The Korean scene and a lack of Jinx

B33p·Dec 30, 2013·1 votes·910 views

Just got done watching the recent tourny in Korea. In contrast to the NA and a few of the EU teams, the Korean teams didn't ban or pick Jinx. She was fairly ignored. One of the commentators (set 1 of KT Bullets v. CJ Blaze I think) had suggested that Jinx is ignored due to the Korean play style tending to favor 'safer' champions and so Caitlyn or Lucian would get picked over Jinx. This goes against the NA way of the high pick/ban rate for Jinx. Does anyone know what the Korean meta might be compensating for such as the new tank-top that has come around? Maybe the big NA players like Wildturtle just don't worry about not having an escape.

9 Comments

OzbirtaDec 30, 20132 votes

If you remember from Worlds, Korean teams favor a hard-hitting early gank style with the likes of aatrox/vi, etc, and really go for very early 3-4 man ganks bot. Jinx has a hard time escaping those kind of situations early on, and giving up that first kill or two can really sway the game in the other team's favor from early on.

There are undoubtedly more factors, but that's the one that comes to mind right away for me.

jwf999Dec 30, 20132 votes

Well jinx isnt good so the koreans dont play her. and jinx has no dash or escape move.

OzbirtaDec 30, 20131 votes

Jinx is the adc with the highest pick rate in diamond soloqueue atm, and one of the top 2 highest winrates for adc at diamond soloqueue. I wouldn't call her... not good. Her tower-killing potential is top tier, and her mid-late game teamfighting is incredibly strong.

MackleDogeDec 30, 20131 votes

I think he meant specifically in the context of the Korean meta? Personally I think Jinx is only really strong if you have a team composition that specifically works for her and if the person playing Jinx has a high mechanical skill level.

OzbirtaDec 30, 20132 votes

Refer to my earlier reply, down a few inches on this page. what you replied to was a response to the "jinx is bad" comment specifically.

MackleDogeDec 30, 20131 votes

Ahh okay I see now, my mistake ^_^

jwf999Jan 1, 20141 votes

@Orbirta it was a joke seeing as koreans are dominating the pro scene if they dont play it can't be that good.

Dragonheart NAJan 28, 20141 votes

I would not say she does not have any escape moves. My flame choppers and zap along with a good pair of boots have saved me and helped me escape many times. Timing is very important.