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.
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
The Jinx Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xin Zhao helps Jinx perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Jinx is an ally to Xin Zhao, she observes a little drop in her total damage output. This could signal that Xin Zhao does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Jinx is played with Xin Zhao 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 alongside Xin Zhao.
Moreover, when Jinx plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Jinx in teamfights.
There is no ideal companion for Jinx that will no matter what be her ideal synergy. Yet, Xin Zhao is a decent ally for Jinx. By locking into the same side as Jinx, he raises their win rate by 1.6% to 51.4%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Jinx and Xin Zhao that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Jinx. That means Jinx players don't need to be very careful when finding Xin Zhao teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, Jinx players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Jinx and Xin Zhao together, you will not be giving your other allies enough utility. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Xin Zhao teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jinx to synergize with Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Jinx and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Jinx used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Jinx had an average winrate of 51.4% helping carry Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Jinx and Xin Zhao pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Xin Zhao with Jinx are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.