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.
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some vital Jinx vs. Vladimir counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vladimir..
Jinx usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Vladimir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jinx usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vladimir, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Jinx makes an ok counter for Vladimir.
While Jinx does have a higher win rate than Vladimir, when facing one another, Jinx also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Jinx into Vladimir.
Moreover, Jinx also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jinx vs Vladimir matchups, Jinx is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Jinx is a decent counter for Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jinx against Vladimir.
If you would like to truly master Jinx to counter Vladimir during both the early game 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 suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx often gets a similar amount of CS as Vladimir. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Jinx versus Vladimir build include Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Vladimir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Jinx boasted an average winrate of 50.7% battling Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Vladimir as Jinx, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Jinx vs Vladimir LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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