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How to Win Jinx vs Leona Counter MatchupJinx is in the a tier of champions

Jinx vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Jinx in LoLJinx is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Jinx

based on 7,292 Jinx vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Leona as Jinx resulted from an evaluation of 7292 ranked matches where both champs battled one another. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Jinx fights Leona in only 3.6% of her rounds.

Jinx vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Jinx does a below average job of countering Leona. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.5% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Jinx versus Leona matches, Jinx’s side is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Leona.

Best Jinx vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Jinx Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterRapid FirecannonKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Guardian AngelRunaan's HurricaneImmortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Jinx to level upq
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Second ability for Jinx to level upw
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Last skill for Jinx to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Jinx's passive ability p
Jinx's q ability q
Jinx's w ability w
Jinx's e ability e
Jinx's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Leona as Jinx

Tips for Playing as Jinx against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Jinx vs Leona Counter Stats

Jinx Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Leona Image
6.8
< Kills >
2.1
6.5
< Deaths >
5.9
7.6
< Assists >
13.6
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
0.38
171
< Minions Killed >
31
0.26
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.45
18,871
< Physical Damage >
2,765
1,012
< Magic Damage >
6,614
453
< True Damage >
934
20,336
< Damage Dealt >
10,314
19,207
< Damage Taken >
22,679
11,902
< Gold Earned >
8,571
2.47
< Towers >
1.61
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,499
< Total Healing >
2,729
12,262
< Experience >
10,472
17
< Vision Score >
53
8
< Wards Placed >
23
92
< Time Dealing CC >
246

How to Counter Leona with Jinx in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Jinx vs. Leona counter stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Leona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Jinx normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Leona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Jinx and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Jinx
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jinx
Leona

Who is Better, Jinx or Leona?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jinx usually loses when taking on Leona, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Jinx makes a poor counter to Leona.

While Jinx does have a lower win rate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Jinx also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Jinx into Leona.

Moreover, Jinx also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Jinx vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Jinx is a bad counter to Leona. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jinx against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Jinx

Jinx Loses Against

LilliaLillia46% winrateFizzFizz46.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.2% winrateBraumBraum46.2% winrate

Jinx Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.5% winrateLuluLulu54.2% winrateKennenKennen53.9% winrateHweiHwei53.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TrundleTrundle+ 52.6% 12837 GamesFizzFizz+ 53.3% 10699 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.2% 11843 GamesKog'MawKog'Maw+ 55% 280 Games

Additional Information for Jinx Players

How We Calculated Our Jinx vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Jinx, we analyzed 7,292 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Leona as Jinx comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Jinx Build Leona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Jinx to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jinx most often accumulates much more CS compared to Leona. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Jinx versus Leona build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better countering Leona than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jinx had an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Leona with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Leona as Jinx, Jinx players 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 used for Jinx vs Leona clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Leona as Jinx are shown for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.