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What exactly is Jhin's role?

Winston Wolf·2/20/2016, 8:40:10 AM·1 votes·3,558 views

I've played him a fair bit since his release and he has one of the most fun kits I've used yet.

That being said, I am not exactly sure what he does.

He can't push a wave very well, compared to other marksman types, like Sivir or Tristana. He can't sit and duel you like Vayne does, because by the time he is able to use his fourth shot he is dead. He can't really kite like Ezreal , Lucian or Kalista could. He can't burst you out like Graves or Corki does. His team fight is mediocre at best, especially when compared to Twitch or MissFortune He doesn't really have poke factor either, which belongs to Caitlyn and Varus .

Not to mention his ability to take towers is atrocious.

Looking at his kit, his passive and his ult allow him to clean up fights really well, but without an on-demand displacement spell and low base move speed, his potential victims seem to escape without much difficulty.

He is a fun champ to play and after his buffs I think he will be in a good spot... but I am not exactly sure what his niche is.

7 Comments

PhantomGG2/20/2016, 8:43:20 AM1 votes

During Lane

You are a lane bully who fights like miss fortune, but this is hard to pull off, for every time you push you are basically guarentee dead to ganks,so you wanna try to keep the minions in the middle of the lane

During Team Phase

You are a pick maker, you want to find people, snare them, and make picks

During Siege Phase

You are long range poke/pick with your snare and ult

Best KhaZix Void2/20/2016, 8:44:37 AM1 votes

he's very good with a pick comp, as he can follow up on targets from an extremely long range.

he cleans up fights well with his ult+W

his laning is weak to ganks but he can bully people if he trades properly.

he kind of does all the things all the other ADCs do, except for sustained damage which is present in all of them except him.

he honestly catches people out better than any other ADC in the game, because he can do it more often and much more safely than any ADC.

BradoxTTV2/20/2016, 8:47:13 AM1 votes

you have to play smart to do well with jhin, he scales amazingly well into late game, and if youre fighting correctly he has very nice burst and cleanup with his ult, not to mention his root which can give you time to reload while you kite, and dont forget he gets bonus movement speed for crits so take swiftness boots and let the kiting commence! He is a great adc granted you have a good support that complements his kit, like a morgana or leona and he makes a great midlaner granted you arent facing someone with high mobility like zed ahri fizz ect