Since the 11.3 and 11.4 patches, Jinx has received significant buffs from Riot Games, with the two strongest factors being attack speed and the range of her Q ability. As a result, Jinx has quickly become a go-to champion for many League of Legends players, frequently appearing in both ranked games and professional competitions.
Among them, Suning’s (SN) marksman – Huanfeng has achieved a relatively impressive record with Jinx. For Korean fans – a region that favors female marksmen with ‘cute’ designs like Jinx or Kai’Sa, Huanfeng’s performance with Jinx draws even more attention.
So far, Huanfeng’s Jinx has only lost once against their ‘arch-rivals’ Top Esports, boasting a win rate of 91.6% throughout his career. Although many fans believe that Huanfeng’s number of Jinx games is still low, and his win rate isn’t impressive compared to HLE Deft’s 90.9% win rate with Jinx throughout his career, this still shows that the young marksman of Suning is very comfortable with Jinx, posing a significant threat to opponents in the LPL Playoffs.
Besides Huanfeng’s Jinx, the Korean League of Legends community also sees SofM’s Nocturne as a champion worth paying attention to. The reason is that SofM has used Nocturne to completely counter the currently popular jungle champion Hecarim from LNG’s Tarzan. This made Team WE so wary that they banned Nocturne in all three matches against SofM.
Overall, from the perspective of Korean fans, both Jinx in Huanfeng’s hands and Nocturne from SofM are choices that highlight the strengths of both the champions and the players. The Rebellious Gun is very suitable for SN’s team fight style, while Nocturne is a choice that allows SofM to capitalize on his roaming ability, making the duo’s performance even more “captivating” when wielding these champions.
Although they had to exit the LPL Playoffs, Korean fans still believe that if the meta allows, LPL fans are eager to see Huanfeng and SofM utilize the two champions mentioned above for a spectacular “comeback” in the summer split.