Vel'Koz vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Vel'Koz
based on 4,119 Vel'Koz vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Jinx
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here feature several significant Vel'Koz versus Jinx counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jinx..
Vel'Koz often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Jinx
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Jinx?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when playing against Jinx, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a good counter to Jinx.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Jinx, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Jinxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Jinx matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Jinx. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Jinx during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often accumulates less CS relative to Jinx. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Jinx build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Vel'Koz used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Jinx than with many other typical builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 51.0% when countering Jinx with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Jinx as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Ghost Poro, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Vel'Koz vs Jinx battles, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jinx as Vel'Koz are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.