Jax

Jax is an AD bruiser in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 51.5% win rate, 4.9% pick rate, 56,907 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Jax is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Jax wins: splitpushing a side lane and forcing the enemy to answer it. The kit grades 9/10 split-push. Jax grades low on siege and disengage (3/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.

The most-played core build is Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, Zhonya's Hourglass, which holds a 58.4% win rate across 4,835 games this patch. Pick the enemy team to adapt each item slot to the specific matchup.

The matchup to respect is Swain, where Jax sits at just 43.4%, the lane swings the other way into Master Yi (59.9%), and on the team side, Jax gains the most from a Kayle (+8.2% pair win rate).