Why does Jhin's ult need a slow?
His ult has such a short cooldown and deals a ton of damage, it really doesn't need a rylais like slow on top of it to the point that if you get hit by 1, you get hit by all.
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So you can't just casually walk out of it with no problem, since it has a long travel time and there is a cooldown to each shot.
Because it's called a reward for landing said skillshot which is extremely narrow across such a long distance? And even with the slow, it's still possible to dodge it with good reactions/T2 boots.
Also, it can still just be bodyblocked altogether. And Jhin himself can be easily interrupted/killed during it.
Without the slow, it would be utter garbage because you'd be able to walk out of it before Jhin could even get 2 shots off.
Also, thematically/lore-wise, it's you getting hit by an extremely powerful sniper rifle. That will do a great deal of damage to your body, crippling it and potentially hitting important organs, all of which are enough to cause a tremendous amount of pain/inhibit normal movement.
I've never had that much trouble with jihn ult, I just try to leave out of its range. On the flip side the slow helps land more shots, without it you would be lucky to hit two bullets.
It has a slow so it can have a use outside of being a glorified long range single target tickling-machine when the targets are at more than 50% HP.