Gnar vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Gnar
based on 2,097 Gnar vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Jinx
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
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.
Gnar vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Gnar against Jinx counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jinx..
Gnar often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Jinx. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Jinx
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Who is Better, Gnar or Jinx?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Jinx, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes an ok counter for Jinx.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate than Jinx, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Jinxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gnar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar 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 teammates during teamfights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter to Jinx. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar to counter Jinx during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Jinx. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Gnar versus Jinx build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Jinx than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Jinx with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Jinx as Gnar, Gnar players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Gnar vs Jinx counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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