Thresh vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Thresh
based on 7,485 Thresh vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Jinx
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Thresh in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Thresh against Jinx counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jinx. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Thresh normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Jinx
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Who is Better, Thresh or Jinx?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when taking on Jinx, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes an ok counter to Jinx.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate than Jinx, when facing one another, Thresh also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Thresh into Jinxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Thresh has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter for Jinx. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Thresh against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Thresh in order to counter Jinx during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh often racks up a lot less CS compared to Jinx. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Thresh versus Jinx build include Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Jinx than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 49.1% battling Jinx with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Jinx as Thresh, Thresh players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Thresh vs Jinx counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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