Katarina vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Katarina
based on 6,722 Katarina vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Jinx
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some influential Katarina versus Jinx matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Jinx. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Katarina normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Jinx. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Jinx
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Who is Better, Katarina or Jinx?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when playing against Jinx, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes an ok counter to Jinx.
While Katarina does have a lower win rate compared to Jinx, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Katarina into Jinxas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Katarina also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Katarina vs Jinx matchups, Jinx 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 teamfights.
Katarina is a somewhat poor counter for Jinx. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Katarina against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Katarina in order to counter Jinx during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Jinx. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Katarina versus Jinx build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Katarina bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Jinx than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Katarina had an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Jinx with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Jinx as Katarina, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Katarina vs Jinx battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
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