Jhin vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Jhin
based on 15,685 Jhin vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Blitzcrank
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Jhin vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Jhin in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several strategic Jhin vs. Blitzcrank counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Blitzcrank. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Jhin typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Blitzcrank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Jhin or Blitzcrank?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jhin usually loses when facing off against Blitzcrank, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Jhin makes a bad counter for Blitzcrank.
While Jhin does have a lower win rate compared to Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Jhin into Blitzcrank.
Moreover, Jhin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Jhin is a terribly counter to Blitzcrank. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jhin against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jhin in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane 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 stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin on average racks up much more CS as Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Jhin versus Blitzcrank build include Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Jhin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Blitzcrank than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Jhin boasted an average win rate of 47.7% when countering Blitzcrank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Blitzcrank as Jhin, Jhin players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Jhin vs Blitzcrank battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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