These new ADC item changes really hurt Jinx

JavelinJoe··4 votes·1,482 views

As one of the weaker early game champions, who really comes into power after 2 items, she is preforming less than ideal. item 3095 is not a bad item, but it is not her best since it only applies crit to 1 AA every so often. item 3031 is now impossible to be a first item since it has a difficult and expensive build path in addition to only offering half the items benefits when bought as first item. So she has to build almost exclusively attack speed without actually having any damage from within her own kit. She is one of the few champions who actually has no passive at any point for the first kill of a fight (Even Kog'Maw can use his passive to trade kill for kill). As a champion who is almost built entirely around crit AA. It is very hard for her to get to a point where she actually can be effective.

On a side note, the sustain to mid-game is also now ruined for her with the nerfs to the early sustain from runes. Meaning now she has limited damage, and hardly any sustain. Early game power houses just bully her out of the game. Jungle pressure is also an issue for her (she has no mobility what so ever until her passive). This was manageable when she could sustain a bit and prevent easy jungle ganks or reduce the poke damage from early-game supports. But now it is a nightmare.

7 Comments

Khristophoros3 votes

Crit ADCs are pointless right now. Just play the other ones lol.

Herald Est Mors2 votes

They hurt a lot of ADCs, but buffed Yasuo.... Riot really doesn't know what to do sometimes it seems

JavelinJoe1 votes

Yeah I dont get them.

Salson2 votes

She has a 50% win rate and 9% pick rate.

While some champs like Cait were hit hard, Jinx adapted decently well.

JavelinJoe1 votes

Where are you looking for your stats? OP.GG shows her at 47.77% Win Rate and only a 4.58 popularity.

As for Cait. I agree, like most crit ADCs, she was hit hard. However, she still has the ranged advantage and "crit" from within her own kit to fall back on. Jinx does not even have a passive until she achieves something.

Salson1 votes

Originally from lolalytics: https://lolalytics.com/ranked/worldwide/current/platinum/plus/champion/Jinx/ADC/ It can filter out the most recent patch.

Rexxiee1 votes

Jinx needs buffs

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