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Playing Against Jinx
BotPatch 16.2.1
What They Do
Late-game hypercarry that relies on resets. She uses rockets for long-range poke and AoE damage, then uses to snowball and kite through entire teams after a single takedown. She is highly immobile but possesses massive DPS if left unchecked.
Abilities (What to Watch For)
| Ability | What You'll See | What It Means For You |
|---|---|---|
| She glows with a trail of sparks and moves at extreme speed | Get Excited! triggers on champion kills, assists, or tower takedowns. It grants massive Move Speed and Attack Speed. Never fight her once she has a reset active. | |
| Swaps between a white minigun and a shark rocket launcher | Fishbones (Rockets) grants range and AoE damage but drains mana and attacks slower. Pow-Pow (Minigun) stacks Attack Speed for close-range DPS. Punish her when she is stuck in the slow-firing rocket animation. | |
| A long, thin red rectangular indicator followed by a blue zap | Zap! is a skillshot that deals high damage, slows, and reveals. It is blocked by the first enemy hit (including minions). Use your wave to hide from it. | |
| Three mechanical grenades biting on the ground | Flame Chompers! are root traps that take 0.7s to arm. They provide her only self-peel. If you walk over them, you are rooted for 1.5s, usually leading into a or follow-up. | |
| A massive, grinning rocket flying across the map | Super Mega Death Rocket! is a global execute. It deals more damage based on your missing health and gains damage based on distance traveled. It deals AoE damage to everyone near the primary target. |
Respect
- !snowball→A single assist from a cross-map can give her the speed to run down your entire lane. If she gets 'Excited', you must disengage immediately.
- !The follow-up→Jinx struggles to hit traps on her own. However, if her support lands any CC, she will layer underneath you for a 3+ second CC chain that is impossible to survive.
- !Fishbones range→With max points in , she outranges almost every ADC. She can poke you under your own tower with rockets without taking turret aggro if you stand too close to your minions.
- !Early execute→The base damage on her ultimate is low, but the missing health scaling is lethal. If you are below 20% HP, her rocket will kill you from across the map.
Punish
- +is on cooldown (24s-16s)→She has zero mobility or self-peel without her traps. When these are down, she is the most vulnerable target in the game for a hard engage or gank.
- +Mana pool is low→Each rocket costs mana. If she is forced to shove with rockets, she will quickly run out of mana, leaving her unable to use or to defend herself.
- +The 0.7s arm time→You can actually walk or dash through the traps immediately after she throws them before they snap open. Use this brief window to finish an all-in if she tries to peel herself mid-fight.
- +Fishbones (Rocket) wind-up→In the early game, her attack speed in rocket form is abysmal. If she tries to poke you with a rocket, trade back immediately; you will usually land two autos for every one of hers.
Laning Tips
- •Stand behind your minions to make impossible for her to land.
- •Avoid standing directly inside your minion wave when she is using rockets to prevent taking splash damage while she farms.
- •Jinx is very squishy and has no dash; pick high-burst or heavy-engage supports like Leona or Nautilus to farm her for gold.
- •If she starts the lane with rockets to shove, let her. She will deplete her mana pool by the third wave, giving you a massive resource advantage.
- •Keep the wave in the middle or toward your side; Jinx is extremely easy to gank if she has to walk past the river line.
- •Watch her mana bar specifically; many Jinx players forget that Fishbones drains mana per shot and will accidentally lock themselves out of using or .
Teamfight Warning
- ⚠Do not clump in chokepoints like the Dragon or Baron pit, as and AoE damage will hit everyone at once.
- ⚠Save your primary gap-closer or Flash for her ; if you get rooted in a teamfight, you are dead.
- ⚠Assassins must wait for to NOT be active. Trying to catch a Jinx who is already 'Excited' is nearly impossible due to the 150% decaying move speed.
- ⚠Focus her immediately. Jinx is a 'reset' champion; if she doesn't get a kill in the first 5 seconds of a fight, her DPS is manageable.
- ⚠If a teammate dies, the fight dynamic changes instantly. Switch to a defensive posture as she will use the speed to reposition and kite.
AI-generated counterplay guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached