ADC Matchup

Jinx vs Smolder

Patch: 15.16 (25.16)
League: Platinum+
Jinx

Jinx

the Loose Cannon
ADC
Jinx ADC Overall Win Rate
51.44%

Matchup Win Rate

52.3%
Jinx vs Smolder Wins
47.7%
Smolder vs Jinx Wins
Smolder

Smolder

the Fiery Fledgling
ADC
Smolder ADC Overall Win Rate
52.10%

Jinx vs Smolder - ADC Matchup Guide Patch 15.16 (25.16)

Jinx ADC vs Smolder ADC - Who is stronger?

Jinx ADC has an advantage against Smolder (52.3% win rate) based on 3758 games. The matchup leans toward Jinx.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Jinx ADC vs Smolder ADC in patch 15.16 (25.16), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 72.7% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Jinx (12.0% pick rate, 4th most popular out of 30 ADC champions) versus Smolder (9.4%, 9th place). These two bot lane titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Optimize for consistency: Lethal Tempo paired with Presence of Mind (53.5% win rate, 1.8% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Kraken Slayer > Runaan's Hurricane > Infinity Edge with Berserker's Greaves delivers 72.7% win rate against Smolder.

Win through macro: Jinx takes the matchup (52.26%) despite falling behind in CS (7.79 vs 8.20/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Quality over quantity: Jinx wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (759 vs 1003/min), the 52.3% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Intriguing anomaly: Jinx wins the matchup (52.3%) despite a lower KDA (2.30 vs 2.40). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.

Jinx vs Smolder - ADC Stats Comparison

Jinx ADC
Jinx ADC
Versus
Smolder ADC
Smolder ADC
A+TierS
52.3%Matchup Winrate47.7%
51.44%Role Winrate52.10%
#10Winrate Rank#8
12.0%Pickrate9.4%
2.3Average KDA2.4
434Gold per Minute451
7.79CS/Min8.20
0.31Wards per Minute0.31
759Damage per Minute1003

How to Beat Smolder as Jinx (ADC)

The Jinx versus Smolder matchup as ADC is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

Except for rare builds, Jinx deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Smolder deals mainly physical damage (73.39%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Smolder, ranking 2nd (versus 5th for Jinx) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.4 versus 2.3) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Jinx ADC versus Smolder ADC matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Jinx player to maintain constant pressure on Smolder, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Jinx vs Smolder: ADC Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Barrier
Barrier Gain a brief Shield.
49.2% Win Rate85.1% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
74.8% Win Rate0.2% Pick Rate

Jinx vs Smolder: ADC Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, deal [9 - 30 Melee || 6 - 24 Ranged] bonus adaptive damage On-Attack, increased by 1% per 1% Bonus Attack Speed.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds…

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Bloodline
Legend: Bloodline Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend stacks, gain 85 max health.

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Bloodline

Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Absolute Focus
Absolute Focus While above 70% health, gain an adaptive bonus of up to 18 Attack Damage or 30 Ability Power (based on level).

Grants 1.8 Attack Damage or 3 Ability Power at level 1.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain an adaptive bonus of up to 18 Attack Damage or 30 …

Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm Every 10 min gain AP or AD, adaptive.

10 min: + 8 AP or 5 AD
20 min: + 24 AP or 14 AD
30 min: + 48 AP or 29 AD
40 min: + 80 AP or 48 AD
50 min: + 120 AP or 72 AD
60 min: + 168 AP or 101 AD
etc...

Gathering Storm

Every 10 min gain AP or AD, adaptive.10 min: + 8 AP or 5 AD 20 min: + 24 AP or …

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

49.2% Win Rate88.5% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, deal [9 - 30 Melee || 6 - 24 Ranged] bonus adaptive damage On-Attack, increased by 1% per 1% Bonus Attack Speed.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds…

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Domination
Taste of Blood
Taste of Blood Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) health (based on level)

Cooldown: 20s

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP)…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

53.5% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate

Jinx vs Smolder: ADC Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal

Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
48.6% Win Rate95.9% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed

49.7% Win Rate95.1% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
61.4% Win Rate1.2% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
53.6% Win Rate0.5% Pick Rate
Core Build
B. F. Sword
B. F. Sword (1300 gold) 40 Attack Damage
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Yun Tal Wildarrows
Yun Tal Wildarrows (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
35% Attack Speed
0% Critical Strike Chance

