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Jhin Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Jhin we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Jhin, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Jhin this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.9. However, if you are a new Jhin player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Jhin!

Patch 11.20: 494917 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Domination

Precision

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 5539 Games

Domination

Precision

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 2735 Games

Precision

Inspiration

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 7935 Games

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 2928 Games

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 93 Games

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 32001 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 1406 Games

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Patch 12.8: 513624 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Domination

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 1514 Games

Precision

Inspiration

Third Best

58%

Win Rate 574 Games

Domination

Precision

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 1792 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 360 Games

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 1156 Games

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 1330 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 4039 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 249 Games

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Second Best

68%

Win Rate 91 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

63%

Win Rate 479 Games

Passive Ability

Jhin Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Jhin guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Jhin ADC in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Jhin. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Jhin Jhin ADC

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Jhin Skins

Find Jhin's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Jhin skins and chromas on Jhin's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

DWG Jhin

Special Events

April 28, 2021

Wishlist

Shan Hai Scrolls Jhin

January 28, 2021

+ Wishlist

Dark Cosmic Jhin

Legendary

June 13, 2019

+ Wishlist

1820

PROJECT: Jhin

November 22, 2017

+ Wishlist

SKT T1 Jhin

Special Events

July 5, 2017

+ Wishlist

Blood Moon Jhin

February 9, 2017

+ Wishlist

High Noon Jhin

February 1, 2016

+ Wishlist

Classic Jhin

Original

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Jhin's Abilities

Jhin's hand cannon has a fixed attack speed and can be fired 4 times before needing to be reloaded. The 4th shot always critically strikes, and deals 15 / 20 / 25% of the target's missing health as physical damage.

In addition:
- Jhin gains 4−44% (+0.3% per 1% critical strike chance) (+0.25% per 1% bonus attack speed) attack damage as bonus attack damage
- Jhin's critical strikes deal 14% less damage but grant him 10% (+0.4% per 1% bonus attack speed) movement speed for 2 seconds.

Whisper Jhin's Passive

Self

Dancing Grenade Jhin's Q Ability

550

40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60

7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5

Jhin launches a cartridge that deals 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 (+60% of ability power) (+0.35 / 0.425 / 0.5 / 0.575 / 0.65 per attack damage) physical damage before bouncing to a nearby enemy that has not been hit yet.

The cartridge can hit a maximum of 4 times. Enemies that die shortly after being hit increase the damage of subsequent hits by 35%.

Deadly Flourish Jhin's W Ability

3000

50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90

Jhin fires a long range shot dealing 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+0.5 per attack damage) physical damage to the first champion hit, which is reduced by 25% against minions.

If this skill strikes a champion that has been damaged by an allied champion within the last 4 seconds, it will root them for 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 seconds and grant Jhin Whisper's movement speed.

Captive Audience Jhin's E Ability

750

30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50

Passive: Champions Jhin kills will create and detonate a Lotus Trap at their location.

Active: Jhin places an invisible Lotus Trap for 3 minutes that creates a zone that slows by 35% when stepped on by an enemy. After 4 seconds, the trap detonates, dealing 20 / 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 (+100% of ability power) (+1.2 per attack damage) magic damage.

This ability has 2 charges.

Curtain Call Jhin's Ultimate (R) Ability

3500

100

120 / 105 / 90 / 90 / 90

Jhin sets up and channels, enabling him to fire 4 super shots, each dealing between 50 / 125 / 200 (+0.25 per attack damage) and 200 / 500 / 800 (+1.0 per attack damage) physical damage to the first champion hit depending on their percentage of missing health and slowing them by 80% for 0.5 seconds. The fourth shot critically strikes for 100% bonus physical damage.

Questions About Jhin

Latest Questions

Is there an adc macro guide somewhere? Send me the link, please!

Asked by Molses on March 9, 2022

So I'm really looking for a general macro guide for adcs so I can make better choices during the matches, besides my mechanics choices. Thanks

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What is the full speed builds for Jhin in URF ?

Asked by kamikazen on May 20, 2020

Hey so with the recent URF mode coming back, i was wondering what the Jhin full speed builds was, since i was a Jhin main, full speed builds really fascinated me. Also knowing the full speed Runes would be great too. Normally i would go Trinity...

Crits on wierd ADC's

Asked by BlackRoseGirl on May 14, 2020

So, for these champions how do crits work? How do Infinity Edge Crits work? I figure for something like a Jinx Rocket Launcher or Senna Relic Cannon Crit, It would take the AD ratio (110 or 120) and just double it (220 or 240). I don't know tho....

Is Jhin worth playing this patch

Asked by Saydez on December 16, 2018

Been playing Jhin for awhile now and gotten good at him but is he good this patch?

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Why is Jhin bad?

Asked by Yasutsuna on February 17, 2018

I remembered back when Jhin was first released (I stopped playing at that time and came back wlast month), he was picked in LCS and just went full Lethality. How did he suddenly went from top tier all the way down to the bottom? Was it because...

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Gnar, Jhin or Zoe

Asked by Greninja121 on January 25, 2018

So I'm saving Blue Essence to buy one of these three, but I can't make a choice. Can someone tell me their strenghts, weaknesses and style of gameplay.

Jhin's ult

Asked by SparknSmoke on November 13, 2017

How does Jhin's ult fully work. Just bought him and don't understand how to. Tyvm

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Why is Jhin played with Doran's Ring nowadays?

Asked by polishrandom on August 5, 2017

When I've come up against Jhins in Gold 5 I've found many playing Doran's ring on him and I'm quite curious why, if someone would consider answering me that would be awesome