Jinx Build Guide with Best Runes, Items and Skill Order

By Hana Matsuda · Fact-checked by Desmond Ayodele · Published November 11, 2026

Jinx wins 51.24% of her Emerald+ games on Patch 26.22, according to U.GG, across 124,893 matches. That’s enough to keep her at S+ tier even after Riot Games nerfed her base stats in Patch 26.21. This guide covers the build behind that number, why each piece is there, and when to change the first item, keystone or fifth item based on the enemy team.

Best Jinx Build for Patch 26.22 (Quick Answer)

Take Lethal Tempo with Inspiration as your secondary tree, start Doran’s Blade, then rush Hexoptics C44, Berserker’s Greaves and Runaan’s Hurricane. Finish with Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik’s Regards. U.GG and Mobalytics both recommend this build for Emerald+ on Patch 26.22. Riot published the patch notes on November 3, 2026, and the patch went live on November 4.

Here’s how the main stat sites rate her on the current patch.

Source	Tier	Win rate	Pick rate	Ban rate	Matches
U.GG (ADC, Emerald+)	S+ (rank 16 of 38)	51.24%	10.8%	5.4%	124,893
Mobalytics (Bot, Emerald+)	Top recommended	51.5%	10.8%	5.1%	139,154
Metabot (all players, Patch 26.22)	Not tiered here	54.3%	6.5%	10.6%	Not stated

On U.GG, the recommended rune page alone shows a 51.53% win rate over 48,397 matches. That figure is a little above Jinx’s overall average, which is what you’d expect from the most-tested setup.

Runes and shards

Slot	Choice	Why
Keystone	Lethal Tempo	Builds attack speed as you hit champions, which suits her minigun ramp
Precision row 1	Presence of Mind	Refunds mana. Rocket autos cost 20 mana each
Precision row 2	Legend: Bloodline	Lifesteal that grows over the game, plus bonus health at full stacks
Precision row 3	Cut Down	More damage to high-health targets. Her R already finishes low-health ones
Inspiration	Cash Back	Gold back on legendary items, so your item spikes come sooner
Inspiration	Triple Tonic	Free elixir value as the game goes on
Shards	Attack speed, adaptive, health	Faster ramp-up and safer laning

Item order

Step	Item	Notes
Start	Doran’s Blade + Health Potion	Standard ADC start
1st	Hexoptics C44	3000 gold, 55 AD, 25% crit, damage that grows with distance
Boots	Berserker’s Greaves	Swap to Mercury’s Treads or Plated Steelcaps based on the enemy comp
2nd	Runaan’s Hurricane	Extra bolts hit nearby targets, giving you teamfight damage
3rd	Infinity Edge	Crit damage spike
4th	Lord Dominik’s Regards	Armor penetration. Use Mortal Reminder only if your team lacks anti-heal
5th	Situational	Guardian Angel, Mercurial Scimitar, Phantom Dancer or Bloodthirster

Skill order and level-up priority

Take Q at level 1, W at level 2 and E at level 3. Max Q first, then W, then E. Put points in R at 6, 11 and 16.

Q (Switcheroo!) is your main damage tool. It swaps between Pow-Pow, the minigun that gains attack speed as it keeps firing, and Fishbones, the rocket launcher that has more range and splash damage but costs 20 mana per shot. W (Zap!) is a long-range slow that also gives vision. E (Flame Chompers!) is a set of traps that root whoever steps on them. R (Super Mega Death Rocket!) flies across the map and deals more damage the farther it travels and the more health the target is missing.

Summoner spells

Flash plus Heal is the default for solo queue. Barrier is the swap when divers and assassins are focusing you. In pro play, Flash plus Barrier is the common pairing on Jinx, since Barrier helps her survive bursts when the team doesn’t peel for her.

Is Jinx Still Strong After the 26.21 Nerf?

