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.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
The stats shown on this page highlight some strategic Jinx vs. Ryze counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the two. Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ryze’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ryze..
Jinx normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Ryze. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jinx usually wins when taking on Ryze, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Jinx makes a good counter to Ryze.
While Jinx does have a higher win rate than Ryze, when on opposite teams, Jinx also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Jinx into Ryze.
Moreover, Jinx also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ryze. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Ryze matchups, Jinx is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jinx is an above average counter for Ryze. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jinx against Ryze.
To learn all of the intricacies of Jinx to counter Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Ryze. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Jinx versus Ryze build consist of Kraken Slayer, Infinity Edge, and Phantom Dancer. When Jinx included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Ryze than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Jinx boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when countering Ryze with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Ryze as Jinx, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Jinx vs Ryze battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ryze as Jinx are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.