Jinx vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Jinx
based on 11,928 Jinx vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jinx vs Akali Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Akali as Jinx
Tips for Playing as Jinx against Akali
Rockets aren't always the best choice! Jinx's minigun is incredibly powerful when fully ramped up. Switch to it whenever an enemy champion gets too close.
Jinx's rockets deal full damage to all enemies in the explosion. Use them on minions in lane to hit nearby enemy champions without drawing minion aggro.
When a fight starts try to stay on the edge of fray by poking with rockets and Zap!. Do not run in and unload with the minigun until you feel it is safe.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Jinx vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Jinx in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several influential Jinx against Akali matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Jinx normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Akali. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jinx and Akali
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Who is Better, Jinx or Akali?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jinx usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akali, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Jinx makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Jinx does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Jinx also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jinx into Akali.
Furthermore, Jinx also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Akali matchups, Jinx is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jinx is a decent counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Jinx against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jinx to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx usually gets a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Jinx versus Akali build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Jinx bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Akali than with many other common builds. In fact, Jinx had an average win rate of 50.1% when playing against Akali with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Akali as Jinx, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Jinx vs Akali counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.1% winrate overall.
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