Jakiro Counters & Build

Winter Wyvern 1,483 matches

−1.6%

WhyWinter Wyvern establishes an early advantage in lane by using Arctic Burn's extended range and unobstructed movement to safely out-range and harass Jakiro. In teamfights, Jakiro's grouping for AoE spells makes his team prime targets for Splinter Blast and Winter's Curse. Furthermore, Jakiro's Double Trouble innate causes him to launch dual attacks against his own allies whenever he is caught within Winter's Curse.

Sniper 3,829 matches

−1.5%

WhySniper establishes an early advantage in lane and controls the matchup by leveraging his massive attack range from Keen Scope and Take Aim to safely harass Jakiro from outside the reach of Dual Breath and Liquid Fire. Because Jakiro lacks mobility, Sniper can easily zone him with Shrapnel slow and Headshot knockbacks, preventing him from cleanly setting up Ice Path or Macropyre before picking him off with Assassinate.

Tidehunter 1,568 matches

−1.3%

WhyTidehunter loses the laning stage against Jakiro's heavy ranged magical damage and slows from Dual Breath, which bypass Kraken Shell's physical damage block. His advantage arrives later in teamfights, where taking Jakiro's sustained damage readily triggers Blubber to strongly dispel disables like Ice Path and movement slows. Tidehunter can then easily lock down and collapse on Jakiro using Ravage and Dead in the Water.

Nature's Prophet 2,786 matches

−1.3%

WhyAlthough the lane is roughly even, Nature's Prophet gains the advantage beyond the laning stage by exploiting Jakiro's lack of mobility with Sprout, which traps him in place and empowers Curse of the Oldgrowth to deal heavy damage over time and slow him. Additionally, Teleportation allows Nature's Prophet to exert global map pressure that Jakiro cannot readily answer with his stationary area-of-effect spells like Macropyre.

Rubick 5,175 matches

−1.2%

WhyWhile the laning stage between them is roughly even, Rubick gains a significant advantage in teamfights by using Spell Steal to easily snatch Jakiro's high-impact area abilities like Ice Path and Macropyre. Through Arcane Supremacy, Rubick casts these stolen spells from safer ranges with enhanced potency, while making the stolen stuns and debuffs last longer against Jakiro's team. Furthermore, Telekinesis allows Rubick to instantly reposition and disable Jakiro before he can safely deploy his long-range spells.

Dawnbreaker 1,905 matches

+1.7%

WhyAlthough the lane is roughly even, Jakiro excels at countering Dawnbreaker's predictable positioning in teamfights. Solar Guardian's fixed landing zone allows Jakiro to reliably set up Ice Path and lay down Macropyre to immediately stun and burn her upon arrival. Additionally, Liquid Fire's attack speed slow severely reduces how frequently Dawnbreaker can trigger Luminosity critical strikes and heals.

Axe 3,107 matches

+1.5%

WhyWhile the lane between them is roughly even, Jakiro gains his advantage in teamfights by keeping the melee initiator locked down from long range. Spells like Dual Breath and Liquid Frost severely reduce Axe's movement speed to prevent clean initiations, while Ice Path and Macropyre lay down heavy area damage and crowd control when Axe attempts to commit with Berserker's Call.

Dark Willow 1,486 matches

+1.3%

WhyWhile the laning stage is roughly even, Jakiro troubles Dark Willow in teamfights because his entire arsenal relies on ground-targeted area-of-effect spells rather than direct unit targeting. Spells like Ice Path, Dual Breath, and Macropyre can easily stun, slow, and burn Dark Willow even while she is untargetable inside Shadow Realm.

Shadow Shaman 2,934 matches

+1.2%

WhyJakiro can easily interrupt Shadow Shaman's channeled Shackles from long range using Ice Path. Furthermore, his persistent damage over time from Dual Breath and Macropyre reliably finishes off Shadow Shaman as soon as the brief damage immunity from Fowl Play ends. Because the lane is roughly even, this control and area denial provide an advantage in teamfights throughout the mid and late game.