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How to Win Nunu & Willump vs Jinx Counter MatchupNunu & Willump is in the b tier of champions

Nunu & Willump vs Jinx

How to Beat Jinx as Nunu & Willump in LoLNunu & Willump is in the a tier of champions
TankFighter
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How to Beat Jinx as Nunu & Willump

based on 4,704 Nunu & Willump vs Jinx matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
5.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our dataset, Nunu & Willump faced off against Jinx 4704 times. Having so many games with Nunu & Willump versus Jinx provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare informative stats and a pro build to defeat your foe. This particular counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Nunu & Willump has to counter Jinx in only 5.3% of his rounds.

Nunu & Willump vs Jinx Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump has done a poor job of beating Jinx. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.9% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Nunu & Willump vs Jinx games, Nunu & Willump’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood against Jinx.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Jinx Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartLiandry's TormentJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernRanduin's OmenRabadon's DeathcapForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nunu & Willump to level upq
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Second ability for Nunu & Willump to level upe
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Last skill for Nunu & Willump to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
DominationEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Nunu & Willump's passive ability p
Nunu & Willump's q ability q
Nunu & Willump's w ability w
Nunu & Willump's e ability e
Nunu & Willump's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Jinx

Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.

You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.

It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.

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.

Nunu & Willump vs Jinx Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Jinx Image
5.3
< Kills >
6.9
6.6
< Deaths >
6.4
10.9
< Assists >
7.3
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
30
< Minions Killed >
168
1.59
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.54
1,068
< Physical Damage >
19,054
13,169
< Magic Damage >
1,030
825
< True Damage >
409
15,063
< Damage Dealt >
20,493
36,439
< Damage Taken >
19,715
10,748
< Gold Earned >
11,858
1.28
< Towers >
2.5
0.4
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
19,627
< Total Healing >
4,799
12,681
< Experience >
12,339
19
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
451
< Time Dealing CC >
92

How to Counter Jinx with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some significant Nunu & Willump against Jinx counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jinx..

Nunu & Willump usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Jinx. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Jinx

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Jinx
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Jinx

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Jinx?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Jinx, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a bad counter for Jinx.

While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate than Jinx, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nunu & Willump into Jinx.

Additionally, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Nunu & Willump is a bad counter to Jinx. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Jinx.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

How We Calculated Our Nunu & Willump vs Jinx Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jinx as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 4,704 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Jinx as Nunu & Willump comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to counter Jinx during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nunu & Willump most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Jinx. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Jinx build include Frozen Heart, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Jinx than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when playing against Jinx with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of defeating Jinx as Nunu & Willump, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nunu & Willump vs Jinx battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% winrate overall.

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