Maokai vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Maokai
based on 8,096 Maokai vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Jinx
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Maokai in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Maokai against Jinx counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jinx. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Jinx. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Jinx
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Who is Better, Maokai or Jinx?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Jinx, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a good counter to Jinx.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Jinx, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Jinx.
Moreover, Maokai has a great 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Jinx matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Maokai is an above average counter for Jinx. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Jinx. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Jinx build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Jinx than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 52.2% when playing against Jinx with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Jinx as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Maokai vs Jinx battles, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Jinx as Maokai are presented for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.