Kindred vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Kindred
based on 4,005 Kindred vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Jinx
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
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.
Kindred vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some valuable Kindred vs. Jinx counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Jinx..
Kindred often has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Jinx. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Jinx
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Who is Better, Kindred or Jinx?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when trying to fight Jinx, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a bad counter for Jinx.
While Kindred does have a lower win rate than Jinx, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Jinx.
Furthermore, Kindred has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter to Jinx. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Jinx.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kindred
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred to counter Jinx during both the early game 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 presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often racks up a lot less CS as Jinx. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kindred versus Jinx build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better vs. Jinx than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kindred boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when playing against Jinx with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Jinx as Kindred, Kindred players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kindred vs Jinx counters, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.
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