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How to Win Garen vs Jinx Counter MatchupGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen vs Jinx

How to Beat Jinx as Garen in LoLGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Jinx as Garen

based on 7,523 Garen vs Jinx matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
5.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Jinx as Garen came out of an evaluation of 7523 ranked games where both champs battled each other. This particular pairing is somewhat uncommon. Garen fights Jinx in only 5.6% of his rounds.

Garen vs Jinx Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a below average job of beating Jinx. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.6% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Garen against Jinx games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Jinx.

Best Garen vs Jinx Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Death's DanceChempunk ChainswordBlack CleaverPhantom Dancer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Jinx

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

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.

Garen vs Jinx Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
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6
< Kills >
6.8
5.1
< Deaths >
6
3.9
< Assists >
7.2
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
173
< Minions Killed >
174
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.27
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.55
13,718
< Physical Damage >
19,095
217
< Magic Damage >
1,029
4,611
< True Damage >
402
18,546
< Damage Dealt >
20,526
31,151
< Damage Taken >
19,597
11,943
< Gold Earned >
12,022
2.72
< Towers >
2.53
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
3,191
< Total Healing >
4,974
15,103
< Experience >
12,607
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
142
< Time Dealing CC >
93

How to Counter Jinx with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several strategic Garen against Jinx matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jinx..

Garen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Jinx. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Jinx

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Jinx
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Jinx

Who is Better, Garen or Jinx?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when taking on Jinx, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a bad counter to Jinx.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Jinx, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Jinx.

Furthermore, Garen also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen 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 teamfights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Jinx. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Jinx.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Jinx Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jinx as Garen, we analyzed 7,523 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 Garen 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Jinx during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Jinx. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Garen versus Jinx build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Jinx than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 48.6% when playing against Jinx with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Jinx as Garen, Garen players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Garen vs Jinx face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.

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