Briar vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Briar
based on 9,094 Briar vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Briar
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.
Briar vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Briar in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some critical Briar against Jinx matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between these two champions. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Jinx..
Briar usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Jinx. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Jinx
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Who is Better, Briar or Jinx?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Jinx, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter for Jinx.
While Briar does have a higher winrate than Jinx, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Briar into Jinx.
Furthermore, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Jinx matchups, Briar is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Briar is a decent counter to Jinx. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Jinx during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar usually gets a lot less CS compared to Jinx. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Briar versus Jinx build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Briar bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs Jinx than with many other typical builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Jinx with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Jinx as Briar, Briar players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Briar vs Jinx face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jinx as Briar are shown for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.