Irelia vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Irelia
based on 5,192 Irelia vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Jinx
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some strategic Irelia vs. Jinx counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Jinx..
Irelia normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes more damage than Jinx. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Jinx
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Who is Better, Irelia or Jinx?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jinx, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes an ok counter for Jinx.
While Irelia does have a lower win rate compared to Jinx, when facing one another, Irelia also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Jinx.
Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia 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 allies during team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter to Jinx. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia in order to counter Jinx during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jinx. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Irelia versus Jinx build include Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Jinx than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Jinx with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Jinx as Irelia, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Irelia vs Jinx counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.4% win rate overall.
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