Jinx's "get excited."

afmghost··2 votes·2,013 views

I brought this idea up earlier, but I was informed I was too brief (it got deleted in thrity seconds, a new record methinks). I thought I got my point across with a bit of humor on the side but whatever. Can't upset the mods, now can we? You wanted an essay? Well here goes:

I will start out with this: I enjoy playing Jinx. I mean it, she's like my favorite character. She has a "shoot it til it's dead" gameplay style, she has high dps, she can snipe low health enemies from the base, and she is bats**t nuts. She's my first mastery 7 and my only champion I got a penta with. Now we all know about her passive, but, if not, I'll remind you: if an enemy champion dies within three seconds of her attacking them, she gets a brief speed boost that decays over the next few seconds. This also applies to attack speed (the boost overrides the 2.5 attack speed cap, making her very dangerous if the passive activates). The passive also applies to any turrets and inhibitors she attacked within three seconds of them being destroyed. This allows her to get a head start on the inhibitor that the turret was protecting, a chance to flee if she is in danger, or a chance to kill the enemy champion that was defending the turret even faster. Originally, inhibitors did not trigger the passive. A couple years ago, however, Riot decided that it made no sense at all for her to think "it's an inhibitor. Who cares?" They made it so they could also trigger the passive, and it made sense. What are we missing now? Dragons, barons, and scuttlers. I mean, why would Jinx think differently about them? I mean, inhibitors provide minion wave buffs, why not get excited for killing something that buffed herself? And besides, they are EPIC MONSTERS. I'm sure even Caitlyn, as reserved as she is, would show a little bit of excitement if she helped take down an EPIC MONSTER. I mean, it's called an EPIC MONSTER for a reason: it's a dangerous monster that's hard to take down. I don't know maybe I'm thinking too hard, but it seems like it's a little inconsistent.

Final note: I made my idea lengthy to respond to my deleted post (which wasn't lengthy enough). If this gets deleted, I will challenge the daylights out of it.

9 Comments

IcyPepper1 votes

It's interesting for sure, but would it be good for balance? Thematically, I thought her thing was blowing shit (and people) up. I mean, it's literally her starting quote: "Rules are made to be broken... like buildings! Or people!" And that's what her passive does. Not sure if monsters fit.

afmghost2 votes

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It's interesting for sure, but would it be good for balance? Thematically, I thought her thing was blowing shit (and people) up. I mean, it's literally her starting quote: "Rules are made to be broken... like buildings! Or people!" And that's what her passive does. Not sure if monsters fit.

Thematically, dragons and Baron Nashor don't really make an appearance in Piltover (I think she would consider the city less boring if either of those did). And since nothing that happens in game is ever cannonical, I don't think she was ever aware of those creatures. As for balance, you could argue that it could make her overpowered, but I think it wouldn't add anything that would break her. In all honesty, if an enemy is nearby when you're trying to get he buff, you're going to tend to attack then instead of the drake (unless it's almost dead, in which case the jungler will start timing their smite). She is more likely to get excited by killing (or helping kill) an intruder in that scenario.

IcyPepper1 votes

I still don't see why she would need the change. If anything, this buff would come across as arbitrary and not many League players enjoy that.

It's a cool idea, but maybe it would be better off for a different champion. Maybe someone more hunter-like who enjoys big game.

afmghost1 votes

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I still don't see why she would need the change.

Consistency, my friend.

IcyPepper1 votes

And since nothing that happens in game is ever cannonical, I don't think she was ever aware of those creatures.

afmghost1 votes

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So she would see the EPIC MONSTER (sorry, I love that running gag too much) and be amazed when she helps kill one. Like I said, even Caitlyn would be at least a little psyched about killing one.

Chief Mayonnaise1 votes

I think it would be a good buff down the line, but she's actually in a pretty good spot right now. It would certainly be a useful feature should the crit changes end up being too large of a nerf for her, but as of right now, it's pretty unnecessary. it would still stick with her objective taking strength she has right now as well.

NekoniClaws1 votes

Neutral objectives-- it's probably just a pain to code whether or not HER team took the objective. It can't be left neutral because the gameplay would be toxic.

afmghost1 votes

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Neutral objectives-- it's probably just a pain to code whether or not HER team took the objective. It can't be left neutral because the gameplay would be toxic.

That's true

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