Sivir and Jinx Buffs on the way in League of Legends

Sivir and jinx buffs arrived on the PBE, and for the most part they’re significant enough to add some pick priority. They shouldn’t be nearly enough to bump the champs to OP status, however.

Sivir

Poor Sivir used to be the center of attention too, but that was a dark, dark age where tanks ruled the world. The only reason Sivir survived was because she could prolong the inevitable onslaught of crowd control with a spell shield. That’s two seasons behind us, though, and today, Sivir is barely ever played. This is mostly because she lacks the damaging abilities that give other ADCs the edge, and it leaves her noticeably weaker.

Well, her lane pressure is about to get quite a bit stronger, because her Boomerang Blade, which also happens to be her primary damaging ability, is getting a big buff by 30 damage at every rank. That means instead of 25 damage at level one, it will deal 55, being reduced by 15 percent for each hit after the first, just as the ability does now. That’s actually quite a massive buff, and it will hit especially hard in the early stages of the lane, which means we might actually see some more Sivir priority in the next patch.

Jinx

Aside from poor phrasing, saying it’s small pretty much sums up the buff coming for Jinx in the next patch. To be fair, though, Jinx isn’t in that poor of a place when compared to Sivir. Sure, she’s still a few steps behind the likes of Draven, Lucian, Vayne, and the rest, but that’s it—just a few steps.

Because of that, her buff is quite small. The cooldown on her Zap! is being lowered at all ranks, and at max rank, it will now have a four second cooldown rather than a six second one. This is actually sort of big, because it means she’ll be able to kite and chase much more easily in the later stages of the game. It doesn’t do much to help her laning phase, but hey, it’s something.

Jinx has always been a fan favorite due to her personality and chaotic playstyle, so this should make her fans feel a little bit better about picking her, even if it doesn’t throw her to the forefront of the Meta.