Lux vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Lux
based on 20,774 Lux vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Jinx
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Lux in LoL
The stats provided here show several vital Lux against Jinx matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Jinx..
Lux often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Jinx. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Jinx
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Who is Better, Lux or Jinx?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Jinx, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Lux makes an ok counter for Jinx.
While Lux does have a higher winrate compared to Jinx, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Jinx.
Additionally, Lux has a good 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lux vs Jinx matchups, Lux is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lux is a decent counter to Jinx. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lux against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lux in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux usually accumulates less CS relative to Jinx. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lux versus Jinx build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Lux incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Jinx than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lux boasted an average win rate of 50.7% when playing against Jinx with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Jinx as Lux, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Lux vs Jinx counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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