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Aphelios vs Jinx

How to Beat Jinx as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Jinx as Aphelios

based on 4,952 Aphelios vs Jinx matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
5.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. In our dataset, Aphelios fought Jinx 4952 times. Using so many matchups for Aphelios versus Jinx gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare informative statistics and a recommended build to obliterate your enemy. This champion matchup is relatively uncommon. Aphelios fights Jinx in only 5.6% of his rounds.

Aphelios vs Jinx Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios does a below average job of countering Jinx. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.2% of games the champs fight each other in. In Aphelios against Jinx games, Aphelios’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood against Jinx.

Best Aphelios vs Jinx Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeRunaan's HurricaneStormrazor

Optional Items

Guardian AngelPhantom DancerImmortal ShieldbowBloodthirster

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Jinx

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Advice to Win Against Jinx

Jinx's ultimate does less damage the closer you are to her.

Jinx's minigun takes time to ramp up. If you see her poking with rockets try to jump on her and burst her down.

Jinx's snare grenades have a long cooldown and are her primary means of protecting herself. If she misses with them she will have a hard time escaping if engaged upon.

Aphelios vs Jinx Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Jinx Image
6.8
< Kills >
7.1
6.1
< Deaths >
5.7
5.9
< Assists >
7.4
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
174
< Minions Killed >
177
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.27
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.55
20,115
< Physical Damage >
19,124
1,361
< Magic Damage >
986
443
< True Damage >
409
21,920
< Damage Dealt >
20,519
18,494
< Damage Taken >
19,200
11,842
< Gold Earned >
12,076
2.44
< Towers >
2.61
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,241
< Total Healing >
4,959
12,396
< Experience >
12,468
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
138
< Time Dealing CC >
93

How to Counter Jinx with Aphelios in LoL

The stats shown here show several vital Aphelios vs. Jinx matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jinx..

Aphelios normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Aphelios and Jinx

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Jinx
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Jinx

Who is Better, Aphelios or Jinx?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when trying to fight Jinx, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a poor counter to Jinx.

While Aphelios does have a lower winrate than Jinx, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Jinxas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Aphelios has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Jinx. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Jinx.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aphelios

Aphelios Loses Against

BraumBraum44.1% winrateIvernIvern44.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.1% winrateAniviaAnivia45.6% winrate

Aphelios Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.8% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.5% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrateHweiHwei53.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Jinx Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jinx as Aphelios, we analyzed 4,952 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Jinx as Aphelios comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Aphelios Build Jinx Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Jinx during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jinx. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Jinx build include Infinity Edge, Runaan's Hurricane, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Jinx than with many other common item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Jinx with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Jinx as Aphelios, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Aphelios vs Jinx clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Jinx as Aphelios are given for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.