Caitlyn vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Caitlyn
based on 52,779 Caitlyn vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Jhin
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Caitlyn vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several important Caitlyn against Jhin matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between this set of champs. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Jhin..
Caitlyn often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Jhin. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Jhin
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Jhin?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when playing against Jhin, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a poor counter to Jhin.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Jhin, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Jhin.
Furthermore, Caitlyn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter for Jhin. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Jhin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jhin. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Caitlyn versus Jhin build include Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, and Bloodthirster. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Jhin than with many other common builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Jhin with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Jhin as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Caitlyn vs Jhin face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
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