Jinx vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Jinx
based on 6,324 Jinx vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jinx vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Jinx vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Jinx
Tips for Playing as Jinx against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Jinx vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Jinx in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some critical Jinx against Xin Zhao matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Jinx often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jinx and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Jinx or Xin Zhao?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jinx usually fairs equally well when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Jinx makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.
While Jinx does have a lower winrate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Jinx also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Jinx into Xin Zhao.
Additionally, Jinx also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao 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 somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Jinx against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jinx to counter Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx usually accumulates much more CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Jinx versus Xin Zhao build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Phantom Dancer, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Xin Zhao than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Jinx had an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Xin Zhao as Jinx, Jinx players should equip 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 we have analyed for Jinx vs Xin Zhao counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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