Jhin vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Jhin
based on 7,742 Jhin vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Illaoi
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
Advice to Win Against Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Jhin vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Jhin in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some critical Jhin against Illaoi counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champions. Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Illaoi. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Jhin typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Illaoi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Jhin or Illaoi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jhin usually wins when taking on Illaoi, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Jhin makes a good counter for Illaoi.
While Jhin does have a higher win rate compared to Illaoi, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Jhin into Illaoi.
Moreover, Jhin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Illaoi matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Jhin is a decent counter to Illaoi. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jhin against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jhin in order to counter Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin often picks up a similar amount of CS as Illaoi. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Jhin versus Illaoi build consist of Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Jhin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Illaoi than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Jhin boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Illaoi as Jhin, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Jhin vs Illaoi battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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