Her passive goes so well with her character that oftentimes playing I get so caught up in the "GET EXCITED I'M MAKING OFF LIKE A BANDIT" that I start to do crazy stuff just like she would. It adds this huge rush to the standard excitement of getting a kill.
Also interestingly enough she's a champ that's basically always been viable without having to be touched too much. She's also not really complained about... thanks Riot.
Not Katarina5 votesYup! Gotta love Jinx! And when you get excited from killing enemy Nexus turrets and you just wanna just SPRINT right into the enemy base because you're so goddamn pumped.. Maybe that's just me. Jinx makes me way too hyper, lol.
DeynaTaggerung2 votesHaha no I feel that way every time
Messaiga4 votesI have to disagree just a bit with this sentiment. Thematically, she's extremely well designed (crazy about guns and explosives, has fun wreaking havoc and causing destruction). I feel like she lacks weakness though. As a champion with such a strong late-game she is fairly strong early, too.
DeynaTaggerung1 votesYeah, she doesn't have a particular phase of the game that she's "weak" in, but I also feel that she makes up for it by not having anything that is too oppressive. She doesn't just wreck the game for no reason and is therefore pretty stable.
Messaiga2 votesI personally find her just slightly oppressive. I don't know if I just have no idea how to play versus Jinx or if she's just overtuned, but I greatly dislike how she has a tool for practically anything (barring instant mobility). I get poked by her in lane from her rockets or W, it's difficult to engage or chase her due to her E, her W makes it very difficult to escape, and if all else fails her SMD rocket will finish me off. She feels like she just has a ton of options in comparison to many ADCs.
As a character though, I think she's pretty damn cool.
DeynaTaggerung1 votesFair enough.
Trading is an art form that can be very complex and jinx has some great tools to do so https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywhB-2h2AE this guy talks a lot about trading in this video and the second one. That stuff might help you do better
kirbyzama1 votesOne thing to keep in mind about jinx is when she came out she wasn't THE late game hyper carry. She was strong late game but Kog, vayne, trist and even twitch were stronger late game, but one by one they were reworked or nerfed or in vayne's case lost relevance. Jinx is basically last adc standing in the LATE late game category. Most lcs casters didn't even really refer to her as a hyper carry till trist was reworked, at least not often. So even if she does have a strong late which she does really well, its still far more manageable then most other late game carries we all used to have. This is do in large because her attack speed and range are segregated by her Q.
As for her lane phase, any lane can be oppressive if there isn't synergy in the bot lane. So while it feels easy to beat say a maokai as gnar, its far more difficult to beat a jinx with a counter like draven or graves (who are strong early) simply because a support can make up for the deficiencies of an adc. You don't need just a strong adc to win but a strong support to get through her support. She is weak early. Very weak. Unlike a lot of other adc's like Ez who can solo lane, jinx, for the most part, needs the duo. But in that duo she because far more powerful, even early.
DeynaTaggerung1 votesVayne is currently has a 40% pick rate so I'm not sure what you're talking about lost relevance.
kirbyzama1 votesI was talking more competitive play were she is still picked but is hardly solo carrying. Yes soloQ has vayne as a really good late game carry just in a different...well...vein than jinx. I did not call vayne weak not by a long shot. Just not a great competitive pick besides specific comps. Jugger'Maw is even coming back so my post is even wrong in that regard however it doesn't change that general shift of power I was talking about.
Late game carries are, by and large, weaker than they were after the initial adc rework.
HeeroTX2 votesI hate her and want her to die in a fire. I can play against her, but her kit is overloaded, she burns towers too fast too soon and I hate her concept. (admittedly, that last is just personal preference)
metaworldpeace102 votesI do think she fits her theme well, but that doesn't mean she's "well-made" in the balance department. She's on the OP side atm, she scales way too hard for how safe her early game is.
DeynaTaggerung1 votesShe is...but she isn't a far outlier, there are plenty of champs that are more out of line than her. So while she could use a little tweaking it's still a kit that has proven itself to be reliable and low maintenance.
Also while she is not weak in the early game she also isn't "safe", having no dashes/blinks/movement speed steroid, if she mispositions it's less forgiving than many other adcs.
KVbqbFsC8e2 votes700 range AOE crits.
Salty Martini1 votesShe has, indeed clear powers and clear weaknesses. Its the kind of champion riot ideally wants.
Crett1 votesthis is technically her highest DPS build, that is really low DPS on any other ADC, thanks to her crazy AS buff
It's not viable because no boots or lifesteal, and the build is expensive. but god the damage. (wasted IE passive, but it's still the most slot efficient AD and crit item in the game)
DeynaTaggerung1 votesI need to try that sometime >:D
The Space Cowboy1 votesBefore they made ie 25 percent crit you could build 2-3 and a pd and lol your head off. It was stupid op in normals, but probably never saw pro play
Crett1 votes[{quoted}](name=The Space Cowboy,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=qfYXAc0A,comment-id=00010001,timestamp=2015-08-13T01:54:03.256+0000)
Before they made ie 25 percent crit you could build 2-3 and a pd and lol your head off. It was stupid op in normals, but probably never saw pro play
I did that. Good times, I cried when it was nerfed
vfactor951 votesShe's not complained about now, but she was really strong for a while after her release.
Onegarion1 votesNot to say its ok, but most champions are really strong out of the gate. The only one I can say wasn't in recent history was bard and before that Velkoz who remains one of the more balanced champs overall and does his job well.
YossarianSensei1 votesLol
She was so overpowered for so long that people just got tired of QQing about her. The fact that she was nerfed on release, then recently got her AS steroid and her ult basically nerfed in half and is STILL a good pick just indicates how overtuned she was.