Arclight Jhin Skin Concept
I don't have any artwork to use for this skin, so a physical description will have to do. Personally, I think an Arclight
skin would be amazing. Think about it: in all of Jhin's promotional things (teasers and whatnot) and the majority of his quotes, it stresses his dislike of imperfection. The images Riot released before Jhin came out, it showed several champions killed by him, and each death accentuated on their weaknesses.
When
died to Jhin, his eyes glowed the brightest out of his whole head; this was because Zed's arrogance blinded him - his eyes deceived him.
When
was killed, mist emanated from her mouth; this was because she was a musician, yet was incapable of speech.
When
was killed, her gauntlets were the focal point; this is because she relies too much on her gauntlets, and has no real strength because of it.
Lastly,
was shot through the chest; this was because Jhin believed Garen's heart was his weakness.
All of this can easily be compared to "purging" individuals, which is where the Arclight theme comes in. It is because of this that I think Arclight Jhin would be an ingenious idea. If we can't have an Arclight Jhin, I hope Riot uses this idea but just manifests it as something else; Fallen Angel Jhin, maybe?
Okay, now with the overall idea out of the way, it's time to discuss what I believe the appearance of this skin should be. All of Jhin's spells will have a different look from the classic skin, so that'll make this a 1300 RP skin (probably; not sure how Riot prices their skins), but the changes will be minor like Arclight Varus and Arclight Vayne. In Arclight Jhin's Captive Audience, the Lotus Traps will be white roses instead of the usual lotuses and the color of the field that is created upon stepping on a Lotus Trap will be a lighter gold than the rest of the skin's unique animations. Dancing Grenade and Deadly Flourish will have a vibrant gold aura, and the grenade fired in Dancing Grenade will be silver. In Arclight Jhin's Curtain Call, the area showing the range at which Jhin can shoot would be gold like the rest of the animations. The bullets fired would be silver, but since the aura covers the bullet pretty well, it would probably look like pure gold. The last shot will be as light a gold as the field created when stepping on the Lotus Traps of Arclight Jhin's Captive Audience, and although it'd be hard to notice, the bullet itself will be gold as well. Some might say there's simply too much gold in this, but when you look at Arclight
and Arclight
, all of their animations are pure gold. Besides, the silver serves as a good contrast to all the gold in the animations, which Arclight Varus and Arclight Vayne lack.
For the physical appearance of the skin, I believe Arclight Jhin should have a gold and white gun similar to that of Arclight Varus and Arclight Vayne. (Just how many times have I mentioned those two skins now? Probably a lot.) It would be the same way for his attire. Personally, I'm not really sure how the mask should look - I don't think it'd be too cool if it were to go unchanged aside from color. I'm thinking Arclight Jhin would have a mask with a split half, Yin-Yang-esque design, with one half being white and the other being gold. I'm also unsure as to what should be done about his robotic limbs; perhaps they could be colored silver while the drape-like thing Jhin wears could be gold or vice versa? I don't really know.
So what are your opinions on this idea? Do you like it? Do you think it needs some work? I want to read your thoughts.