Can Jinx get a small buff?

JavelinJoe··1 votes·408 views

She is one of the weakest early game champions for damage out put because she needs to scale up her q to get the attack speed, and her Q provides the largest portion of her total damage output (unless she ults) when in rocket form. But since the Rocket form was nerfed with 15% lower attack speed than before the nerf, her DPS is very low until she gets her second or third item. And with champions like Jhin, Vayne, Caitlyn, Ez, Kog, and Luc who all output large amounts of damage throughout the full game (kog maybe not as much for early but scales better), Jinx has to hope she can survive early game and hope she does not get camped or lose the tower early or has a great support to help her with damage or escape. Her main power came from her ability to push lanes with her q and take towers relatively faster than most other ADCs could, but now that she no longer can push as fast, and with champions who do her jobs better (pushing, tower taking, AOE damage, mild CC), she has not been a good pick imo unless you are looking to go to late game.

4 Comments

Iqqi1 votes

Oh my friend you are mistaken.

You are not making the right comparisons and for the wrong reasons.

  1. Jinx is not the "weakest early game champion for damage output" Even among the ADCs.

  2. You are grading her "damage" by the amount of poke you take and so on compared to other champions. Not a way of determining damage.

  3. All ADCs have to hope they survive early game. Every ADC has something that provides them some form of escape means. Jinx has a slow and her trap, Kog'maw has his aoe slow goo as another example.

  4. You have 2 games played on Jinx. Try getting to learn the champion before you are quick to judge.

The reason why Jinx has a lower pick rate has nothing to do with her damage potential and has everything to do with the meta. Jinx is still one of the best ADCs in damage output. Yes you have to get items to "bring her online" just like every ADC in the game.

EcchiOtakuTM2 votes

Actually she isn't the best in damage output certainly not the weakest but most adcs can out damage her all throughout a game atm.

JavelinJoe1 votes

Lol have you seen my gamer profile? I use to main Jinx but now she gets bullied out of lane easier than others and her slow is first contact unlike Kog'maw's, 4 of the six champions i named have some form of escape, Jhin has a root and ranged abilities to compensate his 4 shots, no she is not the weakest of all champions, but she is on the lower side for adc's, but usually those have some form of compensation (for example, Ashe has low early damage, but she has a slow built into her basic attacks so she can kite very well).

" Yes you have to get items to "bring her online" just like every ADC in the game. "

Are you serious? Many adc's do not need 2-3 items to "come online".

Iqqi1 votes

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Lol have you seen my gamer profile? I use to main Jinx but now she gets bullied out of lane easier than others and her slow is first contact unlike Kog'maw's, 4 of the six champions i named have some form of escape, Jhin has a root and ranged abilities to compensate his 4 shots, no she is not the weakest of all champions, but she is on the lower side for adc's, but usually those have some form of compensation (for example, Ashe has low early damage, but she has a slow built into her basic attacks so she can kite very well).

" Yes you have to get items to "bring her online" just like every ADC in the game. "

Are you serious? Many adc's do not need 2-3 items to "come online".

Bronze and downvotes. People have spoken.

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