Kassadin vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Kassadin
based on 2,668 Kassadin vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Jinx
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Kassadin in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some important Kassadin versus Jinx matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jinx..
Kassadin usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Jinx. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Jinx
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Jinx?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually loses when trying to fight Jinx, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes a poor counter to Jinx.
While Kassadin does have a lower winrate compared to Jinx, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Jinxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kassadin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin 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 teammates during teamfights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter to Jinx. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kassadin against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kassadin in order to counter Jinx during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Jinx. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kassadin versus Jinx build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Jinx than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Jinx with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Jinx as Kassadin, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Kassadin vs Jinx battles, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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