This WAS an outplay. Don't be fooled.
Edit 2: The point of this is to show you that you shouldn't just blindly agree with liars. If you pay attention to the clip, you can see that both imaqtpie and anyone trying to use this particular clip to claim Zoe's unbalanced are simply missing the fact he screwed up. He had plenty of outs and knew full well there were two spells for her to pick up.
To preface, you may have a different opinion on what constitutes an outplay. As for me, I think it doesn't just include spectacular plays, but also encompasses using the enemy's mistakes to your advantage. The latter is what happened here.
https://clips.twitch.tv/EnchantingDullYamKappaClaus
imaqtpie's mistakes, in order:
- Failed to notice the ignite on the ground.
- Didn't use his E at all during the fight.
- Opted to stay and fight with the minions already cleared, despite both of them having only one full item (which with the ADC item changes puts him at a distinct disadvantage) and her being a level up. He not only had time to just walk away, but also had his flash and another charge of his E even if he had used it before.
- At 6 seconds he misclicks, throwing his bouncing grenade at a minion. And since Zoe was mid-cast of her R, she was actually not in range for the grenade to bounce to her.
- 8 seconds in he misses his W, losing both the damage and his chance to escape.
- Held his fourth auto and issued non-attack movement commands instead of attempting to fire the fourth shot which might have killed her. Though granted Redemption may have saved her anyway.
At the time of his death, Zoe had 254 HP. With Zoe's 44.4 armor, Jhin's Q if he hadn't misclicked would have dealt 175 damage. If he had clicked it half a second later, so as to get the bounce damage, it would have dealt 236 damage instead.
254 - 175 = 79, or 254 - 236 = 18
If he had landed his W, it would have dealt 132 damage. More than enough to win him the fight before the Redemption finished casting, without even needing that last auto attack.
But he missed both.
This was an actual outplay. Popular streamers whining about actually getting outplayed as if the champion is to blame when they make boneheaded mistakes like this shouldn't be taken at face value without scrutinizing.
Edit: It's important to keep in mind he is a level 8, one-item Jhin and had Hail of Blades. Any other ADC would have won that fight, as they'd have gotten three attacks off with Hail and wouldn't have their free Stormrazor crits reduced further than Stormrazor's already reduces them. And even Jhin would have won the fight if it occured when both had more items, because she'd take a much harsher penalty for missing her abilities than him. But the matchup and point of the game in which it happened put it in Zoe's favor. A Brand or Lux with only their passives, electrocute, and two abilities landed would have won this too. It's not about Zoe.
It's actually more ridiculous that the fight was so close, because Jhin dealt damage from ZERO out of his four abilities, only got one auto with his AD increased by Hail of Blades, and only hit 4 autos TOTAL.
You can't say it's unfair that Zoe won when she properly went in for the fight after seeing the ignite on the ground, used her W, passive, and ultimate correctly, but then pretend it's perfectly fine that he landed 0/4 abilities, only four auto attacks, but was only one auto from winning the fight instead. That's just blatant bias.
TL;DR: The focus of this is still don't be fooled by lies and go along with it based on bias.