2014-01-05, 08:06 AM
Mandalay Wrote:Bought Jinx and her kit is really fun!
I still love Vayne, but I feel like she (or any other non-Trinity ADC) isn't in such a great spot anymore. No more Vayne main for the time being.
Vayne is fine right now, it's just she's a high skill cap, and while lane bullies are popular, Vayne isn't. When lane bullies are popular Vayne tends to fall out of favor. It also doesn't help they nerfed her Condemn. It's like, the opposite of a QoL buff. I played hundreds of Vayne games since she was released (she was the first champion to come out when I started playing), and the Condemn change is the single worst change they've ever done, because it makes her feel sloppier to play. One of Vayne's shining qualities was her fluidity in her skills and movements. With her not being able to auto attack after Condemn, it makes trading with her harder (before, with enough attack speed, a good way to get a Silver Bolts proc would be Tumble+auto->condemn->auto while they're being knocked back, and they can't retaliate at all because they're out of range now).
If you get going on her, you can still carry games, but they definitely made her a lot harder to play. With the game being so lane-phase centric at the moment, she's naturally going to fall out of favor anyways. Vayne's weak point has always been laning, until BotRK was released. I feel like if BotRK was ever nerfed again, then that would be the death of her, because at this point she's balanced around it. I feel like if BotRK was removed, she could get some buffs back. But, overall I love BotRK on her, so I don't mind. It's literally the perfect item for her.
But TBH, since the release of the last 2 ADCs, I feel like being lane bullies is the status quo of ADCs now. Jinx and Lucian are both very scary ADCs, and much less support-dependent than Vayne is.
I'm more concerned with where Tristana and Kog'Maw are at right now. I feel like Tristana could use a rework, or she'll always fall behind the other ADCs. Kog'Maw I feel could either use some skill tweaking or a rework. I'd love if his Q got the QoL treatment Tristana's E got, and scale with his auto attack range, so when he has W active, his Q is the same range and can actually be utilized.
But as far as Jinx goes, I absolutely LOVE her, and she's so much fun. I love her thematically, and play style. I honestly feel like she's the Sona of ADCs - she has a little of everything an ADC could possibly want (except a reliable escape, which honestly isn't necessary with proper positioning, and with Jinx's skillset, she doesn't need one at all).