Gwen vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Gwen
based on 4,055 Gwen vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Jinx
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Gwen in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several valuable Gwen against Jinx counter statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Jinx..
Gwen usually has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Jinx. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Jinx
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Who is Better, Gwen or Jinx?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when playing against Jinx, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a poor counter to Jinx.
While Gwen does have a lower win rate than Jinx, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Gwen into Jinx.
Moreover, Gwen also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gwen is a trash counter for Jinx. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Jinx.
Other Champion Matchups Against Gwen
Additional Information for Gwen Players
How We Calculated Our Gwen vs Jinx Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gwen to counter Jinx during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jinx. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gwen versus Jinx build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Gwen bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Jinx than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 47.4% when countering Jinx with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Jinx as Gwen, Gwen players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Gwen vs Jinx face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.
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