Ahri vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Ahri
based on 6,060 Ahri vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Jinx
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
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.
Ahri vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Ahri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Ahri vs. Jinx matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Jinx..
Ahri normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ahri and Jinx
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Who is Better, Ahri or Jinx?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when playing against Jinx, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes a bad counter to Jinx.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Jinx, when facing one another, Ahri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Ahri into Jinx.
Moreover, Ahri also has a good amount of CC and other utility, 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 is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ahri 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 teammates during team fights.
Ahri is a terribly counter for Jinx. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Jinx.
Other Champion Matchups Against Ahri
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ahri in order to counter Jinx during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri often picks up a similar amount of CS as Jinx. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well 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 numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Ahri versus Jinx build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Jinx than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 47.8% when countering Jinx with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Jinx as Ahri, Ahri players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Ahri vs Jinx counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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