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How to Win Tristana vs Jinx Counter MatchupTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana vs Jinx

How to Beat Jinx as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Jinx as Tristana

based on 7,168 Tristana vs Jinx matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
5.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Jinx as Tristana resulted from an evaluation of 7168 ranked matches where both champions clashed against one another. This particular champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Tristana fights Jinx in only 5.5% of her rounds.

Tristana vs Jinx Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a dismal job of beating Jinx. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.9% of the time the champs face off with one another in. In Tristana vs Jinx matches, Tristana’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Jinx.

Best Tristana vs Jinx Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Maw of MalmortiusKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

The CollectorImmortal ShieldbowBloodthirsterGuardian Angel

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tristana to level upe
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Second ability for Tristana to level upq
>
Last skill for Tristana to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Tristana's passive ability p
Tristana's q ability q
Tristana's w ability w
Tristana's e ability e
Tristana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Jinx

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

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.

Tristana vs Jinx Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Jinx Image
7.5
< Kills >
6.8
6
< Deaths >
6.1
5.4
< Assists >
7.2
1.73
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
164
< Minions Killed >
169
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.54
17,115
< Physical Damage >
18,514
2,242
< Magic Damage >
1,033
436
< True Damage >
383
19,795
< Damage Dealt >
19,931
21,181
< Damage Taken >
19,323
12,379
< Gold Earned >
11,786
2.78
< Towers >
2.53
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,987
< Total Healing >
4,829
12,683
< Experience >
12,327
18
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
63
< Time Dealing CC >
91

How to Counter Jinx with Tristana in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Tristana against Jinx matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between this pair of champions. Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, showing that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Jinx..

Tristana often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Tristana and Jinx

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Jinx
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Jinx

Who is Better, Tristana or Jinx?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tristana usually loses when taking on Jinx, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Tristana makes a bad counter for Jinx.

While Tristana does have a lower winrate than Jinx, when facing one another, Tristana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Jinx.

Moreover, Tristana also has almost no 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 lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Tristana is a somewhat poor counter to Jinx. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Tristana against Jinx.

Other Champion Matchups Against Tristana

Tristana Loses Against

TeemoTeemo44.7% winrateLilliaLillia45.1% winrateUrgotUrgot45.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.7% winrate

Tristana Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante54.8% winrateZeriZeri54.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Jinx Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jinx as Tristana, we analyzed 7,168 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Jinx as Tristana comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Tristana Build Jinx Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Tristana in order to counter Jinx during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Jinx. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Tristana versus Jinx build include Maw of Malmortius, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Jinx than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Tristana had an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Jinx with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Jinx as Tristana, you should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Tristana vs Jinx counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.

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