ADC Matchup

Smolder vs Jinx

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Smolder

Smolder

the Fiery Fledgling
ADC
Smolder ADC Overall Win Rate
51.59%

Matchup Win Rate

51.9%
Smolder vs Jinx Wins
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48.1%
Jinx vs Smolder Wins
Jinx

Jinx

the Loose Cannon
ADC
Jinx ADC Overall Win Rate
51.10%

Smolder vs Jinx - ADC Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Smolder ADC vs Jinx ADC - Who is stronger?

Smolder ADC has an advantage against Jinx (51.9% win rate) based on 3758 games. The matchup leans toward Smolder.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Smolder ADC vs Jinx ADC in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 69.0% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Smolder (10.8% pick rate, 8th most popular out of 30 ADC champions) versus Jinx (11.5%, 6th place). These two bot lane titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Even tiers, uneven results: Both champions sit at A+-tier, but Smolder claims a meaningful 51.9% vs 48.1% advantage. Smolder's kit synergizes better in this specific head-to-head matchup. Optimize for consistency: Arcane Comet paired with Manaflow Band (60.9% win rate, 1.5% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Essence Reaver > Spear of Shojin > Infinity Edge with Ionian Boots of Lucidity delivers 69.0% win rate against Jinx.

Win through macro: Smolder takes the matchup (51.92%) despite falling behind in CS (6.79 vs 7.51/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Complete superiority: Smolder dominates both win rate (51.9%) and damage output (998 vs 708/min, 2nd among ADC). The 290 damage/min difference creates massive snowball potential. Statistical dominance: Smolder leads in both matchup win rate (51.9%) and KDA (2.40 vs 2.30) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Smolder vs Jinx - ADC Stats Comparison

Smolder ADC
Smolder ADC		Versus
Jinx ADC
Jinx ADC
A+TierA+
51.9%Matchup Winrate48.1%
51.59%Role Winrate51.10%
#10Winrate Rank#12
10.8%Pickrate11.5%
2.4Average KDA2.3
446Gold per Minute439
6.79CS/Min7.51
0.33Wards per Minute0.29
998Damage per Minute708

How to Beat Jinx as Smolder (ADC)

While statistically Smolder is slightly stronger than Jinx as ADC, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

Except for rare builds, Smolder deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Jinx deals mainly physical damage (93.31%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Jinx, ranking 5th (versus 14th for Smolder) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.3 versus 2.4) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Smolder ADC versus Jinx ADC matchup

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

Smolder vs Jinx: ADC Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Barrier
Barrier Gain a brief Shield.
52.1% Win Rate88.4% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
66.7% Win Rate0.1% Pick Rate

Smolder vs Jinx: ADC Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack is Energized

Energized attacks heal you for 10 - 130 (+0.1 Bonus AD, +0.05 AP) and grant 20% Move Speed for 1s.

For Ranged Champions, Healing is 60% effective and Move Speed is 75% effective. All healing is 15% effective against Minions.

Fleet Footwork

Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack is EnergizedEn…

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…

Cut Down
Cut Down Deal 8% more damage to champions who have more than 60% health.

Cut Down

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have more than 60% health.

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

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

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

51.6% Win Rate49.9% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet is on cooldown, reduces its remaining cooldown.

Adaptive Damage: 30 - 130 based on level (+0.05 AP and +0.1 bonus AD)
Cooldown: 20 - 8s

Cooldown Reduction:
Single Target: 20%.
Area of Effect: 10%.
Damage over Time: 5%.

Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet …

Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Transcendence
Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Precision
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: Haste
Legend: Haste Gain 1.5 basic ability haste 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: Haste

Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…

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

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

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

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

60.9% Win Rate1.5% Pick Rate

Smolder vs Jinx: 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.
50.3% Win Rate92.9% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
52.0% Win Rate63.9% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
51.9% Win Rate26.3% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
46.9% Win Rate2.6% Pick Rate
Core Build
Pickaxe
Pickaxe (875 gold) 25 Attack Damage
->
Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
25% Critical Strike Chance
Essence Drain
Attacks grant ManaOn-Hit.
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
450 Health
Dragonforce
Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.
Focused Will
Dealing damage with Abilities increases your Champion's Ability and Passive damage by 3% for 6 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
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.
53.6% Win Rate20.3% Pick Rate
Final Build
Bloodthirster
Bloodthirster (3400 gold) 80 Attack Damage
15% Life Steal
Ichorshield
Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a Shield.
54.1% Win Rate20.3% 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.
73.7% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
62.3% Win Rate1.3% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
52.0% Win Rate63.9% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
51.9% Win Rate26.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Caulfield's Warhammer
Caulfield's Warhammer (1050 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Ability Haste
->
Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
25% Critical Strike Chance
Essence Drain
Attacks grant ManaOn-Hit.
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
450 Health
Dragonforce
Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.
Focused Will
Dealing damage with Abilities increases your Champion's Ability and Passive damage by 3% for 6 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage
69.0% Win Rate3.9% Pick Rate
Final Build
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius (3100 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
40 Magic Resist
Lifeline
Taking magic damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a magic damage Shield for 3 seconds and 10% Omnivamp until end of combat.
74.2% Win Rate2.6% Pick Rate
Other Items
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance
55.9% Win Rate18.5% Pick Rate
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.
62.6% Win Rate17.4% Pick Rate
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage
52.9% Win Rate9.1% Pick Rate
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
42.6% Win Rate7.5% 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.
57.7% 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.
65.5% Win Rate2.6% Pick Rate
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius (3100 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
40 Magic Resist
Lifeline
Taking magic damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a magic damage Shield for 3 seconds and 10% Omnivamp until end of combat.
74.2% Win Rate2.6% Pick Rate

Smolder vs Jinx: ADC Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Super Scorcher Breath Smolder breathes fire on an enemy. As he gains more stacks, this ability becomes more powerful.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Achooo! Smolder lets out an adorable flaming sneeze that explodes when hitting enemy champions.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Flap, Flap, Flap Smolder takes flight ignoring terrain and bombarding the lowest health enemy.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
MMOOOMMMM! Smolder calls his mom to breath fire from above, dealing extra damage and slowing enemies in the center of her fire.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
49.3% Win Rate71.4% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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R
Q
Super Scorcher Breath Smolder breathes fire on an enemy. As he gains more stacks, this ability becomes more powerful.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Achooo! Smolder lets out an adorable flaming sneeze that explodes when hitting enemy champions.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Flap, Flap, Flap Smolder takes flight ignoring terrain and bombarding the lowest health enemy.
E
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E
R
R
MMOOOMMMM! Smolder calls his mom to breath fire from above, dealing extra damage and slowing enemies in the center of her fire.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
73.9% Win Rate1.1% Pick Rate

Smolder tips:

  • Smolder has a vulnerable early game. Focus on passive stacking and staying alive to become a strong dragon later!
  • Smolder relies on his team to keep him safe. Try to find allies who can help you against enemy threats.
  • Smolder can do a lot of damage to areas of enemies. Look for attack opportunities where the enemies are close together.

Playing Against Jinx

  • Jinx's minigun takes time to ramp up. If you see her poking with rockets try to jump on her and burst her down.
  • Jinx's ultimate does less damage the closer you are to her.
  • Jinx's snare grenades have a long cooldown and are her primary means of protecting herself. If she misses with them she will have a hard time escaping if engaged upon.

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Nilah

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Smolder
+3.8%
Corki

Smolder vs Corki

Smolder
+3.7%
Kalista

Smolder vs Kalista

Smolder
+3.6%
Xayah

Smolder vs Xayah

Smolder
+2.7%
Kog'Maw

Smolder vs Kog'Maw

Smolder
+2.6%
Samira

Smolder vs Samira

Smolder
+2.2%
Vayne

Smolder vs Vayne

Smolder
+2.1%
Twitch

Smolder vs Twitch

Smolder
+2.0%
Ashe

Smolder vs Ashe

Smolder
+2.0%
Yunara

Smolder vs Yunara

Smolder
+2.0%
Caitlyn

Smolder vs Caitlyn

Smolder
+1.8%
Varus

Smolder vs Varus

Smolder
+1.6%
Ezreal

Smolder vs Ezreal

Smolder
+1.5%
Lucian

Smolder vs Lucian

Smolder
+1.3%
Zeri

Smolder vs Zeri

Smolder
+1.3%
Miss Fortune

Smolder vs Miss Fortune

Smolder
+1.3%
Kai'Sa

Smolder vs Kai'Sa

Smolder
+1.3%
Sivir

Smolder vs Sivir

Smolder
+1.2%
Draven

Smolder vs Draven

Smolder
+0.4%
Senna

Smolder vs Senna

Smolder
-1.1%
Aphelios

Smolder vs Aphelios

Smolder
-1.2%
Jhin

Smolder vs Jhin

Smolder
-1.4%
Tristana

Smolder vs Tristana

Smolder
-2.0%
Ziggs

Smolder vs Ziggs