Why Jinx got nerfed?

Absinthe Drinker·Apr 28, 2015·1 votes·395 views

,first Trsitana got nerfed and reworked which IMO was balanced and now Jinx. Meanwhile they released Kalista that didn't get any nerfs and there is also Graves without any nerfs.

8 Comments

GroundRuleDoubleApr 28, 20153 votes

The Jinx change isn't as big as everyone thinks. It was a small nerf to her gameplay because she's supposed to be a long-ranged snipe-style champ. At point-blank range, it does a lot less damage. However, it scales up all the way to the range of her Zap. ** If you R someone from the range of Zap or farther, it does full damage. ** The nerf isn't that bad at all. They needed Jinx to have a weakness, and, as it is for most ranged champs, they wanted to make it to where if a melee got right next to Jinx, she'd have a problem.

Lich My AsheApr 28, 20151 votes

Here's to hoping Kallista nerf soon, especially with the rise in skillshot based cc!

SEKAIApr 28, 20151 votes

High pick and win rate, it's pretty obvious that something is off.

1 step at a time.

Dryad SorakaApr 28, 20151 votes

Jinx needed some nerfing but not what she got

I'm not sure you can call her R an ultimate anymore.

mvargusApr 28, 20152 votes

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Jinx needed some nerfing but not what she got

I'm not sure you can call her R an ultimate anymore.

Her R still does full damage at full range. It's just useless at point blank range. By her base minigun range its doing decent damage.

Its now a true snipe/execute toy. If you can hit people who are running away with it you'll get kills. Riot just wanted people to stop using as a threat against melee champs using a gap closer to jump on Jinx.

Absinthe DrinkerApr 28, 20151 votes

yeah but how the fuck they nerfed jinx and tristana before graves and kalista, both are more op, kalista op passive, graves op burst

TeemoJenkinsApr 28, 20152 votes

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yeah but how the fuck they nerfed jinx and tristana before graves and kalista, both are more op, kalista op passive, graves op burst

Can you post some of your PBE game damage logs here to demonstrate how the change to her damage has negatively impacted Jinx? I see the change as a positive.

Graves is extremely weak to counter picks as his range is shite so not sure why you think he needs nerfs...

Kalista if killed early is neutered, kill her pre-3 as part of your team strategy and it's GG for her. If you let her get fed and farmed, yes you will lose.

powerbatsApr 28, 20151 votes

The Jinx nerf isn't really a nerf but a needed change since you should be able to point blank nuke someone with your long range sniper ult. Her ult is going to be working how it was meant to be so fire it at max range similar to her Zap and you still get full burst.