Jinx vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Jinx
based on 6,819 Jinx vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jinx vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Jinx vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Jinx
Tips for Playing as Jinx against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Jinx vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Jinx in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several important Jinx versus Malzahar counter stats that may help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Jinx usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jinx and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Jinx or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jinx usually loses when playing against Malzahar, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Jinx makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Jinx does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Jinx also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Jinx into Malzahar.
Moreover, Jinx has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Jinx is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. 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 hold your own as Jinx against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jinx in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Jinx versus Malzahar build include Runaan's Hurricane, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Malzahar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jinx boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Malzahar as Jinx, Jinx players should equip 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 we have analyed for Jinx vs Malzahar clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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