Top Matchup

Rumble vs Jax

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Rumble

Rumble

the Mechanized Menace
Top
Rumble Top Overall Win Rate
46.92%

Matchup Win Rate

51.3%
Rumble vs Jax Wins
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48.8%
Jax vs Rumble Wins
Jax

Jax

Grandmaster at Arms
Top
Jax Top Overall Win Rate
50.00%

Rumble vs Jax - Top Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Rumble Top vs Jax Top - Who is stronger?

Rumble Top has a slight edge over Jax (51.3% win rate) based on 463 games. The matchup slightly favors Rumble.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Rumble Top vs Jax Top in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 55.6% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

While Rumble remains a niche pick (1.6% pick rate, 44th place out of 62 Top champions), Jax dominates the current meta top lane with 7.0% popularity. Mastering this matchup is crucial for Rumble players - you'll face Jax in the majority of your games. Silver lining: While Rumble's 46.9% overall win rate (60th among Top) struggles in the current meta, this matchup against Jax offers a bright spot for dedicated players. Optimize for consistency: Conqueror paired with Triumph (67.1% win rate, 1.8% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Liandry's Torment > Shadowflame > Zhonya's Hourglass with Sorcerer's Shoes delivers 55.6% win rate against Jax.

Lane dominance: Rumble not only wins the matchup but crushes CS (6.04/min vs 5.96 for Jax). This 0.08 CS/min advantage generates significant gold leads that compound your already favorable position. Complete superiority: Rumble dominates both win rate (51.3%) and damage output (822 vs 693/min, 2nd among Top). The 129 damage/min difference creates massive snowball potential. Statistical dominance: Rumble leads in both matchup win rate (51.3%) and KDA (1.90 vs 1.60) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Rumble vs Jax - Top Stats Comparison

Rumble Top
Rumble Top		Versus
Jax Top
Jax Top
DTierB+
51.3%Matchup Winrate48.8%
46.92%Role Winrate50.00%
#60Winrate Rank#36
1.6%Pickrate7.0%
1.9Average KDA1.6
374Gold per Minute408
6.04CS/Min5.96
0.34Wards per Minute0.34
822Damage per Minute693

How to Beat Jax as Rumble (Top)

While statistically Rumble is slightly stronger than Jax in the top lane, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

The magic damage that Rumble deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Jax has mixed damage, be careful as it may be harder to defend if the opponent gets ahead or plays aggressively.

An important advantage of Rumble is higher farming statistics (ranked 51st among role champions) (versus 52nd for Jax), which provides a stable gold advantage in extended games and allows faster access to key items. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (1.6 versus 1.9) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Rumble Top versus Jax Top matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Rumble player to maintain constant pressure on Jax, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Rumble vs Jax: Top Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
48.0% Win Rate78.7% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
63.0% Win Rate19.2% Pick Rate

Rumble vs Jax: Top Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet is on cooldown, reduces its remaining cooldown.

Adaptive Damage: 30 - 130 based on level (+0.05 AP and +0.1 bonus AD)
Cooldown: 20 - 8s

Cooldown Reduction:
Single Target: 20%.
Area of Effect: 10%.
Damage over Time: 5%.

Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet …

Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a Move Speed increase that lasts for 2s and allows you to pass through units.

Increase: 14% - 40% Move Speed based on the Summoner Spell's cooldown. (Higher cooldown Summoner Spells grant more Move Speed).

Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a Move Speed increase that lasts for 2s an…

Absolute Focus
Absolute Focus While above 70% health, gain an adaptive bonus of up to 18 Attack Damage or 30 Ability Power (based on level).

Grants 1.8 Attack Damage or 3 Ability Power at level 1.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain an adaptive bonus of up to 18 Attack Damage or 30 …

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

52.0% Win Rate69.0% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror for 5s, gaining 1.8-4 Adaptive Force per stack. Stacks up to 12 times. Ranged champions gain only 1 stack per basic attack.

When fully stacked, heal for 8% of the damage you deal to champions (5% for ranged champions).

