Understanding the Jax vs. Tryndamere Matchup: Key Strategies
Understanding the Jax vs. Tryndamere Matchup
Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you. If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu’s Ghostblade.
Tryndamere usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Jax. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
While Tryndamere does have a lower win rate than Jax, when on opposite teams, he also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tryndamere into Jax.
The most important items to have in your Tryndamere versus Jax build consist of Ravenous Hydra, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere includes at least these three items in his build, he performs significantly better versus Jax than with most other typical counter builds.
- Tryndamere wins against Jax: 65.67% of the time, which is 14.97% higher against Jax than the average opponent.
- After normalising both champions win rates, Tryndamere wins against Jax 13.72% more often than would be expected.
- Jax wins against Tryndamere: 48.81% of the time, which is -1.35% higher against Tryndamere than the average opponent.
- After normalising both champions win rates, Jax wins against Tryndamere -0.19% more often than would be expected.
Strategy Tips:
Jax is a decent counter for Tryndamere. You will do well by focusing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should…
Furthermore, Tryndamere has quite high attack speed in the late game; use Frozen Heart and Randuin’s Omen to reduce his attack speed. Tryndamere is vulnerable to kiting, and items that slow movement speed like Iceborn Gauntlet and Rylai’s Crystal Scepter will help you poke him more easily.
What Are the Strengths and Weaknesses of Jax Against Tryndamere?
In League’s current meta, Jax usually wins when facing off against Tryndamere, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Jax makes a good counter to Tryndamere. However, Jax has a greater learning curve, making him a more time-consuming character to master.
Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage, such as Guinsoo’s Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade. The top items to have in your Jax versus Tryndamere build consist of
- Guardian Angel
- Trinity Force
- Sundered Sky
When Jax buys at least these three items in his build, he performs significantly better against Tryndamere than with many other typical builds.
While Jax typically has a similar longest kill spree as Tryndamere, he commonly receives less damage than his counter. This reflects differing health capacities but may also imply that one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
To do well as Jax against Tryndamere, focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. Use the following runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets:
- Lethal Tempo
- Triumph
- Legend: Alacrity
- Last Stand
- Cosmic Insight
- Magical Footwear
Despite Jax’s strength, he has a 40.3% win rate against Tryndamere in the Top, which is 8.5% lower than his expected win rate. This indicates that Jax is more likely to lose against Tryndamere than on average.
Comparatively, Tryndamere has a higher win rate of 59.7% against Jax, signaling a stronger matchup overall. Tryndamere’s average solo lane kills stand at 2.2, slightly higher than Jax’s 2.0.
When evaluating Jax’s performance, his KDA is 1.98 compared to Tryndamere’s 2.63. Additionally, Jax has a Gold Difference at 15 minutes of -713, while Tryndamere has +713. Furthermore, the XP difference shows Jax at -405.3 compared to Tryndamere’s +405.3.
Jax’s damage to structures is 16,254 compared to Tryndamere’s 27,682, highlighting Tryndamere’s superior impact in the match. However, Jax wins against Tryndamere 52.82% of the time, which is 4.26% higher than against the average opponent. After normalizing both champions’ win rates, Jax wins against Tryndamere 4.21% more often than expected.
Overall, Jax easily has the upper hand in this matchup. The early game is primarily a skill matchup favoring Jax unless he makes mistakes that give Tryndamere a chance. After a few levels and items, Jax can very easily deal enough damage in short burst trades that Tryndamere can’t walk up without getting chunked too much to heal against. Additionally, Jax can force Tryndamere’s ultimate quite easily; the matchup only becomes challenging for Jax if Tryndamere wins the early game.
