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.
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Jinx against Sivir matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Sivir..
Jinx often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jinx usually wins when playing against Sivir, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Jinx makes a good counter to Sivir.
While Jinx does have a higher win rate than Sivir, when facing one another, Jinx also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Jinx into Sivir.
Moreover, Jinx has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Sivir 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 allies during teamfights.
Jinx is an above average counter to Sivir. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Jinx against Sivir.
To learn all of the intricacies of Jinx in order to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Sivir. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Jinx versus Sivir build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Sivir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Jinx had an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Sivir with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Sivir as Jinx, Jinx players should use 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. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Jinx vs Sivir clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.5% win rate overall.
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