Yes. She’s S+ on U.GG with a 51.24% Emerald+ win rate, Mobalytics has her at 51.5%, and Metabot shows 54.3% across a wider player base. The 26.21 nerf weakened her early lane. It didn’t touch her scaling, which is where Jinx wins most of her games.

Why do the sites disagree by three points? Metabot’s number covers a broader range of ranks. Its ban rate peaks in Silver, which tells you lower-rank players see her as a threat and that she wins more often there. U.GG and Mobalytics filter to Emerald+, where opponents punish her immobility more often. If you play in Emerald or above, trust the Emerald+ numbers.

What changed in 26.21

Patch 26.21 lowered Jinx’s base health from 630 to 610 and her AD growth from 3.25 to 3 per level. Riot said it wanted her to be harder to snowball. The change followed a Runaan’s Hurricane nerf one patch earlier, so Jinx players lost power twice in a row.

Losing 4.25 AD at level 18 is a small cut that’s easy to make up with items. The 20 lost HP matters more early, when one support engage or jungle gank decides the lane. In practice, you should look for even trades and safe farm before level 6, then let Hexoptics and Runaan’s carry your midgame.

Patch	Change	Effect on the build
26.4	Hexoptics C44 buffed (second buff since launch, now 55 AD; passive reworked to scale with distance)	Made Hexoptics a top first-item pick for long-range carries like Jinx
26.6	Hexoptics first at about 54.60% WR vs Yun Tal Wildarrows at 53.20% (Emerald+, Tapin.gg)	Confirmed Hexoptics as the leading rush
26.20	Runaan’s Hurricane nerfed	Lower teamfight damage from her second item
26.21	Jinx base HP 630 → 610, AD growth 3.25 → 3	Slower lane snowball. Core build unchanged
26.22	No Jinx balance change; Mayhem “Get Jinxed” fountain bug fixed	Build carries over as-is

Why sites show 26.22 or 16.22 for the same patch

Patch 26.22 and “Patch 16.22” are the same patch. Riot’s public patch names now follow the year (26.x in 2026). The game’s internal version string, which many stat sites read from Riot’s data files, continues the old numbering, so it shows 16.22. U.GG puts “Patch 26.22” next to a 16.22.1 asset version. Mobalytics and League of Graphs show 16.22. If a site says 16.22 in November 2026, it’s showing current data, not a build from years ago.

Solo queue vs pro play

Solo queue and pro play judge Jinx very differently. Solo queue rewards champions that punish uncoordinated opponents in late fights. Pro play rewards early pressure and lane priority. The pro section below covers her 2026 pro numbers and her one Worlds 2026 game.

First Item: Hexoptics C44 vs Yun Tal Wildarrows vs Kraken Slayer

Rush Hexoptics C44 in most games. Switch to Yun Tal Wildarrows when you can auto-attack freely against a squishy team. Buy Kraken Slayer first when the enemy has two or more tanks or bruisers.

That’s the question players ask most: “Hexoptics or Yun Tal first, which one do you actually build?” The rest of this section explains the answer.

When to rush Hexoptics C44

Hexoptics C44 costs 3000 gold and gives 55 Attack Damage and 25% Critical Strike Chance. Its passive adds bonus damage to basic attacks, and that damage grows with your distance from the target. The item launched with 50 AD. Riot has buffed it twice since, most recently in Patch 26.4, which also reworked the passive to scale with distance.

That passive is why Hexoptics suits Jinx. Fishbones extends her attack range, so she’s often attacking from farther away than any other carry on the map. In lane, a rocket auto from max range gets the most out of the passive. Against a long-range lane like Caitlyn, where you can’t always attack from max range, the item is still a solid stat stick.

A common question is whether Hexoptics only works in tank-heavy teamfights. It doesn’t. Its passive rewards range, not enemy health. Tank-heavy fights favour Kraken Slayer and Lord Dominik’s Regards, not Hexoptics.

