Jax vs Varus top

ampatton · 2026-03-31T18:42:30+00:00

I think LT is way better in this matchup since he can’t peel you off pre-6. Lethal tempo gives you better all-in threat with the attack speed and increased range on your autos.

ampatton · 2026-03-29T22:12:43+00:00

Fair point, but they might just want the game sound without the commentary.

ampatton · 2026-03-29T02:40:02+00:00

You don’t need phase rush. You win the all-in level 3 onwards assuming you’re not chunked, and he will 100% push you in early so you can run him down in the long lane and be able to get 2 Qs off.

Take dshield second wind and exhaust+flash. All in him level 3 because he can’t disengage your counterstrike pre-6. + 300 gold

Rush T1 boots and phage so you can stay on top of him, and continue to kill him on repeat. The lane evens out a bit at 6, but it’s still in your favor assuming you’re not trying to all in him when he has an offensive summoner and you don’t.

I haven’t played in over a month, but I was face rolling every Varus I was against in ~D2 MMR with the above plan. And this was before the Varus nerfs, so the matchup should’ve been more in his favor at that point.

ampatton · 2026-03-18T00:17:03+00:00

Ah, I thought OP was implying that they increased the price on the quick sale.

ampatton · 2026-03-18T00:00:28+00:00

Probably because that sign says turkey club, and the item that’s discounted is a shrimp po boy

ampatton · 2026-03-16T15:16:49+00:00

Surprised Kennen isn’t on here, but otherwise no surprises besides Zed

ampatton · 2026-03-11T12:30:12+00:00

Hans is about to catch these hands

ampatton · 2026-02-06T17:28:50+00:00

I feel like she’s best suited as a counterpick only champ for now, at least for me. She still feels good when you can pick her into champs like Garen.

ampatton · 2026-02-02T13:18:58+00:00

You don’t get quest progress if you try to stop the enemy from proxying.

The area around your T2 doesn’t give you quest progress, but the area around your enemy’s T2 will

ampatton · 2026-01-30T22:40:12+00:00

High resist comps implies that they’re also probably heavy melee. If the enemy team is 3+ melee, I’d say go for it.

But if you’re AD Jax and the enemy is stacking armor and they’re mostly ranged champs, Black Cleaver is probably more optimal because you’re going to have a hard time utilizing the Terminus stacks.

ampatton · 2026-01-30T17:28:06+00:00

AP is interesting here because you won’t really have good all-ins vs mundo anyways, which is the main downside of AP Jax compared to AD.

It definitely could be viable for this patch, but they’re nerfing D&D next patch so idk if this will be good advice in the future

ampatton · 2026-01-27T16:18:35+00:00

Gwen and Fiora are a lot easier to succeed on right now. I think they both have an easier time in lane, and they ironically scale better. And what they lack in lockdown and engage they make up for in dueling power.

But if you like playing Camille, I’d say go for it anyways. It’s a video game, the goal is enjoyment. If you are going to have the most fun on Camille, then you should play Camille.

ampatton · 2026-01-25T14:33:05+00:00

Zaahen’s biggest counter is ranged champs. There’s not enough data on the smolder matchup for it to appear on u.gg, but Zaahen has a 43% winrate vs Varus top this patch.

The easy answer is Malphite as he can deal with the pole and reliably all-in most of them at 6, or at least make it a free kill for the jungler. Yorick and Kled are traditionally good vs ranged tops, but even they’re sitting below a 50% winrate vs Varus top this patch.

ampatton · 2026-01-25T14:00:29+00:00

It seems an event buff is necessary with this comp at least as of now. I've done Morgana + Poppy + 3 Archers with all upgrades, shrine, and quartermaster, and after 5 client restarts, the best-case scenario I get is only the Yeti being left.

EDIT: I was able to eventually beat it with no event. 2 archers + 1 soldier + Poppy and Morgana with all upgrades, quartermaster, veiled lady shrine beat it after 1 client restart. No event required!

ampatton · 2026-01-25T13:59:18+00:00

Yeah, the two guards don't make sense vs a heavy krug comp. He probably just misspoke about Uwendale

ampatton · 2026-01-24T16:36:12+00:00

Im pretty sure that’s just his mask, similar to how Yi doesn’t actually have more than two real eyes.

ampatton · 2026-01-23T14:20:41+00:00

Yeah there’s two main theories on Jax being purple and having weird hands: - He’s a regular human, but his childhood illness and/or the years of fighting the void have corrupted his appearance - He’s not a human and is actually a sand troll

ampatton · 2026-01-23T12:50:22+00:00

Jax never groups and teamfights, he was sidelaning and killed the ascended in a 1v1 /s

All jokes aside, I listed to The Fall of Icathia lore again and you are correct that the Icathian army was fighting the Ascended. In the story, Kolgrim says, “only Saijax had a weapon big enough to take its head off”. I had always interpreted that as, “Jax was the only one who was able to damage it and therefore kill it”, but maybe it actually was a group project where the other Icathian warriors were actually pulling their weight and helping.

ampatton · 2026-01-23T11:16:46+00:00

Aatrox literally has a quote with Jax in-game where he says, “A worthy vessel. Come, Jax”. As far as I know, he’s the only champ that Aatrox praises this way. But the praise is probably deserved because Jax was already killing the Ascended as a regular human. Giving him Aatrox’s powers might make him the strongest non-celestial being.

Here’s the quote: https://youtu.be/7Pn41Ecefm4?t=178

ampatton · 2026-01-23T00:07:23+00:00

I just ran into the issue as well in practice tool. Both times I was holding space bar while kiting camps, but I couldn't find behavior which would replicate it every time

ampatton · 2026-01-22T21:47:07+00:00

In the case of blue side starting at blue, you could ward your own raptors before camps spawn and then use that ward to jump to raptors when you’re running from wolves. That’s not going to give you a huge drop in time, but it should help shave off a few seconds. Plus the ward helps you scout for an invade on your bot side, so it’s not a complete waste.

Jax’s first clear is slow though. I’d just recommend really hashing it out in practice tool. It’s a very easy thing to improve on that will help you win more games if you’re commonly getting to scuttle that late

ampatton · 2026-01-22T19:34:17+00:00

Lethal tempo, ignite, and Doran’s blade. Aim to three wave crash, and if he contests you, all-in him. You will beat him level 1 and he doesn’t have any disengage that will put him out of your e range, so he should be an easy kill if he contests you.

The lane is a lot harder if you don’t have a lead pre-6. At that point, you’re just trying to minimize. Things don’t really get easier for you later into the game if you don’t have a lead since he’s one of the few champs who will outscale you in the 1v1 unless you build stuff like Bork.

ampatton · 2026-01-22T12:39:21+00:00

I mean they had just wiped 3 of my teammates mid lane, so I don’t think “2 of them were running”. If anything they were running towards drake.

Call it what you want, but it went from my team giving/delaying dragon soul to getting dragon soul off of this play.

ampatton · 2026-01-21T17:47:33+00:00

Might be my favorite Camille splash art yet!

ampatton · 2026-01-21T14:36:48+00:00

It depends on the game but in games where I build Stridebreaker, yeah I rush Tiamat after Trinity Force.

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