum number of stacks (10).

Mana cost: 80

Cooldown: 60

New Buff icon displays duration.

Movement speed: 330 325

Health per level: 86 83

Cooldown: 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 5 seconds at all ranks

Bugfix Jax being healed when receiving bonus damage (Guinsoo's Rageblade, Eye of the Storm)

Bugfix Jax targeting himself.

Armor per level: 4 3.2

Bonus health per item AD: 4 3

Removed Casting while rooted.

Tooltip updated.

AP ratio: 100% AP 80% AP

AP ratio: 80% AP 60% AP

AP ratio: 100% AP 70% AP

New in-client 'upon selection' line.

Bonus health per item AD: 5 4

Bonus health per item AP: 3 2

Base damage: 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120

New Has (+ 20% AD) and (+ 20% AP) ratios.

Base mana: 215 235

Mana per level: 30 35

Jax's prowess with weapons and armor increases his fortitude, gaining 5 per AD and 3 per AP bonus health when purchasing items.

New Jax can target and subsequently jump to allies.

Removed Power-up timer

New Jax instantly charges his weapon with energy, causing him to deal 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 damage to all enemies nearby on his next basic attack.

Cooldown: 1 at all ranks 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 seconds

Mana cost: 40 / 35 / 30 / 25 / 20 35 at all ranks

Bugfix Damage sometimes failing to land when interacting with targets in brush.

Responsiveness for after-cast movement updated to allow Jax to move much sooner after striking.

Responsiveness for after-cast attacking unchanged.

Moved to Q from W.

Cooldown: 21 / 17 / 13 / 9 / 5 17 / 14 / 11 / 8 / 5 seconds

Moved to W from Q.

Cleave damage: 50% 60%

Power-up timer: 4 3 seconds

Damage per second: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65

Removed Interaction with critical strikes.

Bugfix Not triggering.

AP ratio: 100% AP 80% AP

Dodge chance: 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20% 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18%

Cooldown: 4 4.5 seconds

Per-stack bonus attack speed: 8 / 12 / 16% 6 / 10 / 14%

Bonus damage: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150

New Jax gains a slight movement speed boost upon landing.

Dodge chance: 8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20% 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20%

Base damage: Base damage reduced to 140 / 170 / 210 from .

Hits for trigger: 4 3

New Can be held across targets for up to 2.5 seconds.

Movement speed: 315 325

Base armor: 18 22

Health per level: 78 86

Cooldown: 5 4 seconds

On-dodge stun trigger duration: 4. ;July 10, 2009 Patch 7 seconds

Damage growth: based on cleave damage per level

Removed Triggering double hits.

Bugfix Interaction with monsters. ;June 12, 2009 Patch

AP ratio: 50% AP 100% AP

Tooltip updated to display the intended (+ 100% AP) ratio. ;May 15, 2009 Patch

Bonus damage from items: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25% 15% at all levels

Removed Triggering item effects ( Spellblade, Mana Charge) to accommodate their respective internal cooldowns. ;April 11, 2009 Patch

Removed Bonus damage interaction with critical strikes.

Bugfix Lasting longer than intended.

Mana cost: 50 65

Cooldown: 21 / 17 / 13 / 9 / 5 22 / 18 / 14 / 10 / 6 seconds

Dodge chance: 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24% 8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20%

Mana cost: 50 60

Removed Stacking on hitting structures.

Removed On-hit stacking bonus attack speed while active.

New Jax passively gains stacking bonus attack speed with every basic attack landed on a target, up to a maximum.

Base damage: 150 / 225 / 300. ;Alpha Week 7 150 / 200 / 250

Ability tooltips updated.

Removed Excessive 'Dodged!' notifications.

New Particle.