Support · Normal DraftMatchup guidePatch 16.20.1
Build, runes, abilities and practical pre-game checks in one queue-aware reference.
VS
Role fit
SupportJinxJinx is normally played Bot and does not currently have a reviewed Support route. Support usually needs useful engage, peel or utility while operating on low gold income. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.
These patches track recommendation review, build validation and item lookup separately. Updating item data does not complete a build review.
Unreviewed route
Jinx is normally played Bot and does not currently have a reviewed Support route. Support usually needs useful engage, peel or utility while operating on low gold income. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.
A different lane's items are not relabelled as correct. Role income, map access and starting rules can change the whole purchase order.
Champion guide BotRunes and summoner spells
A marksman Support still operates on reduced income. Fleet supports short trades and retreat timing; Heal keeps the shared lane safer.
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity
Cut Down
Inspiration
Biscuit Delivery
Approach Velocity
Flash
HealCheck which defensive spell the Bot partner selected before duplicating Heal, Barrier or Exhaust.
Exhaust answers a committed damage dealer; Ignite adds pressure and anti-heal; Heal protects both nearby partners.
Matchup notes
Track the cooldown and range of the ability that starts their safest trade. Do not treat this page as a statistical counter claim.
Keep Vex visible before committing. The second Bot-lane champion and nearby Jungler can change whether the same engage is safe.
Ability reference
Ability reference Data Dragon 16.20.1
Cooldown (s) / Cost / Listed range (units) Data Dragon 16.20.1
Jinx receives massively increased Move Speed and Attack Speed whenever she helps kill or destroy an enemy champions epic jungle monster, or structure.
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.
Cooldown (s) 0.9 · Cost 20 · Listed range (units) 600Jinx uses Zapper, her shock pistol, to fire a blast that deals damage to the first enemy hit, slowing and revealing it.
Cooldown (s) 8/7/6/5/4 · Cost 40/45/50/55/60 · Listed range (units) 1450Jinx 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.
Cooldown (s) 24/20.5/17/13.5/10 · Cost 90 · Listed range (units) 925Jinx 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.
The exported range is not a verified gameplay distance. Check the current ability tooltip.
Cooldown (s) 85/65/45 · Cost 100Vex periodically becomes empowered, causing her next basic Ability to fear enemies and interrupt dashes. Whenever a nearby enemy dashes, Vex applies a mark that can be consumed for bonus damage that also reduces the cooldown of her empowered state.
Launch a damaging missile that accelerates mid-flight.
Cooldown (s) 8/7/6/5/4 · Cost 45/50/55/60/65 · Listed range (units) 1200Gain a shield and damage nearby enemies.
Cooldown (s) 16/15/14/13/12 · Cost 75 · Listed range (units) 475Summon a damaging and slowing zone that applies Gloom to enemies.
Cooldown (s) 12 · Cost 70/80/90/100/110 · Listed range (units) 800Fire a missile that marks an enemy champion. Recast to dash to them and deal damage.
Cooldown (s) 140/120/100 · Cost 100 · Listed range (units) 2000/2500/3000Adapt the plan
Judge the whole lane or map state, not only personal kills. Choose the situation closest to the current game.
Keep the wave where your Support and Jungler can protect you. Use rocket range to deny last hits, but do not stand beyond your vision merely because the lane is winning.
Arrive early, build minigun speed on the objective and keep Flame Chompers! for the route enemies must use to enter.
Hit the nearest safe target until Get Excited! triggers. Spend the reset on better positioning before deciding whether a chase is safe.
Match the wave without draining all of your mana through rockets. Swap to Pow-Pow when a target can be attacked safely for several hits.
Move with allies rather than entering river alone. Your first takedown or structure can change an ordinary fight into Jinx's strongest moment.
Preserve distance and attack the closest reachable threat. A glamorous back-line target is not worth crossing enemy control to reach.
Collect waves from rocket range and let unsafe minions go. Keep traps for the enemy engage or tower dive rather than using them for hopeful damage.
Trade an uncontestable objective for farm, vision or a structure elsewhere. Walking late into darkness usually increases the deficit.
Stay beside peel and wait for an opponent to overextend. Super Mega Death Rocket! is a finisher or cross-map contribution, not a reason to stop farming repeatedly.
Pings, movement and objectives
Turn information into a shared decision. Move with an ally and preserve the tool that makes the next fight safe.
Pings create a shared plan; they do not replace checking waves, vision and who can move.
Around a minute before Dragon, ping the plan, spend gold if needed and make sure Bot and Mid know whether they can move.
Walk with the Jungler or another ally. Sweep one route, place useful entrance vision and never face-check alone.
Check nearby waves and enemy positions. Hold the spell that either starts a reachable fight or protects your main damage dealer.
Keep enemies away from the safe entrance, mark the reachable threat and avoid chasing so far that Dragon is left unprotected.
Later objectives: Use the same pattern for Rift Herald or Baron: communicate first, move through controlled vision with an ally, then choose engage or peel before the fight begins.
Keep preparing
The matchup page is a pre-game reference. It does not predict the result or alter its recommendation from changing live match data.