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.
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Jinx against Nunu & Willump counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump..
Jinx often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jinx usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Jinx makes a good counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Jinx does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Jinx also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Jinx into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Jinx has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Nunu & Willump 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 teammates during team fights.
Jinx is an above average counter to Nunu & Willump. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jinx against Nunu & Willump.
To truly master Jinx to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx often accumulates much more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Jinx versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Runaan's Hurricane. When Jinx bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Nunu & Willump than with many other common item sets. In fact, Jinx had an average win rate of 52.1% when playing against Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Nunu & Willump as Jinx, Jinx players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Jinx vs Nunu & Willump battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.
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