Support Jinx Build
Support Jinx build with runes and items. Support Jinx guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Support Jinx build in League of Legends Patch 14.23!
Updated: 2024-08-05 ()
TLDR
Starting items
Quick Skill Order
E
W
Q
Final items
Quick Runes
Summoner spells
Support Jinx Runes
Resolve
Inspiration
Passive
How it works
General
- You're a healer, Harry.
- You heal/shield with Heal summoner spell, Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari and Moonstone Renewer.
How to play
General
- Your first rush is Redemption.
- Your second rush can be Locket of the Iron Solari (vs aoe), Moonstone Renewer (sustain).
- Also, Echoes of Helia is pretty good because you can proc it consistently with Font of Life (slow/cc).
- Rush second Locket if your team already doing teamfights or when an enemy team has champions with super aoe damage (example: like Fiddle's ult). Otherwise, get Moonstone Renewer #2. The third item should be whatever you did not buy - Locket of the Iron Solari or Moonstone Renewer. That's your core.
- Another decent item if you have carry/strong bruiser/strong tank is Knight's Vow.
- Try to use Redemption on cooldown, when your allies are missing some health. It is best to use when they are grouped. Especially if you already have Moonstone Renewer, it is best to wait (or ping) until they group together, so you can have them all healed.
- Try to use summoner spell Heal on cooldown. With Moonstone, ideally there should be at least two people for maximum healing effect.
- Remember that you can use Redemption for the damage. However, in general, it is not worth it. Keep it to heal your team!
- Later in the game, for maximum support - you can sell boots for sixth item.
- You can get items like Ardent Censer (some auto attackers needed) or Staff of Flowing Water. It will be triggered often enough that it will be worth.
- Interesting item is Cryptbloom. If you want to go full healing, you can get it like #4+ item.
- You will be triggering Font of Life effect, which will heal your allies. It also chains off Moonstone Renewer!
- Be careful when using Redemption while you are dead, and you are about to be respawned. The camera will go to your position, and you can cast it in the spawning pool by mistake. Watch out for bad timing!
- Font of Life total healing is not properly calculated in a post-game lobby. Value is bigger in the game vs. what's displayed in statistics. You heal more!
Jinx Support specific
- You can also be pretty god teamfight disruptor. Just throw Flame Chompers! (E) in the middle for maximum effectiveness.
- You can be pretty good peeler. Stay close to your carries and throw Flame Chompers! (E) under them (vs melee) or in front of them (vs mages or enemies who go for them from distance)
- Even when playing Support Jinx and not buying damage items, you still have nice damage. Your Super Mega Death Rocket! (R) will still be pretty good execute ability, dealing AoE based on target's missing health. When used from distance, it will deal even more.
Tips and Tricks
Riot
- 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.
Skill Order
- Switcheroo!Q
- Zap!W
- Flame Chompers!E
- Super Mega Death Rocket!R
Items
Starting items
Rush this #1
Boots
Core items
Good support items
Situational tanky items
Counter healing
Counter shielding
For the last fight
Example final build