Rurree wrote:
I'm not a fan of boring champs, I hate playing Darius, Garen, Warwick, etc., those champs for me are the boring ones. Opponents dying in an instant makes me happy due to the fact that I know that when that happens, I did a good job in getting gold and kills to the point where in I'm really fed. Well, I know how to utilize Jinx's kit in a way where in she's fun, I'm guessing that you're not too experienced with her so I don't expect you to find her fun at all.
My favourite champions are Jinx, Corki, Viktor, LeBlanc, Lucian, and Graves. I have no idea if these champs are "boring" for you but whatever. Yes, there are AD Carries that aren't fun to play for me, like Sivir and Miss Fortune.
Jinx is my favourite champions because of her overall look, backstory, and kit. Her kit is amazing, only downside is that she has little mobility, apart from her passive, which is fine because that passive gets me hyped up whenever there's a clash and it makes kiting and positioning so much easier and fun.
I've been an ADC main Season 1, end of season 3, season 4, 5 and this season; I'm pretty sure I'm experienced with every ADC mate. I don't hate Jinx; if you only took account her lore and character design then she would be one of my favourites. In fact, she is the only champion that I've bought on release with RP on EVERY single one of my accounts, and I have a lot of accounts. I've had my fair share of maining every single ADC and that goes for Jinx too.
But her kit is just boring.
Let's compare her to Sivir, which you, for some reason, find boring. Taking into account that Urgot and Graves aren't viable in the ADC position, Sivir has the lowest range out of any other ADCs. Her range sitting at 500, the only other ADC with 500 range is Kog, but this is off-set by the fact he can increase his range with W. This means that she has to be closer during fights. Her passive however, helps her out by giving her movespeed whenever she attacks an enemy champion and her Spell shield allows her to block 1 spell. Her kit overall, rewards good ADC players as it promotes good positioning, kiting and an awareness towards the capabilities of your enemies (What your enemies can do and what things you need to look out for). In fact, Sivir is the best champ to play to improve your skills as an ADC since those three things are the base skills needed to becoming a great ADC.
Sivir is quite a fun ADC to play and when it comes to her, the difference between a good ADC and a bad ADC is prevalent.
Jinx on the other hand, is not quite the same; she does not promote improvement. When it comes to Jinx, the difference between a good ADC and a bad ADC is not as distinct. The skill requirement and skill cap of the champion is incredibly low, Master Yi level. She allows for poor positioning due to her huge range and her role in the game isn't really 'fun' either; Turret killing and AOE crits in teamfights. In an ADC vs ADC scenario where both ADCs have equal items, Jinx only wins lategame, so unless the enemy ADC is shit, Jinx should be losing every single trade in lane since her kit isn't that strong and overall promotes passive play. Let's take a look at a pro player who has generally poor positioning in teamfights - WildTurtle; last season, Turtle underperformed heavily due to his poor positioning. The only champions he consistently performed well on during last season was Jinx. Why? Jinx allows for poor positioning.
She's basically another version of Tristana, difference is that Tristana promotes aggressive play, kills turrets faster, does more damage, better self peel and better mobility.
In general, I find that people who really like to play Jinx are the shit ADCs, since her playstyle is incredibly easy and generic to play; she's the Tryndamere/Master Yi of ADCs.
If you have fun playing Jinx then whatever, your opinion, but if you find Jinx to be the most fun champion to play then you must either be on some drugs, somewhat new to the game or just incredibly shit, since she literally has no entertaining mechanic in comparison to actual fun ADCs like saaaayy... Kalista.