Sooner or later a korean challenger is going to discover this Jhin build...

Linna Excel··1 votes·596 views

...and we shall all demand riot nerf it.

Be afraid, be very afraid.

Hey guys, I was playing around with Jhin and the practice tool and I did a what if scenario where he builds kind of like a normal ADC.

item 3508 item 3031 item 3033 item 3812 item 3006 item 3085 (this could be any zeal item though)

While his passive is annoying with this build, he's got so much repositioning ability because of it. Even scarier is that Fervor of Battle lasts well through his reload time. I got his base AD past 800 with this build and full stacks. At 70% crit he's got decent mobility, you could drop the death's dance for another zeal item for 100% crit if you like and then perma kite. Just go bloodlust if you do.

I know you guys want to scoff at the build, but just load up the practice tool and try it for a few minutes. His ability to move around is very good with the build. The only downside to it is that it is a crit build instead of lethality, so you'll lose early game power for late game mobility. I think the trick to making this build work will be surviving the early game and making the most out of your reload time to reposition, but at least you'll be able to move fast and stay safe.

How fast will you go?

I was using MS quints for the test and got him up to 517 MS during the 2 second crit buff. That's pretty fast.

6 Comments

Zielmann2 votes

Swap hurricane for phantom dancer. DD + PD combo is crazy annoying in general.

Linna Excel1 votes

Yes, I was thinking about that one as a second option to try.

Dynikus1 votes

http://www.probuilds.net/champions/details/Jhin

That's not really far off from what people are already building on jhin. just instead of runaan's it's rfc, youmuu's instead of death's dance, swifties instead of greaves.

Anags1 votes

Jhin can make good use of almost any AD build.

WoonStruck1 votes

Death's Dance is wasted. RFC is better than Runaan's.

Outside of that, everyone already knows about it. They go pen because early game>late game.

Since Jhin's release ER crit builds have been 'better' as far as damage. But they don't snowball as hard or as early.

Hell, a pro wrote an 11 page essay on it with mathematical proofs and theories.


Early game is everything right now. That's why Jhins don't generally go crit builds from the start.

Blakiepug1 votes

Wait till you see item 3078 item 3009 item 3046 item 3094 item 3085 item 3142 with the Stormraider's Surge mastery. With this build, Jhin hits up to 700 movement speed on basically every auto attack (high crit chance). It's actually disgusting and the perfect example of how mobility creep exists even on champions whose main weakness is meant to be their speed.

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