Caitlyn vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Caitlyn
based on 24,444 Caitlyn vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Jinx
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 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.
Caitlyn vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several vital Caitlyn vs. Jinx matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Jinx..
Caitlyn usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Jinx
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Jinx?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Jinx, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Jinx.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Jinx, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Jinx.
Additionally, Caitlyn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Jinx. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Jinx during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Jinx. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Caitlyn versus Jinx build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Caitlyn used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Jinx than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Jinx with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Jinx as Caitlyn, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Caitlyn vs Jinx LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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