Jhin = Golden demon, Skin = reward for gold elo, face on figure = gold-ish colour. Hope = not gone

Blood Magicks·Oct 6, 2017·13 votes·3,276 views

https://i.imgur.com/rFJGfQk.jpg

Please let it be Jhin with a golden mask.

EDIT yes it's most likely Graves, what a missed opportunity

55 Comments

Stars ShaperOct 6, 201715 votes

Looks like Graves to me.

No mask is a huge "nope" for Jhin.

Blood MagicksOct 6, 20174 votes

golden mask

Stars ShaperOct 6, 20176 votes

But I can see moustaches too.

Blood MagicksOct 6, 20174 votes

golden moustaches

DrCyanideOct 6, 20174 votes

What mask? It's a shoulder plate.

EeyoreOct 6, 20172 votes

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Looks like Graves to me.

No mask is a huge "nope" for Jhin.

Except he's wearing a mask. It's still apparently not Jhin, but "Graves" is wearing a mask.

https://media.giphy.com/media/3ov9k3fxDUjJ1XxBtu/giphy.gif

Stars ShaperOct 6, 20171 votes

You're probably mistaking the pixels from the increased brightness for a mask.

Here is the original: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3uhYG6DkjiI/WdfcwqJXwRI/AAAAAAAAwxM/yDlsRixcTtAoN9-4evJwY0uHstPgdhFUgCLcBGAs/s1600/22228201_1747512031947993_3642781375677130572_n.jpg

Doesn't give the feeling of a mask honestly.

EeyoreOct 6, 20171 votes

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You're probably mistaking the pixels from the increased brightness for a mask.

Here is the original: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3uhYG6DkjiI/WdfcwqJXwRI/AAAAAAAAwxM/yDlsRixcTtAoN9-4evJwY0uHstPgdhFUgCLcBGAs/s1600/22228201_1747512031947993_3642781375677130572_n.jpg

Doens't give the feeling of a mask honestly.

I'm aware of what the original looks like - my primary monitor has the gamma up at all times due to playing a lot of survival games. I used the brightened version for other people's benefits. You can see the eye-holes in the mask, where he's eyes are sunken within clearly defined ridges. Even if the edges if the mask I drew are incorrect just based on the shadow placement - the eye-holes, porcelain nose and fangs are definitely not his real face, even if it's Graves wearing the mask (which is, frankly, weird to give him such sharp features when he's a burly hunk).

Stars ShaperOct 6, 20171 votes

I can see your reasoning but I still am firmly convinced that it's the lighting playing tricks on the image.

That nose shape is just what my country calls a "greek nose" and Graves has it in the latest splash arts, he surely seems more refined ad sharp than the basic look. I also see a small cloud of smoke inside his collar but that might simply be from the mess around there.

It's just time to put the bets on the table. I'll stay with Graves.

Beyond LegendsOct 7, 20171 votes

That's really stretching it, honestly that how some artist like to draw faces. I doubt it's jhin becaus of the hair, jhin usually has a full body suit on in most of his skin.

Pumping IronOct 7, 20171 votes

probably graves.. i can see that badass wolverine beard

Stars ShaperOct 7, 20171 votes

The Turkish LoL page had it slipped that it's Graves :p

DrCyanideOct 6, 20176 votes

You can see his mustache and he's holding a gun. Victorious Graves.

ShadòwOct 6, 20173 votes

it's a Jhin like pistol thought. It's definitely not a shotgun.

Also nothing speaks against Jhin having a mustache too.

DrCyanideOct 6, 20173 votes

No, Jhin fires his pistol with one hand. This figure is holding the weapon with two hands.

ShadòwOct 6, 20171 votes

In the splash of his 2 skins he holds his gun with 2 hands too.

Dunno I just think that it is Jhin because the gun definitely doesn't look like a shotgun at all. And then there is that thing strapped on his back which also looks like Jhins Ult thingy, but It could also just be a wall or post.

Also, his right arm looks mechanical, his left does not.

DrCyanideOct 6, 20171 votes

In the splash arts when he's holding the gun with two hands he's holding the full gun, not just the pistol part. Even when in ult-mode, his gun is relatively consistent in diameter, while this gun looks like it bulges out at the lion's mane. To me that reads more like a shotgun.

Jhin's right arm is mechanical, which would be the hand closest to us. That doesn't look mechanical to me, it looks very organic with a white glove covering it.

I don't have an answer for the grey thing at his back. The lighting and the shape of it makes me think it's a gravestone, but that seems out of place for a Victorious skin.

4 Step CadenceOct 6, 20171 votes

If it's like the Blood Moon skin it would be Jhin since he holds his gun with two hands in that splash, as he needs to if he connects the barrel to Whisper. Though Jhin with facial hair makes no sense in any universe. Probably hot as fuck under his mask so why would he not shave? I hope it's not Jhin though. No maskless Jhin. I will riot.

