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Does anyone else feel like Jinx doesn't fit the PROJECT theme?

FulkoTheTroll·8/21/2019, 5:51:50 AM·1 votes·2,872 views

Riot did a really good job with the PROJECT Jinx skin quality-wise. Both the splash-art and the in-game model are amazing visually. But I personally don't feel like she fits the PROJECT skin-line thematically. Correct me if I'm wrong, but PROJECT was supposed to be all about cybernetic enhancement of people with exceptional/superhuman skills, maximum precision, speed, skill, efficiency. Fiora Zed Yasuo MasterYi all instantly come to mind, they represent the peak of human potential in terms of agility, reaction time, skill etc. and their fighting style and identity as champions (both in the lore and the game) revolves around that. They possess traits that intelligent combat-oriented technology would try to learn from. Jhin Ashe suit the theme as well, they are all about precision and timing. You don't need to teach a machine brute force, you need to teach a machine the skills to make proper use of force. When it really comes down to it, Jinx is "just" a crazy person that blows up things with explosives because she likes chaos. Rocket launchers are rather clunky weapons and rely mostly on their raw destructive power and the chaotic and erratic nature of Jinx seems to contradict the maximum efficiency oriented theme of PROJECT. Jinx as a fighter is defined by her weapons. Fiora Yasuo Zed MasterYi Ashe Jhin aren't defined by their weapons. They could pick up any blade/gun/bow and still beat their opponents. They aren't just fighters, they are true martial artists. Jinx would not be able to cause as much mayhem as she does with regular weapons, she relies on her genius mind to craft powerful weapons or she won't be able to do anything. I feel like the skin was made because she is a very popular champion and it seems like the PROJECT skin theme kinda devolves into "making a futuristic version for popular champions". Anyway, I want to stress that this is purely my subjective opinion and I'd like to hear what everyone else thinks.

9 Comments

Chembaron Yamada8/21/2019, 9:43:59 AM3 votes

Never really thought that a champion has to be defined as a "martial artist" to fit in the Project skin line and even if, then that thematic would have already been broken with Ekko, He isn't a great warrior, what makes him relevant in a fight are his devices (especially his Z-drive), so he clearly is defined by his weapons and not his personal fighting skills.

I think Jinx fits the line pretty well, especially since they introduced Jhin into the skin line. Jinx' crazy personality goes well with the whole cyborg thematic, since she could be a Project with a malfunctioning upgrade and it is something similar we got. They experimented on Jinx, but didn't finish her upgrade and that's why she is crazy now.

GreenLore8/21/2019, 11:43:03 AM2 votes

I feel like the big disconnect between Jinx and the project line is because the project line has a very smooth feeling to it, which just clashes with Jinx. They tend to give a feeling of perfect design and being high quality products.

The only one who doesn't really fit this theme(besides Jinx) is Pyke(and maybe Jhin, but even he looks pretty smooth) and in Pykes case its because he is clearly designed as a damaged Project. Jinx however doesn't look or feel that way at all. She is crazy and chaotic and her body looks barely modified, she doesn't look like she is a high-end cyborg, she looks like she is a human wearing a visor.

Terozu8/21/2019, 6:43:34 PM2 votes

Project is primarily a weapon master skin line.

Jinx is very skilled with a lot of weapons.

AIQ8/21/2019, 2:16:01 PM1 votes

She fits the line they just made her wrong. If they used this concept piece to inspire them, I think everyone would be singing a different tune.

https://i.imgur.com/KDQ66pV.png