League Of Legends: How Jinx Became The Loose Cannon

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League of Legends is one of the most popular games in the world. As such, it’s no surprise that the game is full of rich lore about each and every champion in the game. Each champion in League of Legends comes from one of the many regions in Runeterra and every one has their own story.

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For Jinx, her story is an unhappy one. She went through a lot in her life and had trouble channeling it into something positive. Jinx is one of the most underrated ADC champions in League of Legends, but her road to glory was filled with hardships and bad decisions.

Jinx has always felt like a misfit. Born in Zaun, deep underneath the beautiful and technologically advanced city of Piltover, she was different from most of the people around her. Zaun is a very polluted and dangerous city. Everyone has to work hard to earn anything, leading to gang warfare and plenty of violence.

You have to be built tough to make a name for yourself in Zaun and that was not who Jinx was. She was a tinkerer, not a fighter. Jinx loved making weapons more than anything else, which meant her hand-to-hand combat skills were severely lacking.

As for her older sister, Vi, she was more of your typical Zaunite. Someone who shoots first and asks questions later. Vi is a tough, skilled fighter who had no problem fitting in. It was Jinx who struggled to find any sense of belonging.

Eventually, there began to be a rift between the two sisters. Vi and her gang often had no need for Jinx and her subpar weaponry, leaving the tinkerer by the wayside. Over time, this led Jinx to resent her older sister. This resentment would eventually turn into an obsession with proving her sister wrong and showing that she’s not