When Yun Tal Wildarrows is better

Yun Tal Wildarrows suits games where you can attack nonstop. That usually means a peel support like Lulu or Braum, an enemy team with little dive, and a lane where you’re winning or even. Yun Tal pays off with time spent auto-attacking. Hexoptics pays off with distance.

Mobalytics lists Yun Tal as the second most popular Jinx build on Patch 26.22, at a 54.5% win rate. That’s above Hexoptics’ 53.2% over 72,582 matches. The next section explains why that gap doesn’t mean Yun Tal is the better rush.

Kraken Slayer into tanks

Kraken Slayer’s on-hit damage keeps working against enemies with a lot of health and armor. Crit items lose value there, because a single big hit barely dents a tank. Against two or more frontliners (say, an Ornn, a Sejuani and a bruiser top laner), Kraken first followed by Lord Dominik’s Regards early in the build deals more damage over a long fight.

Some players ask what replaced old on-hit items like Blade of the Ruined King on Jinx. In the current build, Kraken Slayer fills that role. It’s the on-hit choice for long fights against tanks, and the rest of the build stays crit.

Enemy comp or lane state	First item	Boots	Why
Standard comp, mixed threats	Hexoptics C44	Berserker’s Greaves	Most-played build with the deepest sample (53.2% over 72,582 matches)
Squishy enemy team, peel support, no dive	Yun Tal Wildarrows	Berserker’s Greaves	Rewards nonstop auto-attacking when you can stand still safely
Two or more tanks or bruisers	Kraken Slayer	Berserker’s Greaves	On-hit damage keeps working against high health and armor
Heavy crowd control (chains of stuns and roots)	Hexoptics C44	Mercury’s Treads	Tenacity shortens every lockdown
Heavy auto-attack damage (assassins, AD bruisers)	Hexoptics C44	Plated Steelcaps	Reduces incoming auto-attack damage
Losing lane hard, playing for late game	Hexoptics C44	Berserker’s Greaves	Range lets you farm and poke from safety

How to read build win rates

A build with a higher win rate isn’t automatically better. On Mobalytics’ Patch 26.22 page, the variants compare like this.

Variant	Keystone / secondary	First item	Win rate	Sample note	Best when
Recommended	Lethal Tempo / Inspiration	Hexoptics C44	53.2%	Most popular, 72,582 matches	Most games
Yun Tal	Lethal Tempo / Inspiration	Yun Tal Wildarrows	54.5%	Second most popular, smaller sample	Free-hitting games vs squishies
Sorcery secondary	Lethal Tempo / Sorcery	Hexoptics C44	54.9%	Smaller sample	Experienced Jinx players who want more scaling damage
Fleet Footwork	Fleet Footwork	Varies	49.0%	Off-meta, small sample	Very hard poke lanes

Three things inflate the win rates of less popular builds:

1. Smaller samples swing more. A few hundred lucky games move a small sample far more than they move 72,000 matches.
2. Who picks them. Players who choose off-meta builds tend to be experienced Jinx players who know when the build fits. The build then gets credit for their skill.
3. When they’re picked. Yun Tal is often bought in games that are already going well. Players buy it when they can auto freely, and that usually means they’re ahead.

There’s also a timing pattern. Earlier in 2026, on Patch 26.6, Tapin.gg’s Emerald+ snapshot had Hexoptics ahead at 54.60% against Yun Tal’s 53.20%. The two items have traded places across patches. Both are viable, and the right pick depends on the game in front of you.

Runes Explained: Why Lethal Tempo, PoM and Cut Down

Lethal Tempo is the keystone because it stacks attack speed every time you hit a champion, which fits Jinx’s minigun ramp. Presence of Mind keeps your mana up for rockets. Cut Down covers healthy targets because her ultimate already handles low-health ones.

