I absolutely love everything about Jhin and who he is as a character, and so for my upcoming D&D group, I'd like to create a character based off of Jhin when he used swords to create "art"
So what all can you tell me about Jhin before he used Whisper? What kind of swords did he use? What's his alignment? What values should I invest in?
thanks for your time :D
So while not an official, canon, post. Here’s what I would do.
Assuming you are looking at early adult, late teen Jhin. He was already a monster then Cause...
Jhin started training super-young (4). By the time he was a tween in d&d terms he was already a pretty decent level Kensei Monk. (From Xanthar’s Guide) (At least lvl 5, prob much, much higher) .
You can use that class as a baseline or starter— however as a child Jhin should probably start lvl 1 as a sorcerer (wild magic) then become a Kensei monk for 5 levels. Then multiclass again into fighter for 2 levels and then yet again into rogue for at least 6 levels.
Jhin’s dad specialized in daggers and darts— not swords. His father’s school was all about attack speed— think a ranged attack storm of daggers. BUt Jhin hated his dad, so while Jhin was trained to attack fast, he chooses not too.
Only in his adulthood does he move into a bard class — though his magic is spirit and nature based (So i would look for spells bards share with Druids).
He’s probably lawful evil. He’s the kinda guy who would be very upset by someone failing to follow even some minor social norm— but personally believes he is above the law.
His stats... hmmm.
This will be hard with a point buy system.
Start with max wisdom. Then high intelligence. Dex is only “average” at the start. (But he trained a lot, so your advancements will go here—cause Jhin’s lack of natural agility was a huge dissappointment to his dad)
Strenght and Constitution are your dump/garbage stats.
Lastly, charisma is “good”, so you should start it at the min for the bard/sorcerer class (13?).
Alignment, I would go with Neutral Evil. He does things for achievement, his own ends, but is willing to work with and below others as long as he can do his job. Like most serial killers, he's pragmatic and high-functioning. If your DM says that evil alignments are a big no-no, go with Neutral.
I believe I read somewhere he used knives/short swords, but I could be wrong.
For abilities, I would do: Decent Str, Decent Dex, Low/Average Con, High Int, Low/Average Wis, Above Average Cha.
He also likes to use knives to carve bodies
Riot never did release that information, his methods back when he used blades instead of Whisper and its equipment. However, as many psychopaths/sociopaths, he was already highly accomplished in many subjects, including the martial arts that he learned in his father’s school, as well as magic, stage play, and blacksmithing/hextech creation.
... I say that he has a sort of connection with Irelia. Her current iteration and likely her future one telekinetically- magically controls four swords as a weapon, as well as her ultimate.
I doubt it’s a coincidence.
I think somewhere riot said that jhin used some kind of a blade to slaughter cough. make art
I don't know how useful this comment will be, but I'll try.
It's true that Jhin used blades before guns, but it's important to note that it wasn't just blades, it was a whole martial art, specifically a chi technique. This fighting style was invented by Jhin's father, and apparently it would have been far more well known, but wuju style (Master Yi's thing) overshadowed it.
Jhin would power his blades with chi energy, and this energy would let him change things physically when he struck them. He does the same thing with his bullets now, which is how he does his E passive. Read this. The chi technique could most likely do more, but I'm not sure what.
I think that an arcane trickster rogue might suit him most in terms of character classes. I mean Jhin is definetly not bulky by any means,so fighter and paladin are pretty much a nogo already,so him being close to a rogue is probably the most fitting thing. And with him also having magical powers it would make the most sense for you to play an arcane trickster.
This also fits with Jhins stats,as Intelligence and dexterity are the most important stats for that class and they do suit jhin rather well(though wisdom and charisma are also fitting for him)
