01 / Jinx
At a glance
Learn Jinx abilities and prepare your first games. Find builds for each supported role.
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Strengths & weaknesses
Tools to play around
- Switcheroo!Contributes damage to the champion’s rotation.
- Flame Chompers!Creates a control window for a follow-up.
What can go wrong
- Switcheroo!Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
- Flame Chompers!Use this control to create a follow-up window. Check the target’s defensive spells and your teammates’ range before committing.
- A completed combo is only useful when your position, resources and follow-up are safe.
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Abilities & tips
Open an ability to read its effect and a practical use tip.
PGet Excited!
Jinx receives massively increased Move Speed and Attack Speed whenever she helps kill or destroy an enemy champions epic jungle monster, or structure.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
QSwitcheroo!
Jinx modifies her basic attacks by swapping between Pow-Pow, her minigun and Fishbones, her rocket launcher. Attacks with Pow-Pow grant Attack Speed, while attacks with Fishbones deal area of effect damage, gain increased range, but drain Mana and attack slower.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
WZap!
Jinx uses Zapper, her shock pistol, to fire a blast that deals damage to the first enemy hit, slowing and revealing it.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
EFlame Chompers!
Jinx throws out a line of snare grenades that explode after 5 seconds, lighting enemies on fire. Flame Chompers will bite enemy champions who walk over them, rooting them in place.
Use this control to create a follow-up window. Check the target’s defensive spells and your teammates’ range before committing.
RSuper Mega Death Rocket!
Jinx fires a super rocket across the map that gains damage as it travels. The rocket will explode upon colliding with an enemy champion, dealing damage to it and surrounding enemies based on their missing Health.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
Jinx combos: execution and timing
AA = basic attack · EAA = empowered attack · 1/2/3 = cast stage. Follow the order, not instant key presses.
Follow up with Flame Chompers!
- E
- W
- AA
- AA
With Jinx, start with Flame Chompers!, then continue through Zap! → Basic attack → Basic attack. Allow Flame Chompers! to arm or take effect. Place it where the enemy needs to move; do not assume a freshly placed trap has already stopped them.
Follow up with Zap!
- W
- E
- Q
- AA
- AA
- AA
With Jinx, start with Zap!, then continue through Flame Chompers! → Switcheroo! → Basic attack → Basic attack → Basic attack. Allow Flame Chompers! to arm or take effect. Place it where the enemy needs to move; do not assume a freshly placed trap has already stopped them.
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Game plan by role
Jinx · Bot
Coordinate trades with your support and keep last hits consistent. Stand where you can attack without stepping into both enemy players’ threat range.
Collect safe farm while staying close enough to join your team. Check the map before crossing an exposed side lane for one more wave.
Keep dealing damage to an accessible target while tracking enemy engage tools. A safer sustained position is often better than chasing a distant carry.
Before your next fight, check: Switcheroo! · Super Mega Death Rocket! · Combos
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Matchup preparation
Compare opponents in the build for the role you are actually playing. Then check their key control, escape and defensive spells before choosing your trade.
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Practice checklist
- Cast each ability alone and identify its range, target conditions and stopping point.
- Practise the first sequence slowly. Repeat it while moving, without skipping the conditions shown on its card.
- After each attempt, identify the spell you would still have available to defend or retreat.
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Jinx · Builds & runes
Choose a role, then select your rank on the build page for runes, items, skill order and matchup statistics.