Primary tree

Lethal Tempo. Jinx gets the most out of long fights. Her minigun gains attack speed with each shot, and her passive, Get Excited!, gives a large burst of movement speed and attack speed on takedowns. Each stack of the passive adds 25% total attack speed, up to five stacks and 125%. The passive lets her go past the normal attack speed cap. Lethal Tempo stacks on top of all of that.

Presence of Mind. Every rocket auto costs 20 mana. Jinx players often complain that she runs out of mana in lane, and this rune is most of the fix. It refunds mana when you damage champions, including when rocket splash hits them. The rest of the fix is discipline: last-hit with the minigun and only switch to rockets when the splash will hit a champion or several minions.

Legend: Bloodline. It gives lifesteal that grows over the game and bonus health at full stacks. That matters more now that her base health is 610.

Cut Down over Coup de Grace. Coup de Grace boosts damage to low-health targets. Super Mega Death Rocket already deals more damage to targets missing health, so the two overlap. Cut Down boosts damage to enemies with more max health than you, which covers the frontliners you’ll shoot in every teamfight.

Inspiration vs Sorcery secondary

Inspiration with Cash Back and Triple Tonic is the standard pick. Cash Back gets your legendary items sooner, and Triple Tonic gives you free value over time. Mobalytics shows a Lethal Tempo plus Sorcery version of the Hexoptics build at 54.9%. It’s a fair choice if you already play Jinx a lot and want more late-game damage. Remember the sample-size point above: experienced players pick it more often.

Fleet Footwork sits at 49.0% on Mobalytics. Its healing and speed help you survive a brutal poke lane. You give up the sustained damage that makes Jinx S+, so save it for lanes you expect to lose badly.

Stat shards

Run attack speed, adaptive force and health. Attack speed speeds up your Lethal Tempo stacks and minigun ramp. Adaptive force gives you AD for last-hitting. The health shard covers some of the HP Patch 26.21 took away.

Full Build Path and Situational Items

After the first three items, every slot depends on the enemy team. Have one armor penetration item by your fifth item, choose boots based on the enemy’s damage and crowd control, and fill the last slots with whatever keeps you alive.

What you need before you lock in

• A way to deal with dive. Jinx has no dash. Pick her when your team has peel, or when the enemy lacks hard engage.
• Mana awareness in lane. Know that rockets cost 20 mana and that Presence of Mind refunds some of it.
• Map awareness for passive procs. Get Excited! triggers on takedowns, including towers and inhibitors, so plan where you’ll be standing when one falls.
• A loadout matched to the enemy’s damage. Decide Berserker’s, Mercury’s or Steelcaps once you’ve seen the enemy team.

Boots

Berserker’s Greaves are the default because attack speed feeds both Lethal Tempo and the minigun ramp. Buy Mercury’s Treads against two or more champions with hard crowd control. Buy Plated Steelcaps against heavy auto-attackers, such as a fed enemy ADC paired with an AD assassin.

Armor penetration: LDR vs Mortal Reminder

Should you build LDR or Mortal Reminder on Jinx? Lord Dominik’s Regards by default. It has armor penetration and deals bonus damage to targets with more health than you, which fits her role of shooting frontliners. Buy Mortal Reminder only when the enemy heals a lot (Soraka, Aatrox, Vladimir and similar) and no teammate is already building anti-heal.

Defensive and anti-CC slots

Item	Buy it when	What it solves
Guardian Angel	You’re the team’s main carry and the enemy can reach you	One revive lets you keep fighting after the first dive
Mercurial Scimitar	One key stun or suppression decides fights (Malzahar R, Skarner R)	Active cleanses crowd control
Quicksilver Sash	You need the cleanse early and can’t afford Mercurial yet	Cheaper cleanse, upgrade later
Phantom Dancer	Enemy has lots of dive and you need to kite	Attack speed and movement speed for repositioning
Bloodthirster	You need lifesteal and damage against a poke or siege comp	Sustain between fights, shield at high health
Kraken Slayer (late)	Enemy frontline is too tanky for full crit	On-hit damage against tanks

