Swain vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Swain
based on 7,564 Swain vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Jinx
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
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.
Swain vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several critical Swain versus Jinx matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between the two. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jinx..
Swain usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jinx. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Jinx
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Who is Better, Swain or Jinx?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when facing off against Jinx, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a good counter to Jinx.
While Swain does have a higher winrate than Jinx, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Swain into Jinxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Jinx matchups, Swain is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Swain is a decent counter to Jinx. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain in order to counter Jinx during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue 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.
Swain usually picks up less CS relative to Jinx. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Swain versus Jinx build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Celestial Opposition, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Jinx than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 51.5% battling Jinx with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Jinx as Swain, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Swain vs Jinx clashes, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.
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