Jhin is not broken

JavelinJoe··7 votes·484 views

To all of you who think he is super broken because he has a high play rate, let me inform you, HE IS NOT BROKEN.

Jhin currently is very popular because of a few things.

  1. New skin
  2. Edge of Night's active synergy with his ult
  3. Lethality is a cheaper, more imediatly powerful alternative to his standard "crit focused" build with items having smoother build paths
  4. Varus is banned more often, usually leaving Jhin (the other main lethality ADC) open for picking
  5. Jhin is just a fun champion to play

Jhin has only had 3 buffs since patch 6.4.

  • Ult's bonus damage per 1% of enemy's missing health increased to 2.5% from 2% (0.5% increase, based on missing health, only to offset the large base damage nerf that came out at the same time)
  • W's damage modifier versus minions and monsters increased to 75% from 65% (not effecting combat against champions)
  • E's cost reduced to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 (a whopping 10 mana saved)

IF you need a champion to complain about, pick any of these Rengar Khazix Yasuo

8 Comments

EbonyBladeJ884 votes

Using Reason, and citing references from Patch Notes!? This is... amazing!

It's... http://img02.deviantart.net/2f4e/i/2016/038/f/7/jhin_meme_by_mikouchan-d9qyb6a.png

(Sadly, if you wish me to conform to the typical Jhin-post fare, I can't upvote you, as at this time the post is already at 4 upvotes. Can't mess up that perfection.)

Sincerely, From an L6 Jhin player

MrHaZeYo3 votes

Yas is so bad, people need to stop complaining about him.

Your right though Jihn is just a bystander to Lethality

JavelinJoe1 votes

Lol, yeah he is pretty ok as is. I honnestly only used him for the joke.

Jeanne fan club1 votes
  1. He is popular because his kit has high numbers as a compensation for no attack speed, which ends up scaling amazingly with leathality,
  2. His kit has a really good amount of utility, which as of right now in the LCS, is the only thing that matters on a carry.
  3. He has a somewhat stronger early phase than a lot of other adc's, which helps a lot in the take bot tower at 7 min meta.

He is getting the absolute best from the current meta, the stars really just aligned for him tbh.

JavelinJoe1 votes

the stars really just aligned for him tbh.

Sounds about right to me

Anonagon1 votes

People don't think Jhin is broken just because of his play rate. He's thought of as broken because he has a very high winrate (52%) in addition to being the most picked champion in the game.

For reference, Lee Sin and Thresh, the other two perennially most-picked champions, always have winrates that sit between 47-49%, even when they are the best picks in their role.

JavelinJoe1 votes

Yes, but you also have to remember that there are a lot less good ADC champions (like 5 or so actual good ones) in the current meta than there are Junglers and Supports. That is one of the reasons, why he is played so often in comparison.

Teémò1 votes

He actually did get a buff with red trinkets and pinks no longer stopping his traps from working. which makes him more efficient. Personally I think its his snare range he has that is why people may feel he is broken. As plenty of Marksman don't offer near the utility that a caster can offer. All they have is damage from short range and are punished early game for their hyper carry status.

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