Common mistakes

1. Spamming rockets on minions. At 20 mana per rocket, your mana runs out before the first back. Use rockets on champions and grouped waves only.
2. Standing still in minigun. Pow-Pow’s ramp makes you want to plant your feet. Against dive, keep repositioning, even if it costs a few auto-attacks.
3. Buying Yun Tal into five divers. Yun Tal pays off only when you can auto freely. Against an engage-heavy team you’ll die before it pays off.
4. Skipping armor penetration. A late-game Jinx without LDR or Mortal Reminder does much less damage to tanks.
5. Doubling anti-heal. Two Grievous Wounds items on one team waste a slot. Check before you buy.
6. Wasting R in lane. Super Mega Death Rocket is a global finisher. Save it to finish fleeing targets or to snipe a low-health enemy across the map.

How to Play the Build: Lane, Resets and Objectives

Poke with rockets in lane, switch to the minigun in long fights, and stay near objectives so tower, dragon and inhibitor takedowns proc Get Excited!. With that, the build gives you a safe, scaling lane and a strong midgame.

Laning phase

Rocket autos are your lane tool. The extra range lets you hit the enemy ADC while you’re out of their reach, and the splash damage pushes the wave when you need to. Every rocket costs 20 mana, so use them when they hit a champion or clear a stack of minions. With Presence of Mind, each rocket that splashes a champion refunds mana, which is how you keep poking without running out.

Use E defensively in lane. Drop Flame Chompers between you and an engaging support like Leona or Nautilus, or on your own feet when someone dives you. Use W for vision checks and to land kills your support sets up. Since the 26.21 HP nerf, back off once two enemies commit. Your lane is easier to punish than it was a month ago.

Teamfight positioning

In teamfights, switch to the minigun once the fight settles into extended trades. Use rockets for the first poke and to hit grouped targets. Target the nearest safe enemy. Runaan’s Hurricane spreads your damage across the group whether or not you hit the carry.

Plan for your passive. Once Get Excited! procs, your movement speed and attack speed jump, and the fight usually swings in your favour. Before that, you’re a slow champion with no dash, standing at the edge of the fight.

Getting passive procs off objectives

Get Excited! triggers on takedowns, including towers and inhibitors. When an objective is about to fall, stand at a forward angle where you’re safe. When it goes down, the speed burst lets you either chase the fight that follows or reach the next objective first.

Expected result

Follow this build and gameplan and your power spikes are easy to predict. Completing Hexoptics is your first real spike. Runaan’s Hurricane makes you a teamfight threat. Infinity Edge makes your crits hurt. In a standard game, you’ll lose less lane pressure than the 26.21 numbers suggest, as long as you play safe before level 6. You take over the game from the midgame onward.

Best Supports and Hardest Matchups

Peel supports suit Jinx best because they keep her alive long enough to ramp. Lane bullies and high-burst duos are her hardest matchups. Duo and counter data comes from smaller samples than overall win rates, so use it as a guide, not a rule.

Best supports for Jinx

Support	Data point	Why it works
Braum	59.3% duo WR over 413 ranked games, all ranks, 7.5 points above expected (Metabot, Patch 26.20)	Shield and stun protect a carry who can’t dash
Lulu	Listed among top synergies (Metabot, RankedBoost)	Polymorph and shield keep divers off you while you ramp
Karma	Listed among top synergies (Metabot, Patch 26.20)	Shields and speed for kiting, plus poke in lane
Thresh	Duo win rate around 52-53% (Dodge.gg 2026 duo guide)	Picks for kills, lantern for escapes
Nautilus	Listed among top synergies (RankedBoost, Patch 26.14)	Engage that sets up E and W

Braum’s 59.3% comes from just 413 games, so it’s a promising sign, not proof. All five supports have the same strength: they protect a carry who can’t dash or blink. If you duo with a jungler, one who can gank bot early matters more for Jinx than for most ADCs. The 26.21 nerf slowed her snowball, and early help makes up for that.

