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.
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several important Jinx against Rammus matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Rammus..
Jinx often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Rammus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jinx usually loses when taking on Rammus, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Jinx makes a bad counter for Rammus.
While Jinx does have a lower win rate than Rammus, when facing one another, Jinx also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Jinx into Rammus.
Additionally, Jinx also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Jinx is a terribly counter for Rammus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jinx against Rammus.
If you would like to truly master Jinx in order to counter Rammus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx often picks up much more CS relative to Rammus. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Jinx versus Rammus build consist of Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Rammus than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Jinx had an average win rate of 46.5% battling Rammus with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Rammus 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 runes players used for Jinx vs Rammus counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.5% win rate overall.
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