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.
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
The Jinx Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Jinx sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Graves helps Jinx perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Jinx is paired with Graves, she gets a little decrease in her total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Graves does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Jinx is played alongside Graves on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Graves.
Additionally, when Jinx plays with Graves on the same team, she often receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Graves does a decent job of covering Jinx during teamfights.
There is no perfect companion for Jinx that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. Yet, Graves is a very typical ally for Jinx. By locking into the same side as Jinx, he raises their win rate by 0.6% to 50.4%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Jinx and Graves that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Jinx. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Graves teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working together, Jinx players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Jinx and Graves together, you will not be providing your other allies enough support. Make sure to include other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Graves ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Jinx to work well with Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to include in your Jinx and Graves synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx bought at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Graves than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Jinx had an average win rate of 50.4% helping carry Graves with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Jinx players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
If you need to view Jinx and Graves collaboration tips and builds for a an individual player tier, please choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are computed using every round played with these champions.