Kayle vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Kayle
based on 6,042 Kayle vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Jinx
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
Advice to Win Against Jinx
Jinx's ultimate does less damage the closer you are to her.
Jinx's minigun takes time to ramp up. If you see her poking with rockets try to jump on her and burst her down.
Jinx's snare grenades have a long cooldown and are her primary means of protecting herself. If she misses with them she will have a hard time escaping if engaged upon.
Kayle vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Kayle versus Jinx matchup stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Jinx..
Kayle usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Jinx. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Jinx
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Who is Better, Kayle or Jinx?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Jinx, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes an ok counter for Jinx.
While Kayle does have a higher winrate compared to Jinx, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Jinxas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. 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 a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Jinx matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kayle is a decent counter to Jinx. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kayle against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Jinx during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Jinx. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Jinx build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Riftmaker. When Kayle used at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Jinx than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when countering Jinx with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Jinx as Kayle, you should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kayle vs Jinx clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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