Darius vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Darius
based on 7,083 Darius vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Jinx
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several significant Darius vs. Jinx counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jinx..
Darius normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Jinx. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Jinx
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Who is Better, Darius or Jinx?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when taking on Jinx, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Darius makes an ok counter for Jinx.
While Darius does have a lower winrate compared to Jinx, when facing one another, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Jinx.
Moreover, Darius has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter for Jinx. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Darius against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius to counter Jinx during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Jinx. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Darius versus Jinx build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Darius bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Jinx than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 49.8% battling Jinx with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Jinx as Darius, Darius players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Darius vs Jinx counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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