Jinx vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Jinx
based on 5,557 Jinx vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jinx vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Jinx vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Jinx
Tips for Playing as Jinx against Rakan
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 Rakan
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Jinx vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Jinx in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some valuable Jinx vs. Rakan counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Jinx usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Rakan. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jinx and Rakan
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Who is Better, Jinx or Rakan?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jinx usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rakan, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Jinx makes an ok counter to Rakan.
While Jinx does have a higher winrate than Rakan, when facing one another, Jinx also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jinx into Rakan.
Furthermore, Jinx has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Rakan matchups, Jinx is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Jinx is a decent counter for Rakan. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jinx against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jinx to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx most often gets much more CS as Rakan. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Jinx versus Rakan build consist of Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Rakan than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jinx had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Rakan with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Rakan as Jinx, you should take 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 chose for Jinx vs Rakan fights, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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