Counters and how to play them

U.GG’s most recent counter snapshot for Jinx comes from Patch 26.17 (Emerald+). It shows Lux with the highest win rate against her, 54.06% over 1,698 games, followed by Twitch at 52.09% and Hwei at 51.67%. For early gold, Draven leads with a +1,114 gold lead at 15 minutes over 6,712 games, and Mel and Tristana follow.

Matchup	Threat	How to play it
Draven	Early kill pressure and gold lead	Farm with the minigun, use rockets only when safe, call your jungler early
Lux	Long-range poke and root	Stay behind minions, hold Flash for her Light Binding, buy health potions
Twitch	Stealth flanks in teamfights	Keep a control ward near your position, place E where he’s likely to appear
Tristana	All-ins with her jump	Drop E on your feet when she jumps, don’t trade near her full-damage window
Hwei	Poke and zone control	Respect his range, play for a late game where your range wins

Expect these lanes to be uncomfortable. If you can trade evenly or lose only slightly by 15 minutes, you’ve usually done enough, because Jinx’s scaling takes over from there.

Jinx Pro Build: What Pros Do Differently

Pros play Jinx with Lethal Tempo, Flash plus Barrier and a Doran’s Blade start, then usually buy Berserker’s Greaves and Infinity Edge. They rarely pick her at all. Across the 2026 season she has a 47.2% pro win rate on a 1.1% pick rate and a 0.3% ban rate, according to Esports Oracle.

League of Graphs’ Patch 26.22 pro data shows its best build at 23.4% popularity and a 58.9% win rate, but the pro sample is small. Barrier replaces Heal because pro teams focus the ADC with coordinated dives, and a burst shield helps her survive the opening seconds of a fight.

Why does an S+ solo queue champion struggle on stage? Pro teams play around lane priority, early dragon control and coordinated dives. Jinx is weak early and has no dash, so organised dives get to her. In solo queue, opponents rarely coordinate that well, and long, messy late-game fights favour her. Players who follow the Worlds 2026 LoL bracket should expect pro ADC picks to differ from stat-site tier lists, and that’s fine. You should build for the games you actually play.

Jinx ARAM and ARAM Mayhem Build

In ARAM, keep the same core with Lethal Tempo and Hexoptics, but buy defensive items earlier because fights never stop. In ARAM Mayhem, U.GG’s top Jinx augments are Critical Missile, Soul Siphon and Scopier Weapons, all rated S+.

ARAM

The Howling Abyss is a single lane where fights start immediately and keep going. Jinx’s long rocket range fits poke wars on the bridge. Her passive procs often because kills happen constantly. Two changes help:

• Earlier defense. Guardian Angel or Mercurial Scimitar earlier, since you’re in range of the enemy team far more often than on Summoner’s Rift.
• The Collector variant. Some ARAM players run a Domination tree with The Collector for early burst and executes. It works in ARAM because takedowns come fast, which feeds both The Collector and Get Excited!.

ARAM Mayhem augments

Augment	U.GG tier (Patch 26.17)	Why it suits Jinx
Critical Missile	S+	Turns her crit build into burst
Soul Siphon	S+	Lifesteal-style sustain for a champion with no escapes
Scopier Weapons	S+	Extra range, which helps a carry who wins by range

Patch 26.22 also fixed a Mayhem bug. Players who took the Get Jinxed augment and then died to the fountain turret could be left unable to move. If that happened to you before November 4, the augment is safe to take again.

Swiftplay, Lethality and Other Variants

Swiftplay is played on Summoner’s Rift with the same items and runes, so use the ranked build above. Lethality and Collector builds are fun but weaker on Summoner’s Rift. Wild Rift is a separate game with its own item system, so this guide doesn’t apply there.

