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.
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
The Jinx Heimerdinger synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Heimerdinger, 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 Heimerdinger. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Heimerdinger helps Jinx perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Jinx is paired with Heimerdinger, she sees a small decrease in her total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Heimerdinger doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Jinx is played together with Heimerdinger on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Heimerdinger. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Heimerdinger.
Moreover, when Jinx plays with Heimerdinger on the same team, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Heimerdinger does a decent job of protecting Jinx during team fights.
There is no ideal champion pairing for Jinx that will always be her #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Heimerdinger is a very typical ally for Jinx. By playing on the same side as Jinx, he decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 49.7%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Jinx and Heimerdinger that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Heimerdinger has a greater difficulty than Jinx. That means you should be cautious when arranging Heimerdinger teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Jinx and Heimerdinger together, you will not be granting your side a lot of protection for burst damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Heimerdinger teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jinx to work well with Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Jinx and Heimerdinger synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, and Kraken Slayer. When Jinx included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Heimerdinger than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Jinx boasted an average winrate of 49.7% helping carry Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, Jinx players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.
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