Jinx vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Jinx
based on 4,055 Jinx vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jinx vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Jinx vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Jinx
Tips for Playing as Jinx against Gwen
Rockets aren't always the best choice! Jinx's minigun is incredibly powerful when fully ramped up. Switch to it whenever an enemy champion gets too close.
Jinx's rockets deal full damage to all enemies in the explosion. Use them on minions in lane to hit nearby enemy champions without drawing minion aggro.
When a fight starts try to stay on the edge of fray by poking with rockets and Zap!. Do not run in and unload with the minigun until you feel it is safe.
Advice to Win Against Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Jinx vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Jinx in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Jinx versus Gwen matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..
Jinx often has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Gwen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jinx and Gwen
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Who is Better, Jinx or Gwen?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jinx usually wins when facing off against Gwen, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Jinx makes a good counter for Gwen.
While Jinx does have a higher winrate than Gwen, when they face off with one another, Jinx also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Jinx into Gwen.
Additionally, Jinx also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Gwen matchups, Jinx is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Jinx is a good counter for Gwen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jinx against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jinx to counter Gwen 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Jinx versus Gwen build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Gwen than with most other common builds. In fact, Jinx had an average winrate of 52.6% when countering Gwen with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Gwen as Jinx, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Jinx vs Gwen battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.
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