Practice Makes Lethal
On-Attack, gain Critical Strike Chance permanently up to 25%.
Flurry
On-Attacking an enemy champion, gain 30% Attack Speed for 6 seconds (30 second cooldown).
Attacks reduce this cooldown by 1 second, increased to 2 seconds for Critical Strikes.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage

Runaan's Hurricane
Runaan's Hurricane (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Wind's Fury
Attacks fire bolts at 2 additional enemies near the target.
Each bolt deals physical damage and applies On-Hit effects.
59.5% Win Rate16.6% Pick Rate
Final Build
Bloodthirster
Bloodthirster (3400 gold) 80 Attack Damage
15% Life Steal

Ichorshield
Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a Shield.
46.0% Win Rate24.4% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Long Sword
Long Sword (350 gold) 10 Attack Damage
Refillable Potion
Refillable Potion (150 gold) Active (2 charges)
Restores 100 Health over 12 seconds.
Refills upon visiting the shop.
58.9% Win Rate0.4% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
61.4% Win Rate1.2% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
53.6% Win Rate0.5% Pick Rate
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed

49.7% Win Rate95.1% Pick Rate
Core Build
Hearthbound Axe
Hearthbound Axe (1200 gold) 20 Attack Damage
20% Attack Speed

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Kraken Slayer
Kraken Slayer (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
40% Attack Speed
4% Move Speed

Bring It Down
Every third Attack deals bonus physical damageOn-Hit, increased based on their missing Health.
Runaan's Hurricane
Runaan's Hurricane (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Wind's Fury
Attacks fire bolts at 2 additional enemies near the target.
Each bolt deals physical damage and applies On-Hit effects.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage

72.7% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate
Final Build
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

64.9% Win Rate10.0% Pick Rate
Other Items
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor

Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
64.7% Win Rate20.9% Pick Rate
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

64.9% Win Rate10.0% Pick Rate
Mortal Reminder
Mortal Reminder (3300 gold) 35 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

Grievous Wounds
Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
36.9% Win Rate6.5% Pick Rate
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Sharpshooter
Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
52.7% Win Rate5.2% Pick Rate
Mercurial Scimitar
Mercurial Scimitar (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
40 Magic Resist
10% Life Steal


ACTIVE
Quicksilver
Removes all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne) and grants Move Speed.
43.0% Win Rate4.2% Pick Rate
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
25% Attack Speed
10% Life Steal

Mist's Edge
Attacks deal a percentage of enemy's current Health as bonus physical damageOn-Hit.
Clawing Shadows
Attacking a champion 3 times Slows them by 30% for 1 second.
63.4% Win Rate3.8% Pick Rate
Phantom Dancer
Phantom Dancer (2650 gold) 60% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
8% Move Speed

Spectral Waltz
Become Ghosted.
38.3% Win Rate3.5% Pick Rate

Jinx vs Smolder: ADC Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Switcheroo! 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.
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Zap! Jinx uses Zapper, her shock pistol, to fire a blast that deals damage to the first enemy hit, slowing and revealing it.
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W
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E
Flame 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.
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Super 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.
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R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
48.3% Win Rate75.1% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Q
Switcheroo! 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.
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Zap! Jinx uses Zapper, her shock pistol, to fire a blast that deals damage to the first enemy hit, slowing and revealing it.
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Flame 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.
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Super 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.
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R
Max Order: Q > W > E
78.7% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate

Jinx tips:

  • Rockets aren't always the best choice! Jinx's minigun is incredibly powerful when fully ramped up. Switch to it whenever an enemy champion gets too close.
  • Jinx's rockets deal full damage to all enemies in the explosion. Use them on minions in lane to hit nearby enemy champions without drawing minion aggro.
  • When a fight starts try to stay on the edge of fray by poking with rockets and Zap!. Do not run in and unload with the minigun until you feel it is safe.

Playing Against Smolder

  • Smolder relies on his team for safety. Attack him when his team can't save him.
  • Don't group up when facing Smolder!
  • Smolder is very vulnerable in the early stages. Try to take advantage of his weakness before he can learn how to be a dragon!
  • Smolders flight can be interrupted by hard CC and impacted by slows.