Jinx tips?

Arakadia·May 21, 2016·3 votes·1,180 views

Buids, gameplay, all that. I'm lv4 with her but want some more advanced and helpful tips.

21 Comments

Stained SpearMay 21, 20163 votes

FIRE DEM ROCKETS

The Great DivideMay 26, 20161 votes

This may be a joke, but it's honestly all you really need to do. You get AoE 110% dmg autoattacks that can crit in an AoE. Just sit back and spam these, that's it. They even gave you an AoE snare, because why not. Just survive the laning phase (not that hard: don't push too much), and you're golden - especially if you have a good peel support.

foinhasMay 21, 20161 votes

build IE as soon as possible. Her Q is so broken she only needs AD+crit to do her stuff

1ManchesterMay 21, 20162 votes

Not exactly . The thing you want to do with Jinx is build BF Sword into Zeal than tou can choose between finishing the Zeal item which is Ruunans hurricane or finishing Infinity edge first . What I usually build and is very succesful is Infinity Edge into ruunans hurricane the third you should buy swiftnes boots (because with the base speed buff and scaling nerf you dont need the extra attack speed from berksgreaves and swiftnes are cheaper and offer nice stats) the forth item you should build is always another crit +as item which for me the best is rapid firecannon ..the fifth item you either build bloodthirster for more sustain (sometimes you can build it before rapid firecannon if you are fed ) or you build one of last whisper item if they have 2 ore more champions that have build armor . If they have only top laner with armor the best is bloodthirster . Also for the last item you should always choose a defensive item . No need to rush full dmg as Jinx is so squishy and already deals a ton of dmg late game with 80 crit and 50 % bonus dmg from IE . The choose of defensive item is usually your choice and depend on their team comp but however I recommend Banshes because their ap midlaner which late game is scary cant one shot you and you should be able to abuse its passive . At late game everybody in a teamfight will look to attack you and the banshes passive will protect you from someone jumping in front of you or from some cc .

1ManchesterMay 21, 20162 votes

Gameplay . Early game you should always be looking to farm and harras . Unless you are absolutely sure in yours and your support ablilites yo should never go all in . Always wait for jungle ganks and harras foth rockets (with the speed buff noe should be simplier ) Jinx is weak early game and loses most matchups especially if they have hard Cc champions. If your support go all in dont always chase him but instead stay behind and poke while the supp take all the dmg ..what happens in these cases is that both supp end with same hp bar . So in the laning phase wait to gain advantage from either jungle ganks or good support synergy and bad from them . If you end laning phase 1 or 2 kills behind enemy adc it is relatively good . Mid game by minute 20 where you have finished IE + runans hurricane you should go mid and look for objective contest like mid tower dragon ect . At this point you are really strong and can completely win a teamfight . You can either stay in front and poke or if they have hard cc or someone like pantheone malph ect stay behind and look for positioning . Teamfights is where Jinx exels at and with 2 item powerspike splash dmg from rocket and ruunans you will surely get a kill or 2 . So mid game stay with your team and look for objectives . Mid to late though is all about teamfight and tou should never go alone and always look your positioning . When teamfight start stay behind your tanks throw chompers so no one targets you and start autoattacking . There is no need to go for their carries and risk your positioning always autoattack everyone that is in front of you . Jinx will shred tanks and once you get a kill or assist you will shred everyone . There is a lot i have said about positioning but Jinx is all about that . I hope I helped you or you learned about something and ask me for any other questions . I am a Jinx main and the last 50 games I have more than 65 % winrate with her ..and I also went in a 11 game win streak (even though i am silver) ..Also sorry for my english its not my mother language

foinhasMay 21, 20161 votes

Jinx is weak early game and loses most matchups especially if they have hard Cc champions

Actually, it's the other way around. Jinx is STRONG early game and WINS most matchups especially if she has hard CC champion (as a support).

