Viktor vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Viktor
based on 2,709 Viktor vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Jinx
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several important Viktor vs. Jinx matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jinx..
Viktor normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Jinx
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Who is Better, Viktor or Jinx?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually wins when facing off against Jinx, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a good counter for Jinx.
While Viktor does have a higher win rate compared to Jinx, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Viktor into Jinxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor has only a small amount of CC and other utility, 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Jinx matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Viktor is a decent counter to Jinx. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viktor in order to counter Jinx during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Jinx. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Viktor versus Jinx build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Viktor included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Jinx than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Jinx with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Jinx as Viktor, Viktor players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Viktor vs Jinx battles, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Jinx as Viktor are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.