Yasuo vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Yasuo
based on 14,156 Yasuo vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Jinx
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Yasuo in LoL
The stats provided here feature some influential Yasuo against Jinx matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jinx..
Yasuo normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Jinx. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Jinx
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Jinx?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when taking on Jinx, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Jinx.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate than Jinx, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Jinxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Jinx matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Jinx. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo to counter Jinx during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jinx. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Yasuo versus Jinx build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Death's Dance. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Jinx than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average win rate of 50.2% when countering Jinx with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Jinx as Yasuo, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Yasuo vs Jinx counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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