[2.3] ADVANCED JINX GUIDE

Starter Items

• Long Sword is the best because it allows you to farm and poke efficiently

First Purchases (Offensive)

• B.F. Sword is the first item you want to rush because it gives you a lot of AD which allows you to poke and farm even harder
• Cloak of Agility is bought as a second item to build into IE
• Gluttonous Greaves are the only boots useful for ADC.

First Purchases (Defensive)

• Vampiric Scepter for ad/sustain e.g. if you died early
• Recurve Bow for more offensive plays e.g. if you got a kill early
• Gluttonous Greaves are the only boots useful for ADC.

Critical Build (Offensive)

This build focuses a lot on being up in the face of your enemy and shredding through them with critical strikes and area of effect damage through Switcheroo!

• Infinity Edge is what you buy first because it gives you an insane amount of damage if you manage to crit. Jinx has a lot of attack speed built into her Switcheroo! so therefore she doesn't really need any attack speed item as a first purchase.
• Runaan's Hurricane is your most important power spike as it allows you to crit on multiple targets, and deal splash critical damage to anyone nearby. This is basically your bread and butter for dealing damage. This item is included in all of Jinx's builds, no matter how they look
• Quicksilver Enchant is the only enchantment worth buying as it cleanses all CC and gives you a burst of movement speed which allows you to escape potential engages and all-ins. [stasis enchant] isn't useful because you dodge one skill, but when you come out of it you are more than likely to just get nuked.
• Rapid Firecannon is a perfect fit with your first two items, as it allows you to do even more damage but from a safer distance.
• Bloodthirster is a good all-around item as you need a lot of life steal to stay alive, and it also grants a big amount of AD and a shield to save you from death.
• Last item is flexible, but I typically go for Mortal Reminder to pierce through fat tanks like Malphite and Alistar

Attack Speed (Defensive)

This build focuses on staying alive, meaning that it includes shields, revives, and more. With this build you just want to stay behind your team and attack whoever is closest.

• Blade of the Ruined King is a strong early purchase as it gives you more room to kite and catch-up to enemies that are running away. On top of that, it grants you life steal to survive your lane and a decent amount of attack speed to stack with the rest of your build.
• Runaan's Hurricane is your most important power spike as it allows you to crit on multiple targets, and deal splash critical damage to anyone nearby. This is basically your bread and butter for dealing damage. This item is included in all of Jinx's builds, no matter how they look.
• Quicksilver Enchant is the only enchantment worth buying as it cleanses all CC and gives you a burst of movement speed which allows you to escape potential engages and all-ins. [stasis enchant] isn't useful because you dodge one skill, but when you come out of it you are more than likely to just get nuked.
• Infinity Edge gives you an insane amount of damage if you manage to crit. You already have two attack speed items, so after buying IE you should be popping off.
• Phantom Dancer is only bought because it gives you a shield while Statikk Shiv just gives damage. You want to survive, so you buy PD.
• Guardian Angel is your second chance if you screw up during team fights. Only buy it if you feel like you won't get instantly popped after coming back to life. Otherwise, buy a flexible item.

Flexible Items

• Maw of Malmortius against heavy ap teams
• Frozen Mallet if you feel like you need some extra health
• Statikk Shiv can be bought if you get very fed early and want to get extra damage or 100% crit.