Leona vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Leona
based on 7,292 Leona vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Jinx
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential Leona vs. Jinx matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Jinx. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Leona usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Jinx. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Jinx
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Who is Better, Leona or Jinx?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Jinx, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a good counter for Jinx.
While Leona does have a higher winrate compared to Jinx, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Jinx.
Furthermore, Leona has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Jinx matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Leona is a good counter for Jinx. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Leona against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Leona in order to counter Jinx during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Jinx. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Leona versus Jinx build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Jinx than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Jinx with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Jinx as Leona, Leona players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Leona vs Jinx LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
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