Illaoi vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Illaoi
based on 7,742 Illaoi vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Jhin
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Illaoi against Jhin matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Jhin..
Illaoi normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Jhin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Illaoi and Jhin
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Jhin?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually loses when facing off against Jhin, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes a poor counter to Jhin.
While Illaoi does have a lower winrate compared to Jhin, when they face off with one another, Illaoi also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Illaoi into Jhin.
Moreover, Illaoi also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Illaoi is a somewhat poor counter to Jhin. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Jhin.
Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Illaoi to counter Jhin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Jhin. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Illaoi versus Jhin build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Jhin than with most other common item sets. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average win rate of 48.2% battling Jhin with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Jhin as Illaoi, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Illaoi vs Jhin clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Jhin as Illaoi are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.