Trynd, Yas and now Jhin ruin crit for everyone..

Valhalla Rising·Apr 21, 2016·2 votes·458 views

I can't stop wondering if crit would be so much better with a slight rework of infinity edge that would be pretty much impossible to balance on those champion passives...

To put it short, I feel like buffs the crit damage too much and should trade half or more of that power in favor of much higher crit chance %.

If it were not for the 3 champs I mentioned, I would(very roughly) suggest 2 possible tweaks to IE:

1, Increase crit chance to 30% and reduce passive to 20-30%(unsure about value compared to crit%) bonus critical damage

2,(my prefered version) Increase crit chance to 40% and reduce passive to 10-20%(again unsure about values) bonus critical damage.

But like I said, those 3 champs are a stick int he mud when it comes to crit balance, but regardless It's an idea I'd like to share.

P.s. Maybe there could be a sister item to like + , where only one can be purchased?

4 Comments

GirardApr 21, 20165 votes

With Infinity Edge, Jhin's crits still deal 187.5% damage. Normal critical strikes deal 200% damage and with IE it spikes up to 250% damage.

In my honest opinion, Jhin is pretty balanced the way he is right now. I have rank 5 on him, I know how to play him quite well, you need to realize that insane damage does not make for an OP champ. He has 0 mobility aside from a small increase when he does crit, and you aren't guaranteed a crit until late game or on your fourth shot. Anybody with a dash can utterly rend Jhin in the time it takes for him to reload after expending this shot. My final build on Jhin usually consists of 60-70% critical strike chance.

I know your topic wasn't about Jhin being OP, but he needs to synergize well with some items. He's not like other ADCs or Assassin's where you have some wiggle room with AD items. Crit chance, attack damage, and to a lesser extent, attack speed are all you can work in on Jhin. No black cleaver, BOTRK is pretty lackluster on him, Youmuu's doesn't pay off enough the few times I've built it.

tl;dr Some champions need that one item to make them viable. Yasuo has . Jhin has . Xin/Yi/Jax have .

MilfHuntUnitXJ9Apr 21, 20161 votes

Their kits were designed to have good synnergy with those items, man. It might be a broken concept or they could be OP/overtuned but they are like that on purpose.