Taric vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Taric
based on 2,035 Taric vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Jinx
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Taric in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Taric vs. Jinx matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jinx. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Taric typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Jinx. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Jinx
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Who is Better, Taric or Jinx?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Jinx, with a 52.2% win rate. Thus, Taric makes a good counter to Jinx.
While Taric does have a higher winrate compared to Jinx, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Jinx.
Moreover, Taric also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs Jinx matchups, Taric is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Taric is a good counter for Jinx. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Taric against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric to counter Jinx during both the laning 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 above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric often picks up a lot less CS as Jinx. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Taric versus Jinx build consist of Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Jinx than with many other common builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average win rate of 52.2% when playing against Jinx with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Jinx as Taric, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Taric vs Jinx clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.2% win rate overall.
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