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My opinion on Jhin, The Virtuoso and other's reactions

The Happy Reaper··5 votes·1,517 views
Champion Reveal: Jhin, the Virtuoso

When I saw Riot post the champion reveal for Jhin, I was very excited to see what they had in store for us.

  • He was very hyped up by the teaser
  • His champion fantasy and theme were unique, an artistic serial killer
  • His personality felt very personal and ominous

It had me expecting something I had never seen before in League of Legends! After viewing each ability preview I felt that the the hype and the fantasy just wasn't there. At first glance the kit just didn't live up to the teaser. It seemed generic for such a hyped and unique champion, but it was only my first glance!

After my knee jerk reaction I reviewed the abilities again. This time around I settled down and thats when I felt I understood the potential for Jhin, his fantasy, how the teaser showed us through Jhin's eyes what beautiful art is.

Jhin, the Virtuoso's champion fantasy came to life when I realized his methodical nature. Jhin sees death as a medium for art, every moment leading to a climax, a Curtain's Call. That was the moment I matched the personality of Jhin with his champion kit. He is the artistic, methodical serial killer in League of Legends just as in the teaser. So overall I think Riot satisfied what I think of who Jhin is and how his kit brings him to life.

I feel that much of the negativity comes from the expectations people had and the deceivingly generic kit we were previewed with, which caused a lot of knee jerk reactions.

Anyways, just wanted to dissuade the overwhelming negativity about his champion reveal. I think their is much potential for Jhin and people will realize it after playing him.

Do you feel the same way about Jhin?

8 Comments

Critmaster Garen2 votes

actually someone made a really good point about giving him 2 sets of spell effects and animations.

one that everyone else sees, and one that only his player sees. similar how they made the screen shaking on garens ult only affects the guy who dies to it.

for the player, all the gore and death he creates would look beautiful. flowers, petals, the crystals like in the teaser etc. to reflect his twisted mind. for everyone else it would look plain and bloody.

this wouldnt make him very unique gameplay wise, but give him a unique flavour.

honestly at the end im disappointed that its just another marksman, even if he has an unusal mechanic.

CaptnJakSparrow2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Critmaster Garen,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=8Uz09zHl,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2016-01-13T09:42:36.711+0000)

actually someone made a really good point about giving him 2 sets of spell effects and animations.

one that everyone else sees, and one that only his player sees. similar how they made the screen shaking on garens ult only affects the guy who dies to it.

for the player, all the gore and death he creates would look beautiful. flowers, petals, the crystals like in the teaser etc. to reflect his twisted mind. for everyone else it would look plain and bloody.

^ This.

I think this is honestly what most were upset about, along with myself tbh.

Also tbh . . . they really could have done more with his Q and more with the smoke theme +butterflies etc etc .. . . there was a lot of stuff simply not utilized that could have been used :/.

The Happy Reaper1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Critmaster Garen,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=8Uz09zHl,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2016-01-13T09:42:36.711+0000)

actually someone made a really good point about giving him 2 sets of spell effects and animations.

one that everyone else sees, and one that only his player sees. similar how they made the screen shaking on garens ult only affects the guy who dies to it.

for the player, all the gore and death he creates would look beautiful. flowers, petals, the crystals like in the teaser etc. to reflect his twisted mind. for everyone else it would look plain and bloody.

this wouldnt make him very unique gameplay wise, but give him a unique flavour.

honestly at the end im disappointed that its just another marksman, even if he has an unusal mechanic.

Thanks for the reply. The 2 spell effects would be something interesting and relevant to his character. Although, I'd rather have it be everyone sees what Jhin sees whether the choice was gore effects or art effects. I think that because it would be help immerse the players with the fantasy Jhin sees. Something else I would like to see is that those who died from Jhin would hear him quote something to them, only that player could hear, making Jhin more insane and terrifying.

KONO RUBICK DA2 votes

death isn't an art, i just wish that people realise this.

CaptnJakSparrow1 votes

{quoted}

death isn't an art, i just wish that people realise this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead

Go to this some time.

Ahristocats2 votes

{quoted}

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead

Go to this some time.

so what? they pray for the deads, they don't call death an art

Vistha Kai1 votes

Nani?!

What about this?

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