Rockets aren't always the best choice! Jinx's minigun is incredibly powerful when fully ramped up. Switch to it whenever an enemy champion gets too close.
Jinx's rockets deal full damage to all enemies in the explosion. Use them on minions in lane to hit nearby enemy champions without drawing minion aggro.
When a fight starts try to stay on the edge of fray by poking with rockets and Zap!. Do not run in and unload with the minigun until you feel it is safe.
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
The Jinx Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Jinx sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kalista helps Jinx perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Jinx is paired with Kalista, she observes a moderate decrease in her full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Kalista does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Jinx is played with Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Kalista.
Additionally, when Jinx plays with Kalista on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Jinx in team fights.
There is no one best ally for Jinx that will no matter what be her #1 ally. However, overall, Kalista is a very typical companion for Jinx. By locking into the same team as Jinx, she lowers their win rate by -0.9% to 48.9%. This proves that there is not really a strong synergy between Jinx and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Jinx. That means you need to be careful when lining up Kalista comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Jinx players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Jinx and Kalista together, you may not be granting your side much tankyness. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To truly master Jinx in order to synergize with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to get in your Jinx and Kalista synergy build include Infinity Edge, Runaan's Hurricane, and Wyrmfallen Sacrifice. When Jinx incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Kalista than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Jinx had an average winrate of 48.9% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Kalista with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Jinx players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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