How to win lane as Smolder against Jinx · 50.72% win rate over 9,410 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Jinx | Level 1 favours Jinx because her rocket range lets her poke and control the wave. |
| Level 2 | Jinx | Level 2 stays Jinx's as Switcheroo rockets shove you in and deny walk-ups. |
| Level 3 | Jinx | Level 3 favours Jinx since W Zap! slow sets up trades and support engages. |
| Levels 4-5 | Jinx | Level 4 remains Jinx's on wave control while you still lack burst and stacks. |
| Level 6 | Smolder | Level 5-6 flips to Smolder as your Q nears the flame-arc threshold and out-ranges her. |
| First item | Smolder | At first item you out-shove and punish her immobility with W and support CC. |
| Two+ items | Smolder | By 2+ items your uncapped flame Q and W execute hard-outscale her rocket form. |
Levels 1-4 favour Jinx: her rocket range and W Zap! slow let her control the wave, push you in, and poke your last-hits while you have no burst and are grinding Dragon Practice stacks. Farm safely under tower and don't give her support a slow to engage on.
The full Smolder vs Jinx 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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