# Jinx Counters, Matchups & Tips | Baron Buff See Jinx counters, hardest matchups, and tips to play against or draft around Jinx in League of Legends. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - Jinx ## Page Content Marksman · Hyper Carry · Bot Prepare for battle with Jinx — master their strengths and exploit their weaknesses before the game starts. ## Playstyle Profile Jinx is a backline carry — deals massive sustained damage from a safe position Teamfight Role Backline Carry Power Spike Late game Split Threat None Backline Access Low ## Jinx's Strengths - Massive sustained damage from safety — Jinx melts frontlines while positioned behind their team - Outscales most opponents — Jinx grows stronger every minute and takes over in extended games - Unmatched damage output — Jinx's raw DPS is devastating when positioned safely behind their team ## How to Play Jinx Champion-specific pre-match tips ### Lane Phase Swap to your rocket Q when enemies stand near their caster minions to hit them with splash damage while simultaneously pushing the wave. ### Lane Phase Cast your E directly under an enemy immediately after they are hit by hard CC to chain the root and guarantee your W lands. ### Lane Phase Stack your minigun Q fully on minions before walking forward to trade, ensuring you have maximum attack speed right as the fight begins. ### Mid Game Fire your ult at low-health targets in distant skirmishes to secure an assist and trigger your passive, instantly giving you the movement speed to rotate or push safely. ### Mid Game Rotate to siege active turrets with your team, as destroying a structure guarantees your passive triggers and gives you a massive mobility advantage for the ensuing fight. ### Mid Game Clear waves instantly by targeting the center melee minion with your rocket Q splash damage, then use the priority to move into the river before the enemy responds. ### Late Game Default to your rocket Q at maximum range when a late-game teamfight breaks out, only swapping to your minigun Q if an isolated target dives into your close range. ### Late Game Place your E directly on top of yourself when an enemy bruiser or assassin engages on you to force them to either walk through the root or path around it. ### Late Game Hold your ult until a priority target drops to low health, using the execute damage to guarantee your first passive reset and snowball the teamfight. For matchup-tailored tips, download Baron Buff's AI Coach & Companion App. ## Core Build Ranked from real ranked-match itemization We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher. - Infinity Edge — 3,500 - Berserker's Greaves (Boots) — 1,100 - Yun Tal Wildarrows — 3,100 - Mortal Reminder — 3,000 - Hexoptics C44 — 2,800 - Kraken Slayer — 3,000 total: 16,500 ## How to Counter Jinx Counter strategies and draft context dive the backline, deny farm early, or outpace their scaling with early aggression - Folds to direct pressure — Jinx relies on frontline protection and collapses when dived - Weak early game — Jinx needs time to scale and can be punished before hitting full power - Assassins that bypass the frontline - Hard-engage compositions that force fights early ### Jinx's Weaknesses - Dive-heavy enemy compositions — Jinx gets collapsed on without allied peel or frontline protection - Aggressive early compositions — Jinx falls behind before scaling when the enemy forces the pace early - Dive and assassination threats — Jinx has no mobility to escape and relies entirely on allied peel to survive ## Best Synergies with Jinx Team synergies and draft context - Peel supports and frontline tanks that protect Jinx — safe positioning unlocks their full damage potential - Waveclear and disengage allies that stall the game for Jinx's scaling — every minute makes them stronger - Peel supports that keep assassins and divers away from you - Engage tanks that create space for safe DPS positioning ### Draft Context - Lacks a frontline or peel — Jinx gets dove with no protection between them and the enemy - Drafts an aggressive early comp that can't protect Jinx through the scaling phase - Skips peel and shields — Jinx has no mobility and gets erased by assassins or divers ## Learning Curve [Based on 1.2M+ matches](https://baronbuff.com/blog/mastery_by_tier/) across all ranked elos, showing how Jinx's win rate changes with mastery level Jinx has exceptional depth — there is always something new to learn, with a straightforward learning process. Steady improvement comes over a moderate number of games. Skill Cap Very High Cost of Learning Medium Win Rate Delta by Mastery Mastery Level | Win Rate | 1-2 | 44.3% | 3-4 | 46.3% | 5-6 | 48.2% | 7-8 | 48.3% | 9-12 | 52.2% | 13-16 * | 52.8% | 17+ | 52.8% | [← Champions](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)