The player The Great Lakes once again shares his secrets to climbing to Challenger with a single composition, and the champion he has chosen this time is the Jinx – Brawler team.
Never play according to the basic composition
A weakness of typical gamers is their over-reliance on available compositions online; they play exactly what others have built, including the arrangement of the lineup. However, this is just a guide in its most basic form, while each game has unpredictable situations that basic strategies cannot keep up with.
The Great Lakes advises that there are only 5 champions you cannot swap: the 4 Brawlers and Jinx; the other 3 units can be adjusted based on the situation. If you happen to level Zed to 2 stars, and even if the game gives you Fizz, why not include him in your lineup? It can both distract your opponent’s damage and increase the overall damage your team deals.
Arrange the team in a Pyramid formation
According to The Great Lakes, the goal of this formation is to ensure that your Jinx is as safe as possible. Besides avoiding crowd control, you also need to pay attention to the opponent’s Scout units; even if your Jinx is fully equipped, if an Ekko gets to her at the end of the game, she is still at high risk of dying.
Therefore, you need to arrange your team in a Pyramid formation, with Jinx at the very center of the bottom row, and above her will be a layer of defense to act as a shield to absorb damage from the opponent’s Scouts. This arrangement will ensure that Jinx is always in a safe position and can deal damage as much as possible.
Use Aurelion Sol wisely
The way he positions Aurelion Sol in the Jinx – Brawler composition is extremely crucial. Typically, players place this unit in a corner to counter Blitzcrank as Aurelion Sol cannot be crowd-controlled. However, he places Aurelion right in front of Jinx, partly to activate the 3 Rebel combo, and more importantly – to counter the Scouts.
Aurelion Sol’s mechanism will find a way to move away from the initial position it was placed, and for Scout units, it will continue to move towards and attack a unit as long as it is within range. Thus, when you place Aurelion Sol in front of Jinx, when opponent Scouts jump in, they will continuously chase and hit this dragon, inadvertently moving away from Jinx, your team’s carry unit.
Blitzcrank is to pull dangerous units away from Jinx
For typical players, they will try to pull the opponent’s carry with Blitzcrank; however, in the Jinx – Brawler composition, you need to maximize the protection of your own carry rather than necessarily trying to take out the opponent’s champion. Therefore, according to The Great Lakes, it is best to keep Blitzcrank far from Jinx, and this unit’s only task is to pull dangerous frontline units away from your carry.
