How to win lane as Jinx against Aphelios · 53.66% win rate over 11,499 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Jinx | Level 1 is yours because your minigun range and steady auto DPS beat Aphelios before his weapon-cycling comes online. |
| Level 2 | Jinx | Level 2 stays yours since early Switcheroo rockets let you shove and poke while he is still assembling his two-gun combo. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even as his mainhand-offhand combos start matching your poke and it comes down to spacing. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain a skill matchup where CS leads and support setups decide the trades rather than raw kit. |
| Level 6 | Aphelios | Level 6 is Aphelios's because Moonlight Vigil plus a pre-swapped Gravitum or Infernum gives him an all-in your dashless kit cannot escape. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is even as both of you spike and it hinges on who lands their key cooldown first. |
| Two+ items | Jinx | Two-plus items is yours because Get Excited! resets and rocket range let you out-DPS a self-peel-less carry in extended fights. |
Levels 1-2 favour you: your Pow-Pow minigun auto range and early Switcheroo let you contest CS and land short pokes before Aphelios has his second weapon and combos online.
The full Jinx vs Aphelios report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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