Kog'Maw vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Kog'Maw
based on 1,655 Kog'Maw vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Jinx
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
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.
Kog'Maw vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some significant Kog'Maw versus Jinx matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jinx..
Kog'Maw normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Jinx
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Jinx?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when trying to fight Jinx, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter for Jinx.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Jinx, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Jinx.
Additionally, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Jinx. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to counter Jinx during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw most often gets a similar amount of CS as Jinx. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Jinx build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Jinx than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 48.9% battling Jinx with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Jinx as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Kog'Maw vs Jinx counters, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
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