Jax Briggs/Klassic

Rarity	Type	Base Stats	Price	Unlock
Diamond	Spec Ops	Attack: 1250 Health: 1550 Toughness: 1300 Recovery: 1000 Power Gen: 130%	N/A	Klassic Diamond Pack, Elite Spec Ops Pack

Strategy

On paper, it would seem that his passive makes him a really tanky character. However, the low chance to activate it even when maxed out makes it a huge gamble to his survivability.

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

• Cassie Cage/Covert Ops: Jax is granted 25% unblockable chance on all attacks.
• Jacqui Briggs/High Tech: Jax receives +20% increased Power Generation, bumping up his base power generation percentage up to 150%.
• Jade/Klassic: Jax receives immunity to Snare from Jade.
• Johnny Cage/A-List & Sonya Blade/Demolition: Jax can gain +30% Damage from Sonya and Health from Johnny.
• Kenshi/Balanced & Rain/Klassic: Jax gains a bar of power at the start of a match.
• Noob Saibot/Klassic: Jax receives damage boost to unblockable attacks, which works great with his grapple special attacks.
• Smoke/Klassic: Because he is a Klassic character, Jax can gain resistance to debuffs from Smoke.
• Shadow Sash, Frost Mask or Body of Steel equipments: These equipments reduce opponent's chance of breaking block, which works great with Jax's passive.

Good against

• Any character in kombat.
  • Characters that use special attacks on Jax may have their damage ignored. Jax may also apply weaken, power drain or cripple on opponents that use basic attacks. This makes Jax a good tank character, meaning he can take damage for the team while countering with disadvantageous modifiers to the opponent.

• Kenshi/Ronin, Noob Saibot/MK11, Kintaro/Shokan Warrior & Jax Briggs/Klassic (himself): Part of these characters' passive relies on blocking special attacks, which Jax's grapple special attacks can counter that.

Countered by

• Grapples, block breaking equipments and characters: Jax's passive relies on blocking attacks, which will be useless if the opponent breaks block.
• X-Ray and Fatal Blow attacks. Jax's passive does not ignore X-Rays, so it is advised that players team Jax with a power drain character in order to reduce the risk of the opponent eliminating Jax from the player team.
• Erron Black/Gunslinger, Takeda/Ronin, & Executioner Axe: The characters and equipments deal more damage against Spec Ops characters including Jax Briggs.
• Liu Kang/Klassic, Raiden/Dark & Raiden/MK11: Because Jax's basic attack blocking has a chance to apply Power Drain, Liu Kang could gain extra basic attack damage, Dark Raiden can reverse power drain effects, and MK11 Raiden as well as his MK11 teammates will be immune to Power Drain.
• Noob Saibot/Klassic: Noob Saibot can disable blocking on his special attack 1, which makes Jax can't rely on his passive for a while.
• 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
Steel Curtain	Passive	When blocking, there is 10-20% chance that all damage will be ignored from a Special Attack. Also, when blocking basic attacks, there is 10-20% chance to apply Weaken, Power Drain, or Cripple.	When blocking an attack
Grab and Pound	First Special	Grapple: Medium Damage	Quick Tap
Backbreaker	Second Special	Grapple: High Damage + Cripple	Rapid Tap
Bring It	X-Ray	Extreme Damage + Power	Tap

Support Cards/Equipment

Here are Jax Briggs' support and equipment cards.

Card	Classification	Description	Picture
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	9,643	22,264	7,540	18,560
Fusion I	14,463	33,397	11,310	27,840
Fusion II	19,285	44,528	15,080	37,120
Fusion III	24,107	55,661	18,850	46,400
Fusion IV	28,928	66,793	22,620	55,680
Fusion V	33,750	77,925	26,390	64,960
Fusion VI	38,570	89,057	30,160	74,240
Fusion VII	43,392	100,189	33,930	83,520
Fusion VIII	48,213	111,321	37,700	92,800
Fusion IX	52,722	122,454	41,470	102,080
Fusion X	62,843	158,323	49,140	120,960

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