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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!

hey dude. i have subbed and fav you, big fan <3. so i have been watching your guides for a while now and i have created this account on spot to communicate with you and to clarify some doubts.
before moving on a im a jhin main, previously a one trick but not now, i play him like in 93% of my games. because now im climbing

ok first question, i watch alot of lcs gameplays and learn there mechanics and how they deal with situations and how they play, and currently jhin is now a common pick in lcs besides ashe and varus, ive noticed that almost all lcs players like bang in skt t1, and c9 sneaky, and doublelift buying long sword and three health potions, but i used to buy dorans. so asked a high elo friend of mine who is also diamond, but division 5, he told me that long swords give jhin sustain in lane and it built s into a item, but dorans don't, so im now building it in every game. so the question is long sword and three health potions good to built on jhin or would it be good to rather built it in a situational, plz do describe some common situations or match ups to build if it is viable.

second question. how do i recover if i fall back alot n game, like if i get disconnected for 5min or my early game is like going 0/3 ?

and btw your guide is the best, never seen such a beautiful guide that means alot in its words, keep it up, ill always watch and learn from you <3

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Appreciate the kind words, means a lot.

For longsword 3pot, with the meta of pure poke bot lane the 300 potential HP the extra 2 pots give you are amazing. My friend Taco gave a better summary of the 2 (and now even 3 with boots start, but I still need to play around with that more.)

Second, if you're behind that far early game you'll want to become a pure utility champ. The old crit build will give you the CDR/mana sustain to let you constantly be useful with ults and Ws. You'll also scale really hard by the time you're relevant again.

this question might be out of topic but i want to know some tips ok ?. btw your feed back helps alot ill screenshot this and thnx alot for your time <3. ok the question is how can jhin win lane against champions like draven, which deals large amount of dmg in early game, like as mentioned in the guide, he is a hit and run champ right so how, or in under which situations can i win lane against such hard trades ?. well i like have 200k on jhin but so far draven is like the hardest laner for me, i won a very few lane match ups against him, so if you can help ill be really glade :). and again i never thought you will reply, you made my day fanboy#

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usually forces aggressive lanes and has an aggressive support accompanying him. In addition, usually gets early life steal, so he won't be easy to poke down. There are two options, that might help you. Either pick super aggressively ( and or something) and burst him down in fights. The other options is to play a safe lane and ensure that doesn't get kills during the laning phase, which would make him pretty devastating for your team.

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Yup, Janitsu said it perfectly. Only trade with your 4th shot, but even then you want to avoid trades vs him. A good Draven will always win lane vs you in a pure 2v2 setting.

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