Kalista vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Kalista
based on 1,678 Kalista vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Jinx
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Advice to Win Against Jinx
Jinx's ultimate does less damage the closer you are to her.
Jinx's minigun takes time to ramp up. If you see her poking with rockets try to jump on her and burst her down.
Jinx's snare grenades have a long cooldown and are her primary means of protecting herself. If she misses with them she will have a hard time escaping if engaged upon.
Kalista vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several influential Kalista versus Jinx counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Jinx..
Kalista typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Jinx. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Jinx
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Who is Better, Kalista or Jinx?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Jinx, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter for Jinx.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Jinx, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kalista into Jinxas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kalista is a terribly counter for Jinx. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Jinx during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista often gets a similar amount of CS as Jinx. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Jinx build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Jinx than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 47.3% battling Jinx with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Jinx as Kalista, Kalista players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Kalista vs Jinx counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jinx as Kalista are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.