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Art Requires a Certain Cruelty - In Depth Jhin Guide

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Thanks for this! Won a lot of times using this runes. :D

So which runes are better the guide is showing different from the set on top

Won't you update the guide? ;-; This is the best guide of Jhin in mobafire, bur has been without updates for a while now :/

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Because of the 9.3 update, shouldn't Jhin not start with stormrazor since it is most powerful after other zeal items? Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like Rapid Firecannon would be a much better pick. Just my opinion though.

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Uh 9.3 isn't even out yet, it's hard to gauge the strength of items.

I do know that it's unlikely RFC as a first item will be good. I think it'll be IE/ER or maybe even back to lethality. Storm will no longer be a rush item for sure, but it'll be a late game choice if you choose .

My guess is IE > RFC > ER > Shiv > Storm as the "dont need defence and want maximum damage" build. The last 2 items being situational. Shiv for 100% crit, Storm if you go shiv, BT if you need lifesteal, GA if you need the defence, LDR/MR if u need the pen and PD if you need both crit and defence.

Until I get my hands on the items in ranked games, I can't suggest the best items no one can.

As of right now is DH or HoB better? Im getting mixed results.

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Dark Harvest in every situation that you would be using HoB in.

The problem with HoB is a few patches ago they made it so it didn't trigger on the first attack (which it before) making it so you pretty much only get 2 empowered shots instead of 3. Then they changed it again to make it so your 2nd/3rd and 4th shots get empowered.

Issue is you would literally need to fire all 4 shots without interruption for that to be good.

Dark Harvest on the other hand is way more consistent as it can proc off of abilities and can be done 100% of the time when someone gets below 50% making it just more reliable.

Jhin also prefers a damage keystone over a safe one (hence why Fleet isn't the spice right now)

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Ok so i'm sure someone else has commented or asked this and honestly I'm just too lazy to go looking through, so i'm sorry to make you repeat the answer to this question.
Why got the whole route of fleet footwork over hail of blades. I know this is a common meta for jhin currently so I was really curious as to the thought put into that.

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Hail of blades got nerfed/"fixed" to the point of it being the worst choice in most situations.

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Oh wow I didn't know that bit of information. Thank you. With that in mind i shall return to this style rune page then. THank you

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Great build and item kits. I found your guide very detailed and will help me clean up a few small mistakes I've been making with Laning decisions based on his abilities. The one thing I have trouble with is he is slow in the early game and I keep being paired with Rambo supports. I find I face Lucian, MF or varus. I can usually stay alive but I can't seem to finish off the kills and my support either doesn't help or attacks in poor situations. Any suggestions on early game play to finish off kills? Primarily before I hit level 6.

Should I switch to fleet after the hail of blades nerf? I'm seeing a lot of pro players making the switch/ Thought?

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Uh the patch hasn't hit yet so I'm unsure of the actual gravity of the nerf as it was a bug fix.

I *think* fleet will become better, but it will take a good week of testing to figure out if the bug fix will affect him enough to swap back to precision.

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Wouldn't it be nice that jhins passive could have an immediate reload from killing an enemy champ or something like that?

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Would be a huge buff that he doesn't really need.

The only buffs I would consider is lowering his crit penality on .

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Is good on Jhin anymore? I feel like it would be a good idea if you know you're going to have a rough game and need the healing...
Love your guide btw, the attention to detail is beyond what I expected!

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Since the ranged nerf to against minion, there is basically no point in picking it up over the domination tree.

and both pull similar healing numbers to fleet in the mid-late game and heal for a lot more in the early game. Then, will scale your damage much higher whilst also making you a lot more mobile.

If HoB got a nerf, or the passive AS ratio of got changed then maybe fleet will come back, but at the moment your only real option is

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Oh, that makes a lot of sense actually. Thanks a lot!

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Very nice guide! I really enjoyed reading it.
Was very helpful in learning to understand the champion better.
Gave me a lot of insight on how to play as and against Jhin!
Great work!

Anything new since the newest patch?
The item section is kind of confusing, so I gotta ask - if the enemy has 5 squishy targets, or 1 semi-tank + 4 squishy - go lethality + life steal. If the team has more than 1 tanks, build crit. Right? I know you've said that it all depends on games but some people can't even judge based on who the enemy is.
Overall I like the guide and I've been following this guide only since the first day I started to main jhin which is like 2 months ago xD.

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I need to update most of the item section, the only reason I haven't been is because every patch all of Jhin's items keep changing. Gets annoying to keep updating every 2 weeks to totally overhaul a section.

ATM there are 2 builds I would suggest.

The first is Ghostblade > Infinity Edge > RFC > LDR/Mortal > Situational (lifesteal, defence, edge of night etc etc). This is the highest damage buid Jhin gets unless he gimps himself with an essence reaver. You can also sit on a Last whisper now that it got its APen buffed.

The second is a more lethality focus, you'll see pros use this one more due to the nature of competitive. Ghostblade > Edge of Night > IE/RFC/LDR > IE/RFC/LDR > IE/RFC/LDR (which ever one they didn't get they buy next). This basically gives Jhin a lot of safety with the Edge of night and Ghostblade actives whilst also still doing respectable damage. (Even with the Edge hotfix nerf, it's still good to stop things like Bard, Vi, Nami ults and just general picks like Twisted Fate).

Boots are always situational. Zerks for DPS, Lucidity for picks/summoner spells, Swifties for reliable slows.