Jinx vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Jinx
based on 5,007 Jinx vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jinx vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Jinx vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Jinx
Tips for Playing as Jinx against Tahm Kench
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 Tahm Kench
When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.
Jinx vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Jinx in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several valuable Jinx vs. Tahm Kench matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench..
Jinx normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jinx and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Jinx or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jinx usually loses when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Jinx makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.
While Jinx does have a lower winrate than Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Jinx also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Jinx into Tahm Kench.
Additionally, Jinx has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jinx is a garbage counter for Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jinx against Tahm Kench.
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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 Tahm Kench 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 suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Jinx versus Tahm Kench build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Jinx had an average winrate of 47.7% battling Tahm Kench with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Tahm Kench as Jinx, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Jinx vs Tahm Kench counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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