Stars ShaperOct 6, 20171 votes

I really can't figure Jhin with moustaches.

The only argument in favor of this being Jhin I can bring is that we can't clearly see if he is leaning on a wall/stone or if that's Jhin's shoulder magazine.

Jerry SeinfeIdOct 6, 20174 votes

Thank god it's not jhin. That would probably have been the only thing that could make me despise riot.

The guy shits skins while people bitch about annie/ahri/yi getting a skin.

The DrBonjigolloOct 7, 20173 votes

I'm confused. Jhin only has 3 skins: his release skin, the Skt one (which was a choice from SKT Bang for winning worlds or something and isn't even available anymore) and then BloodMoon.

While on the other hand Annie has 12 skins, Ahri has 8 (9 including her Korean exclusive skin), and Yi has 9. The only problem being that the majority of their skins have few to 0 changes in effects but even so, Ahri just got her Star Guardian skin, Annie has Super Galaxy, and Yi has Eternal Sword in addition to the Cosmic Reaver skin he received earlier this year.

So in what way is Jhin shitting skins when he barely has half of any of the other three's skins?

Jerry SeinfeIdOct 7, 20172 votes

jhin release: 2016-02-01 - 3 skins all 1350+

annie release: 2009-02-21 7/11 annie skins were made in 2011 or earlier, you know when there were less champs and skins weren't as good as these days. Most annie skins are 975 or an outdated legendary that's really not that special, most of her 975 ones also don't have new particles. then her newer ones: sweetheart: 750, Hextech: hextech excluisive, Panda: her first real 975 skin and the new one coming out which is her first skin worth it's price that's over 975.

Ahri: 2011-12-14 she gets about 1 skin/year with 2 exceptions being her release year and 2015 which imo seems like a perfectly fine schedule, she also

Mister Yi: 2009-02-21 by 2012 5/8 skins were released, he then had to wait until 2015 to get one which was project, then he got some this year so he got 3 over the last 3 years.

all of them were released either 7 or 5 years before him, let's compare using jhin's lifespan (like roughly ofc i aint gonna do math rn, it's saturday). Jhin got 3 skins in 1 1/2 year all 1350. annie got a 520 and a digital collectors skin by that time, yi got a 390, 520 and 975 skin in that time, Ahri got 3 by that time 2 of which were release skins, there's also no Korean exclusive. I can only find a few indicators that dynasty ahri used to be.

so yeah i think he's shitting out skins. But noone seems to care when he does it but when ahri gets her yearly skin half these boards lose their shit. People just need to stop riding jhin's dick or stop bitching about other champs getting skins.

Stars ShaperOct 7, 20172 votes

Yi got 2 in 4 months.

Jerry SeinfeIdOct 7, 20171 votes

and he had to wait 2-3 years earlier on. Jhin just got 2 skins in 4 months too.

The DrBonjigolloOct 7, 20171 votes

WARNING: Wall of Text Alright I see what you mean, though i somewhat already stated it.

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the majority of their skins have few to 0 changes in effects

The main reason Jhin is getting high quality skins despite being moderately new is because people like him a lot more, thematically and gameplay-wise, and riot has noticed this (I mean, though the boards represents a small population of League's community, we did just have a competition that showed that Jhin is the board's favorite champion). But just because he received 2 great skins within a shorter period than most champions have doesn't mean this trend will continue. Riot usually (or atleast used to) has a year-long waiting period before a champ can get another skin. Ignoring Skt, again because it was for winning Worlds and isn't counted as a normal skin, Jhin won't be able to receive another skin for a year or two from BloodMoon(which was in February) unless his popularity spikes again. In addition to the creation of more champions, reworks and the other champs at the popular kids' table Jhin probably won't receive another skin for a while.

No one cares that Jhin is/was "shitting out skins" because he basically only has one skin (BloodMoon) besides his release skin (High Noon) with the other one only being available when(when, not if) Skt wins again or in an Esports bundle which forces you to get other skins you probably won't want.

But people flip out over Ahri, Yi, and Annie because they each have plenty of skins that, even though they don't have much effect changes the models are still good by current standards and almost all of them are completely available for purchase whenever(including Hextech Annie if you're willing to spend money on RNG), unlike Twitch who has just as many skins but half are unavailable and only one changes particles or Akali/Kennen who only have a couple skins with slight effect changes and then multiple glorified re-colors (Stinger and Crimson Akali/ Swamp Master, Deadly and arguably Artic Ops Kennen).

Also, my mistake on the Ahri skin, I guess I misread about that somewhere (it was apparently a custom skin)but she still does have 9 skins with Challenger Ahri. But Ahri getting a yearly skin shouldn't be acceptable common knowledge with 137(?) other champs and a good portion still haven't gotten one since release or 2014 or so. If anything, acknowledging Ahri gets a yearly skin means that she's shitting out skins.

