Amumu vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Amumu
based on 5,207 Amumu vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Jinx
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
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.
Amumu vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several important Amumu against Jinx matchup stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jinx..
Amumu often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Jinx. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Jinx
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Who is Better, Amumu or Jinx?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when playing against Jinx, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a poor counter for Jinx.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Jinx, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Amumu into Jinx.
Additionally, Amumu also has a very large 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu 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 teamfights.
Amumu is a trash counter to Jinx. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to counter Jinx during both the laning 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 suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Jinx. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Jinx build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Jinx than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Jinx with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Jinx as Amumu, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Amumu vs Jinx counters, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.
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