Janna vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Janna
based on 4,612 Janna vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Jinx
Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.
Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.
Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.
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.
Janna vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Janna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Janna vs. Jinx counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Jinx. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Janna often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Janna and Jinx
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Who is Better, Janna or Jinx?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when playing against Jinx, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Janna makes an ok counter to Jinx.
While Janna does have a higher win rate compared to Jinx, when facing one another, Janna also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Janna into Jinxas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Janna also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Jinx matchups, Janna is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Janna is a decent counter to Jinx. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Janna against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Janna in order to counter Jinx during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Jinx. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Janna versus Jinx build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Janna used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Jinx than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Janna had an average winrate of 50.3% battling Jinx with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Jinx as Janna, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Janna vs Jinx counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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