Edit: They all have one less skin cause I've been counting classics and not realizing it. :l

Jerry SeinfeIdOct 7, 20171 votes

And neither is there any indication yi will keep receiving skins every 4 months he actually had to wait a few years before.

Annie get's skins at a decent Pace nothing crazy. Same as ahri.

That contest ... Rengar got like 3rd place let's be real it lost it's accuracy rather early on. Just 1 vote With all of em would probably be beter.

Jhin's doing the same thing no matter how you put it.

Let's face it the only difference between him and ahri is that these boards like him. His fanbase is cancer and delusional saying he's fine but any other popular champ getting something is an issue.

Don't get me wrong he's fun to play and his lore is... OK. But he's getting the same "special treatment"

SukishooOct 7, 20171 votes

Ahri has 8 (9 including her Korean exclusive skin)

Korean Exclusive say what?

The DrBonjigolloOct 7, 20171 votes

Yeah that's wrong. Long ago in season 5 or so I heard of a skin called Girls' Generation Ahri, but alas the skin was exclusive to Korean accounts and I didn't bother to fact check. It's actually an old custom skin.[sg-lulu]

TormentulaOct 6, 20173 votes

I think I see what you're showing

It's a golden Masquerade like mask (similar to evelynn's skin) and there is no confirmation about whether or not jhin has facial hair.

Also if you look at the hair line with the mask, you'll see how it looks like his face goes over the hair line.

JaycieOct 6, 20171 votes

Oh my god you're right you can clearly see that there's a mask on if you look at the forehead. I'm excited I hope it's Jhin!!

Craft ZeppelinOct 6, 20172 votes

maybe its like a guy fawkes mask which has small beards

Solidair3Oct 6, 20172 votes

we just had a marksman two seasons ago... this is weird.

Jerry SeinfeIdOct 6, 20172 votes

that's a jungler you're looking at right now.

SandrahyOct 7, 20171 votes

Kindred is a Marksman and shes a jungler

I think you missed the point a bit, buddy [sg-lulu]

Jerry SeinfeIdOct 7, 20171 votes

Graves is a jungler. wether he's a marksman doesn't matter, plenty of people also seem to think marksman = ADC.

Teemo is a marksman but he's still considered a toplaner first. He's clearly refering to sivir an adc.

SandrahyOct 7, 20171 votes

But Graves is a marksman though.....

And the fact we got Sivir in S5, which was a marksman, and now here in S7 we get another marksman, Graves. It's not role/lane specific, just general. [sg-ahri-3]

Jerry SeinfeIdOct 7, 20171 votes

They have always worked with a role system not a class system for the victorious skins.

even then: s2 janna and s4 morgana.

Also Graves is a specialist.

SandrahyOct 7, 20171 votes

When I talked about the "It's not role/lane specific" I meant Graves in general being a marksman, not the victorious skin order. (Which would of been a support if Morg was counted as a midlaner)

Tbh, I'm just dissapointed with this years victorious choice as well, wasn't very excited about Maokai either. I mean sure maybe last season Graves deserved it more.

It's just a skin I will never really use, unless I get him in aram or some sht [zombie-nunu-bummed]

KyninOct 6, 20172 votes

Looks like Braum.

łnśaneOct 6, 20171 votes

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Looks like Braum.

I wish [sg-jinx]

TormentulaOct 6, 20172 votes

They just confirmed its graves :(

http://www.surrenderat20.net/index.html

MelledoneusOct 6, 20172 votes

There goes our mid laner victorious skin.

So glad I didn't waste more time than I did trying to grind to gold.

ThatHaleStateOct 7, 20172 votes

So the debate seems to be Jhin vs Graves. Let me put the debate to rest. Riot has stated that the Victorious skin is decided for one of or the most influential champion at MSI. Graves: 91.7% Pick/Ban, 47% WR Jhin: 11.1% Pick/Ban, 25% WR

The other 2 most influential champs at MSI were Lulu and Ashe. Lulu was 100% Pick/Ban, and Ashe is already the Championship skin.

Seems like an easy Graves to me. Graves

Grimm HowlOct 6, 20171 votes

No one seems to think that it might be Gangplank.

KloqdqOct 6, 20173 votes

OH SHIT YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT

HalfTangibleOct 6, 20171 votes

Gun's too big for Jhin OR Gangplank.

JackMcSnipeyzOct 6, 20171 votes

Riot confirmed it is graves

rtbf225618241Oct 6, 20171 votes

Wasn't Jhin supposted to actually be a slender, cowardly pale man? I mean considering he never spends time in the sunlight with his attire, that'd be true. Look definetly like Graves to me.