http://champion.gg/champion/Jinx

1ManchesterMay 22, 20162 votes

Yeah you are right . I have 90% win rate with Jinx and Leona as support but only because she has so hard cc the enemy adc cant attack also she has quiet high dmg landing the full combo that helps Jinx . I said if enemy has hard CC champion she loses the lane and if Jinx has hard CC champions as supp she possibly win the lane hard . But by no meams she can win most matchups for example Lucian has mobility and can most of the trades with his passive and abilities , Caitlyn has higher range and is a lane bully as you know , Kalista is one of the strongest Adc early game, Draven can outdamge Jin if he is good but it is quiet difficult , high burst support like annie morgana zyra ect can make a hard time for Jinx (you should never underestimate support dmg early game as they have equal or more dmg than you ) . And also Jinx is WEAK early game and you can ask anyone about that . I have heard everybody talking about Jinx including experts saying Jinx laning phase is weak or if you play good can go even . That doesnt mean she can not win lane though . She can easily go even in lane but she cant win trades unless you have a good support and it all depens on support not you . You get her powerspike with two items that are IE and runans and this is mid game . If you have fought in a teamfight with jinx around minute 10-15 you will feel that your dmg is low .

EMetaMay 22, 20161 votes

I was going to post, but you covered it all...

One thing to add, in lane your opponents usually stay just outside of your rocket range, but they often are close enough to some minions in your range who you can hit for the splash. This harass is generally safer and more mana efficient than poking with your W.

1ManchesterMay 22, 20161 votes

Thank you. Yeah usually when I play most ADC underestimate the splash dmg from her rockets and thats how I usually poke them . This way I can farm and poke . With the buff changes her early is much better now bcs before if you poked them with rockets they might usually go all in with their support and you had to change to minigun which lost you 1 or 2 sec of dmg or immediately go back and take some free dmg. Now with the new speed you can poke easily .

ArakadiaMay 21, 20161 votes

I dont like IE first as you dont crit often, so you wont get the passive much. I go Runaans>IE>RapidFire>Bloodthirster>guardian angel. Someone between runaans and IE I get boots. I'll make sure to get boots of swiftness instead of beserkers greaves, thanks.

1ManchesterMay 22, 20161 votes

I also like to build runaans first because it is cheaper and i usually have the gold to finish it after the zeal item . I reccomend you to buy bf sword first and than zeal and than finish the runaans if you dont do so already.

MunchCrunchLunchMay 22, 20161 votes

I build essence reaver on her but thats just me. am not great at jinx but i don't see a reason why ER isn't good on her at all. she doesn't need 2 AS items like most ad carries because of her passive. especially now that her Q scale well with base as rather than bonus. runes and runnans is enough AS. leaves room from crit ad item.

1ManchesterMay 22, 20161 votes

Normally you should build IE and ruunans first for the crit and 50% bonus dmg . By the time you start the 3rd item which is ER you are mod game at about 20-25 min or so . At this point Jinx doesnt have mana problems by firing her Q to profit from its passive and even though Ad and crit are very good at Jinx its high cost and not so good passive are not worth it when you can buy rapid firecannon and profit much more from it . Or you can even buy bloodthirster which gives you more AD and sustain . It might be a very good build though and I have tried to build this way but its high cost dont let me do it .

ArakadiaMay 22, 20161 votes

ER ain't bad, but mana problems aren't that bad mid game.

MunchCrunchLunchMay 22, 20161 votes

thats why i buy it as first item. cdr is nice too.

spombjopMay 22, 20161 votes

safe farm till level 6 and then just ult low hp people, gj u're pro

1ManchesterMay 22, 20161 votes

Tell that to the commenter above who says Jinx early game is strong

RIP ResonanceMay 22, 20161 votes

Don't play Jinx.

If I were to play Jinx, I'd rush BF into PD. Your champion doesn't have reliable mobility and you're gonna need some way to survive the inevitable turret dive.

1ManchesterMay 22, 20161 votes

No . Never build PD on Jinx . Runaans hurricane into IE and Jinx is a teamfight killing monster . Also she is not so weak as you can either decide to safe farm or push the wave with rockets so you can sit safe and avoid turret dive

RIP ResonanceMay 22, 20161 votes

Do you not realize how good PD is on ADC's?

1ManchesterMay 22, 20161 votes

What ? There are ADC with 1vs1 potential like vayne or lucian or graves which could really use the 12 % reduced dmg but never Jinx . She should not fight 1vs 1 with anyone she is picked for teamfight potential amd runaas is totally 100% better with aoe dmg from rockets . If you love PD so much you can build it 3rd item and pick it instead of tapid firecannon . However im not a big fan of PD and dont agree with you . It is your opinion to experiment though but I dont recommend it . I was a big fan of PD too but when I build it I didnt profit as much from it .