Conqueror

Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror…

Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.


'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Haste

Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…

Last Stand
Last Stand Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Revitalize
Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

67.1% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate

Rumble vs Jax: Top Lane Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring (400 gold) 18 Ability Power
90 Health
Restoration
Restore 1.25 Mana every second. If you can't gain Mana, restore 0.55 Health instead.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
46.9% Win Rate68.2% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
47.8% Win Rate61.3% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
47.0% Win Rate18.0% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
47.4% Win Rate9.5% Pick Rate
Core Build
Haunting Guise
Haunting Guise (1300 gold) 30 Ability Power
200 Health
Madness
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
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Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
300 Health
Torment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
Bloodletter's Curse
Bloodletter's Curse (2900 gold) 60 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Vile Decay
Dealing magic damage with abilities or passives to champions reduces their Magic Resist by 5% for 6 seconds, up to 30%.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
49.3% Win Rate9.9% Pick Rate
Final Build
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
59.7% Win Rate23.2% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring (400 gold) 18 Ability Power
90 Health
Restoration
Restore 1.25 Mana every second. If you can't gain Mana, restore 0.55 Health instead.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
46.9% Win Rate68.2% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
49.3% Win Rate0.7% Pick Rate
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
47.8% Win Rate61.3% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
47.4% Win Rate9.5% Pick Rate
Core Build
Haunting Guise
Haunting Guise (1300 gold) 30 Ability Power
200 Health
Madness
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
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Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
300 Health
Torment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
55.6% Win Rate4.3% Pick Rate
Final Build
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
72.9% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate
Other Items
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon (2950 gold) 75 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Grievous Wounds
Dealing magic damage to champions applies 40% Wounds for 3 seconds.
58.8% Win Rate11.7% Pick Rate
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
57.9% Win Rate11.1% Pick Rate
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter (2600 gold) 65 Ability Power
400 Health
Rimefrost
Damaging Abilities Slow enemies by 30% for 1 second.
53.9% Win Rate9.7% Pick Rate
Void Staff
Void Staff (3000 gold) 95 Ability Power
40% Magic Penetration
55.2% Win Rate5.2% Pick Rate
Riftmaker
Riftmaker (3100 gold) 70 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Void Corruption
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 8%. At maximum strength, gain Omnivamp.
Void Infusion
Gain 2% of your bonus Health as Ability Power.
43.5% Win Rate4.8% Pick Rate
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
71.5% Win Rate2.5% Pick Rate
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
72.9% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate

Rumble vs Jax: Top Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Flamespitter Rumble torches opponents in front of him, dealing magic damage in a cone for 3 seconds. While in Danger Zone this damage is increased.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Scrap Shield Rumble pulls up a shield, protecting him from damage and granting him a quick burst of speed. While in Danger Zone, the shield strength and speed bonus is increased.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Electro Harpoon Rumble launches a harpoon, electrocuting his target with magic damage, slowing their Move Speed, and reducing their Magic Resist. Rumble can carry 2 harpoons at a time. While in Danger Zone the damage and slow percentage is increased.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
The Equalizer Rumble fires off a group of rockets, creating a wall of flames that damages and slows enemies.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
50.8% Win Rate59.5% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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2
3
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5
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9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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R
Q
Flamespitter Rumble torches opponents in front of him, dealing magic damage in a cone for 3 seconds. While in Danger Zone this damage is increased.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Scrap Shield Rumble pulls up a shield, protecting him from damage and granting him a quick burst of speed. While in Danger Zone, the shield strength and speed bonus is increased.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Electro Harpoon Rumble launches a harpoon, electrocuting his target with magic damage, slowing their Move Speed, and reducing their Magic Resist. Rumble can carry 2 harpoons at a time. While in Danger Zone the damage and slow percentage is increased.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
The Equalizer Rumble fires off a group of rockets, creating a wall of flames that damages and slows enemies.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
96.3% Win Rate0.7% Pick Rate

Rumble tips:

  • Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.
  • Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.
  • If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.

Playing Against Jax

  • Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
  • Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.

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