Swiftplay. Games are shorter and gold comes faster. Hexoptics C44, Berserker’s Greaves and Runaan’s Hurricane still apply. Your item spikes simply arrive sooner.

Lethality and The Collector. Is the Collector or lethality build viable or just a meme? On Summoner’s Rift it’s mostly a meme. It boosts W and rocket poke but gives up the attack speed ramp that makes Lethal Tempo and Get Excited! work. You end up with a champion that has no dash and lots of burst, which is a weaker version of what assassins do. In ARAM, where takedowns come fast, the Collector variant makes more sense.

Wild Rift. Wild Rift has its own items, runes and balance patches. None of the Summoner’s Rift data above applies, so use Wild Rift-specific sources if you play on mobile.

FAQ

What is the best Jinx build right now?

On Patch 26.22, it’s Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down, with Cash Back and Triple Tonic. Items go Hexoptics C44, Berserker’s Greaves, Runaan’s Hurricane, Infinity Edge, then Lord Dominik’s Regards. U.GG and Mobalytics both recommend it for Emerald+.

Is Jinx strong in LoL?

Yes. She’s S+ on U.GG with a 51.24% Emerald+ win rate over 124,893 matches on Patch 26.22, despite the 26.21 nerfs to her base health and AD growth. She’s much weaker in pro play, at a 47.2% win rate for the 2026 season.

Should Jinx build Hexoptics or Yun Tal first?

Hexoptics C44 by default, since it has the largest sample (53.2% over 72,582 matches on Mobalytics). Yun Tal’s 54.5% comes from fewer games and often from games where you’re already ahead. Buy it when you can auto freely against a squishy team with no dive.

What runes should Jinx take?

Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down, plus Cash Back and Triple Tonic from Inspiration. Shards are attack speed, adaptive force and health. Take Fleet Footwork only in lanes you expect to lose badly, since it drops to 49.0% on Mobalytics.

What pairs well with Jinx?

Peel supports. Braum posted a 59.3% duo win rate over 413 all-rank games on Patch 26.20, per Metabot, and Lulu, Karma, Thresh and Nautilus also rank as strong partners.

What is the best Jinx build in Swiftplay?

Use the same build as ranked Summoner’s Rift: Hexoptics C44, Berserker’s Greaves, Runaan’s Hurricane, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik’s Regards. Swiftplay only speeds up how quickly you reach those items.

What is the Jinx ARAM build?

Use the same crit core, with Guardian Angel or Mercurial Scimitar bought earlier because ARAM fights never stop. A Collector and Domination variant also works there, since takedowns come fast.

What augments should Jinx take in ARAM Mayhem?

Critical Missile, Soul Siphon and Scopier Weapons, all S+ for Jinx on U.GG. Get Jinxed is safe again since Patch 26.22 fixed the fountain-turret bug that could leave you unable to move.

Is lethality Jinx good?

Not on Summoner’s Rift. It gives up the attack speed ramp that her passive and Lethal Tempo depend on. It’s more reasonable in ARAM, where frequent kills make The Collector worth buying.

What is the Jinx pro build?

Lethal Tempo, Flash plus Barrier and a Doran’s Blade start, then usually Berserker’s Greaves and Infinity Edge. She’s a niche pro pick, at a 1.1% pick rate for 2026 and one main-stage game at Worlds 2026, which Anyone’s Legend lost.

Why is Jinx S+ on stat sites but never played in pro?

Stat sites measure solo queue, where uncoordinated fights reward her late-game scaling. Pro teams coordinate dives and fight for early tempo, both of which punish a slow-starting carry without a dash.

Your Next Ranked Game

Before you lock Jinx in, check the enemy team for two things: how many tanks they have, and how many champions can dive you. Those two counts decide your first item, your boots and your fifth slot. Hexoptics, Berserker’s and LDR cover most games, and the tables above cover the exceptions.

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• Fact-checked by Desmond Ayodele against the sources listed below before publication.
• Published November 11, 2026

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