League of Legends has produced many iconic champions, whether through their appearance or their playstyle. One of the most important champions is the ADC Jinx, and she was created by two newcomers.
Who is Jinx? Jinx was released in League of Legends in 2013 and holds the ADC role. She quickly gained popularity and was also the first champion to receive a music video.
Additionally, she is the star of the fantastic Netflix series Arcane.
Two newcomers team up
How was Jinx created? At Riot, there was a sort of bulletin board where employees could share their concepts for champions. The new illustrator Katie De Sousa posted a first concept drawing of Psycho Arsenal on this bulletin board.
An idea that later became Jinx.
This drawing was on the bulletin board at Riot for a while. The relatively new champion designer August Browning, who was working on the champion Vi (later Jinx’s sister), was so fascinated by this concept drawing that he and a small group wanted to realize Psycho Arsenal.
He always wanted to develop a weapon-switching champion inspired by Udyr.
August Browning and Katie De Sousa teamed up. Browning stated that he worked on Vi during the day and at night he, Katie De Sousa, and a few other employees worked on realizing Psycho Arsenal.
However, the original design was too generic for Katie De Sousa. Psycho Arsenal became smaller and her weapons grew larger. Jinx was born.
She wasn’t entirely like Udyr but still received some weapons. With her Q, she switches between a Gatling gun and a rocket launcher, her W is a small pistol, and with her E, she throws small grenades. With her ultimate, she fires a massive rocket across the entire map.
She and the other weapon-switching ADC were also significant game-changers at MSI 2023.
This is what the final design of Jinx looked like:
Jinx was the first champion to receive her own music video in 2013. According to August Browning, the Jinx in the music video is the perfect representation of Jinx
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After just one year, August as a new developer then released 2 champions. Vi was released at the end of 2012 and then her sister Jinx in October 2013.
Both also became Netflix stars in 2021 and were protagonists in the hit series Arcane. The second season of the series is currently in development.
