Jax Briggs/Circle of Shadow

Rarity

Type

Base Stats

Price

Unlock

Diamond

Netherrealm

Attack: 1350

Health: 1230

Toughness: 1250

Recovery: 850

Power Gen: 100%

N/A

Revenant Diamond Pack, Elite Netherrealm Elder God Pack

Strategy[]

While his stats are not very impressive save for his toughness, he makes up for it by having unblockable special attacks and a reliable passive that would increase in effectiveness with every Netherrealm teammate. In a full Netherrealm team, he and his teammates would gain a +45% increase to their health. Unlike other class-specific health boosts, his can be applied to any type of teammates. Therefore, it is viable to pair him with a Netherrealm character and any of the Gold health boosters of the player's choice, such as Johnny Cage/A-List, Reptile/Nimble and Sub-Zero/Cryomancer, in which they would then have a +60% increase to their health, making them a really durable tank.

Interactions[]

Please note that battles are highly situational: this section only mentions cards that have mechanics that, for any reason, are particularly effective with/against, or particularly ineffective against Jax Briggs. Having a card that "counters" Jax Briggs does not mean it is always a good choice.

Good with[]

Circle of Shadow Characters.
Mileena/Vampiress: Mileena gives Netherrealm teammates extra damage against Bleeding opponents.
Noob Saibot/MK11: Noob Saibot gives 50% more damage on crit and lethal attacks to Netherrealm class.
Shinnok/Vengeful: Jax gains 20% critical hit chance boost from Shinnok.
Maxed Soulsnake Arms equipment: With this equipment, Jax can also gain Invulnerability after he uses X-Ray attack.
Power Generation equipments: Increasing power generation makes Jax use his special attacks easily and more chance to gain Invulnerability.

Good against[]

Strike Force Characters.
Kenshi/Ronin, Noob Saibot/MK11, Kintaro/Shokan Warrior & Jax Briggs/Klassic: Part of these characters' passive relies on blocking special attacks, which Jax's grapple special attacks can counter that.
X-Ray and Fatal Blow attacks. If timed correctly, Jax can ignore damage from these attacks with his Invulnerability.

Countered by[]

Cripple debuff: While Jax can still gain invulnerability from opponent's special attacks, crippling Jax makes him cannot get it from his own special attack use.
Assassin Characters.
Cassie Cage/Undercover: Cassie Cage deals 20% more damage against Netherrealm characters.
Jacqui Briggs/Kosplay: Jacqui's Tremor and Ermac variation have advantages over Netherrealm characters.
Johnny Cage/Strike Force: Johnny and his fellow Strike Force teammates deal 10-30% more damage against Netherrealm characters.
Scorpion/Hellspawn: Scorpion takes less damage from Netherrealm characters.
Tremor/Aftershock: Tremor and his fellow Martial Artists gain unblockable chance against Netherrealm characters.
Divine Argus Cloak equipment: This equipment can apply debuffs whenever the opponent breaks block, which can counter Jax's grapple special attacks.

Abilities[]

Here are Jax Briggs' abilities.

Ability	Classification	Description	Usage
Netherrealm Brute	Passive	After Jax or his opponent uses a special attack, there is s 30-50% chance Circle of Shadow Jax gains invulnerability for 2-4 seconds. Jax and his team gain +5-15% health for every Circle of Shadow Character on the team. Circle of Shadow Characters do 10% more damage versus Strike Force Characters.	Always Active, Upon Special Attack use
Gotcha Beatdown	First Special	Grapple: Low Damage + Weaken	Quick Tap
Multi-Slam	Second Special	Grapple: High Damage + Cripple	Swipe
Bring It	X-Ray	Extreme Damage + Power	Tap

Support Cards/Equipment[]

Here are Jax Briggs' support and equipment cards.

Card	Classification	Description
Gotcha	Attack	3-33% Bonus Attack
Gym Rat	Health	3-33% Bonus Health
O.I.A.	Recovery	20-220% Bonus Recovery
Cybernetic Arm	Equipment	25-45% Toughness boost. [Jax Briggs] 20-30% Chance to reflect 100% Special Attack damage when blocking. [Fusion Level X] 25% Chance to reflect 100% basic attack damage when blocking.
Wrestling Star's Jaxophone	Equipment	20-30% All Special Attacks unblockable chance. 30-50% Chance to apply Shield Break on Block Breaker attack. 40-300% Damage boost. Dark Queen's Tower only. [Jax Briggs] [Set] If this is equipped alongside Wrestling Star's Last Puff, any DIAMOND Jax Briggs gains a 40% chance to perform a Special Combo Ender dealing massive damage. If the last opponent is under 25% health, a Brutality is performed instead of the Special Combo Ender, ending the fight immediately. [Fusion Level X] 40% Chance to apply Silence debuff to the whole opponent team on successful Special Attack 1.
Wrestling Star's Last Puff	Equipment	30-40% Basic Attacks unblockable chance. 50-100% Chance to gain Luck on Block Breaker attack. 75-225% Damage boost. Dark Queen's Tower only. 150-450% Max health boost. Dark Queen's Tower only. [Jax Briggs] Once per match, resurrect, instantly restore 50% Health, and gain 100-200% damage boost with a 30% chance to Power Steal on Basic Attacks for 20 sec. This effects does not trigger if the killing blow is a Brutality. [Jax Briggs] [SET] If this is equipped alongside Wrestling Star's Jaxophone, any DIAMOND Jax Briggs gains a 40% chance to perform a Special Combo Ender dealing massive damage. If the last opponent is under 25% health, a Brutality is performed instead of the Special Combo Ender, ending the fight immediately. [Fusion Level X] 50% Chance Critical Hit on Basic Attacks deals additional 1% max Health damage and inevitably exhausts 10% of opponent's max Power.

Stats[]

These stats are the final damage, health, toughness and recovery at level 50, per Fusion rank, with ALL support cards, and without any equipment. With Update 1.18, Fusion 8, 9, and 10 have been added. The Fusion 10 stats are for level 60 characters.

Rank	Attack	Health	Toughness	Recovery
Normal	10,414	17,668	7,250	15,776
Fusion I	15,621	26,502	10,875	23,664
Fusion II	20,828	35,335	14,500	31,552
Fusion III	26,035	44,169	18,125	39,440
Fusion IV	31,242	53,003	21,750	47,328
Fusion V	36,449	61,837	25,375	55,216
Fusion VI	41,656	70,671	29,000	63,104
Fusion VII	46,863	79,505	32,625	70,992
Fusion VIII	52,069	88,339	36,250	78,880
Fusion IX	57,276	97,172	39,875	86,768
Fusion X	67,870	125,637	47,250	102,816

Prior to Update 2.0, these are his original stats as a Gold Character.

Attack	Health	Toughness	Recovery
850	980	1000	680

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Prior to Update 2.0, his passive was Netherrealm Brute: Jax and his team gain +15% HEALTH for every Netherrealm character on the team.
Prior to Update 2.4, he was known as Jax Briggs/Revenant.
Jax got buffed in Update 3.0, by getting passive upgrade, Weaken on his Special Attack 1, different mini-games on Special Attacks, and base Attack stat increase from 1070 to 1350.