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Rek'Sai vs Jhin

How to Beat Jhin as Rek'Sai in LoLRek'Sai is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Jhin as Rek'Sai

based on 2,235 Rek'Sai vs Jhin matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
11.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL games that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Jhin as Rek'Sai resulted from an analysis of 2235 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This champion matchup is fairly common. Rek'Sai has to counter Jhin in 11.2% of his rounds.

Rek'Sai vs Jhin Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rek'Sai has done a below average job of beating Jhin. On average, he wins a lowly 47.0% of games the champions face each other in. In Rek'Sai against Jhin rounds, Rek'Sai’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Jhin.

Best Rek'Sai vs Jhin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalTiamat

Core Rek'Sai Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinSterak's GageDeath's DanceMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rek'Sai to level upq
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Second ability for Rek'Sai to level upe
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Last skill for Rek'Sai to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Rek'Sai's passive ability p
Rek'Sai's q ability q
Rek'Sai's w ability w
Rek'Sai's e ability e
Rek'Sai's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Jhin

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

Advice to Win Against Jhin

Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!

Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.

Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.

Rek'Sai vs Jhin Counter Stats

Rek'Sai Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Jhin Image
7.3
< Kills >
8.1
6.6
< Deaths >
5.5
7.3
< Assists >
8
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
34
< Minions Killed >
178
1.34
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.52
14,168
< Physical Damage >
19,984
79
< Magic Damage >
1,087
3,597
< True Damage >
423
17,846
< Damage Dealt >
21,495
36,282
< Damage Taken >
19,016
11,952
< Gold Earned >
12,605
1.35
< Towers >
2.38
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
17,088
< Total Healing >
4,979
13,521
< Experience >
13,074
22
< Vision Score >
17
6
< Wards Placed >
9
286
< Time Dealing CC >
149

How to Counter Jhin with Rek'Sai in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Rek'Sai against Jhin matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jhin’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..

Rek'Sai often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Jhin. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rek'Sai and Jhin

Damage Types Compared

Rek'Sai
Jhin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rek'Sai
Jhin

Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Jhin?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when playing against Jhin, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter to Jhin.

While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate compared to Jhin, when on opposite teams, Rek'Sai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Rek'Sai into Jhin.

Additionally, Rek'Sai also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Rek'Sai is a trash counter for Jhin. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Jhin.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rek'Sai

Rek'Sai Loses Against

NilahNilah40.9% winrateShenShen41.8% winrateTaricTaric42.3% winrateViVi42.9% winrate

Rek'Sai Wins Against

RenektonRenekton56.8% winrateYuumiYuumi53.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.7% winrateAlistarAlistar53.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Rek'Sai Players

How We Calculated Our Rek'Sai vs Jhin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jhin as Rek'Sai, we analyzed 2,235 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 Jhin as Rek'Sai 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.

Other Useful Resources

Rek'Sai Build Jhin Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to counter Jhin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rek'Sai most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Jhin. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Jhin build consist of Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Rek'Sai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Jhin than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average winrate of 47.0% battling Jhin with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Jhin as Rek'Sai, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Jhin matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.0% win rate overall.

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