Jax

It is seldom the case where a champion is defined by his actions after joining the League of Legends rather than before. Such is the case with Jax, for whom the argument could be made that he is the most prolific tournament fighter currently at the Institute of War. Before joining the League, Jax was an unremarkable...

• Fixed a bug where Counterstrike was stunning through spell shields

• Relentless Assault (Passive) will now stack even if Jax's attack misses or is dodged

• Health per level increased to 98 from 88
• Counterstrike area of effect radius increased to 375 from 350
• Grandmaster's Might (New Active): Jax gains 25/35/45 (+30% of his bonus attack damage) armor and 25/35/45 (+20% of his ability power) magic resist for 8 seconds. 100 mana, 80 second cooldown.

• Fixed a bug where Grandmaster's Might passive attack canceled if the buff ran out during the attack animation

• Mana regen per level increased to 0.7 per 5 seconds from 0.45
• Fixed a bug where Empower's cooldown was higher than stated at earlier ranks
• Counter Strike
  • Dodge duration increased to 2 seconds from 1.5
  • Now additionally reduces the damage from area of effect abilities by 25% while Jax is dodging
  • Now can be activated again after 1 second to end the effect early
  • Damage adjusted to 50/75/100/125/150 (+0.5 bonus attack damage) from 40/70/100/130/160 (+0.8 bonus attack damage)
  • Now deals 20% increased damage for each attack dodged (up to a maximum of 100% increased damage) instead of 10/15/20/25/30 bonus damage per dodge
  • Cooldown reduced to 18/16/14/12/10 seconds from 22/20/18/16/14
• Grandmaster’s Might duration increased to 8 seconds from 6

• Relentless Assault (Passive) will now stack even if Jax's attack misses or is dodged

• General
  • Base health increased to 551 from 506
  • Health per level increased to 88 from 83
  • Armor per level increased to 3.5 from 3.2
  • Added an animation to Jax's Joke
• Relentless Assault - Passive (Remade)
  • Every time Jax attacks an enemy he gains 4-10% increased attack speed (stacks up to 6 times)
• Leap Strike
  • Cooldown changed to 10/9/8/7/6 seconds from 13/11/9/7/5
  • Damage changed to 70/110/150/190/230 (+1.0 bonus attack damage)(0.6 ability power) from 20/45/70/95/120 (+1.0 total attack damage)(0.7 ability power)
• Empower
  • Cooldown reduced to 7/6/5/4/3 seconds from 9/8/7/6/5
  • Damage changed to 40/85/130/175/220 from 60/95/130/165/200
  • Ability power ratio increased to 0.6 from 0.4
  • Mana cost increased to 30 from 20
• Counter Strike (Remade)
  • Jax dodges all incoming basic attacks for 1.5 seconds. At the end of the effect, Jax deals 40/70/100/130/160 (+0.8 bonus attack damage) physical damage and stuns nearby enemies for 1 second. This spell deals an additional 10/15/20/25/30 damage for each attack dodged.
• Grandmaster's Might (Remade)
  • Passive: Every third consecutive attack deals an additional 100/160/220 (+0.7 ability power) magic damage.
  • Active: Jax gains ability power equal to 25/45/65 (+ 20% of his ability power) and attack damage equal to 25/45/65 (+ 20% of his bonus attack damage) for 6 seconds.

• Leap Strike damage reduced to 20/45/70/95/120 from 35/60/85/110/135
• Empower
  • Damage reduced to 60/95/130/165/200 from 75/110/135/180/215
  • Empower now breaks spell shields

• Jax will now attempt to attack after Leap Striking if the target is an enemy champion
• Fixed a bug where Jax's attacks could not be dodged

• Leap Strike
  • Attack damage ratio increased to 1.0 from 0.7
  • Base damage reduced to 35/60/85/110/135 from 50/75/100/125/150

• Leap Strike can now target wards again, but will now reveal wards to enemies when used in this manner.

• Leap Strike attack damage ratio reduced to 0.7 from 1

• Leap Strike now prefers to target enemies over allies when your cursor overlaps both

• Fixed a bug where Jax would lose health while leveling in some instances

• Leap Strike cooldown reduced to 13/11/9/7/5 from 17/14/11/8/5.
• Counter Strike now shows a brighter particle when Jax has recently dodged an attack and Counter Strike is ready

• Empower now properly procs Rylai's Scepter

• Equipment Mastery tooltip updated to show health gained from each source dynamically
• Leap Strike
  • Cast time reduced by 20%
  • Travel speed increased by 20%
  • Ability power ratio reduced to 0.7 from 0.8
• Empower
  • Now only deals damage to a single target rather than to an area of effect
  • Now resets Jax’s autoattack timer when cast
  • Damage increased to 75/110/145/180/215 from 40/60/80/100/120
  • Ability power and damage ratios increased to 0.4 from 0.2
  • Mana cost reduced to 20 from 35
  • Cooldown increased to 9/8/7/6/5 from 5/5/5/5/5
  • Tooltip corrected to accurately state it deals magic damage
  • Fixed bugs where Empower incorrectly did less damage when used at the same time as Leap Strike or each 3rd Relentless Assault strike.
• Counter Strike damage increased to 80/110/140/170/200 from 80/100/120/140/160
• Relentless Assault
  • New Active: Grants 20/35/50 + Jax's dodge percent in bonus magic resistance for 5/6.5/8 seconds upon activation. Costs 80 mana. Cooldown of 60/60/60 seconds.
  • Buff icon now dynamically shows the number of Relentless Assault stacks which Jax is benefitting from
  • Tooltip correctly indicates that Jax gains up to 10 stacks of Relentless Assault
• Recommended items updated

• Counterstrike now has a buff that shows the duration of the effect

• Health per level reduced to 83 from 86
• Base movement speed reduced to 325 from 330

• Fixed a bug where Jax was being healed when he received bonus health (from Guinsoo's Rageblade, Janna's Eye of the Storm, etc)
• Fixed a bug where Jax could target himself with Leap Strike

• Fixed a minor tooltip typo with Empower
• Leapstrike is no longer castable while immobilized.
• Equipment Mastery Health gained from attack damage reduced to 3 from 4.
• Base armor per level reduced to 3.2 from 4

• Leapstrike Ability Power ratio reduced to .8 from 1
• Counterstrike Ability Power ratio reduced to .6 from .8
• Relentless strikes Ability Power ratio reduced to .7 from 1

• New "Choose Me" voice over in PVP.net

• Equipment Mastery health bonus reduced to 4 HP per damage and 2 HP per ability power
• Empower base damage reduced to 40/60/80/100/120 from 45/65/85/105/125
• Empower now gains 20% of both attack power and ability power as bonus damage

• Empower (Remake):
  • Jax instantly charges his weapon with energy, causing him to deal 45/65/85/105/125 damage to all enemies nearby on his next attack.
  • As there is no longer a charge-up time, cooldown increased to 7/6/5/4/3 from 1 second.
  • Changed Mana cost to 35 at all levels from 40/35/30/25/20.
• Equipment Mastery (New Passive): Jax's prowess with weapons and armor increase his fortitude as he gains equipment
• Jax gains 5 health per point of Attack Damage received from items.
• Jax gains 3 health per point of Ability Power received from items.
• Leap Strike can now target allies.
• Increased base Mana to 235 from 215.
• Increased Mana per level to 35 from 30.

• Improved Leap Strike's responsiveness; you can now move much sooner after striking (but not attack)

• Leap Strike Cooldown reduced to 17/14/11/8/5 from 21/17/13/9/5
• Empower Cleave % increased to 60 from 50
• Empowers duration to power up reduced to 3 from 4
• Updated Empowers damage per second values to 25/35/45/55/65 from 20/25/30/35/40
• Ability positions were modified: Leap Strike is now Q, Empower is now W

• Counter-Strike
  • Increased Cooldown from 4 to 4.5
  • Reduced Ability Power from 1 to .8
  • Reduced Dodge% from 10/12.5/15/17.5/20 to 10/12/14/16/18
• Relentless Assault
  • Reduced Attack Speed per Level from 8/12/16% to 6/10/14%
• Empower
  • Can no longer crit
  • Fixed an issue causing Empower to not proc

• Stats
  • Increased Movement Speed from 315 to 325

• Counter Strike:
  • Increased ability power ratio from .5 to 1
• Relentless Assault:
  • Now properly shows that it has an ability power ratio of 1

• Weapon Mastery
  • Modified bonus damage from 10/15/20/25% to 15%
• Empower
  • No longer triggers item effects like Sheen, Lich Bane, and Tear of the Goddess (since it's cooldown > 1 sec)

• Counterstrike now has a particle effect