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Jhin
Patch 16.2.1
BotDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Control the pace of the game through long-range picks. Land on targets caught by your team, use to force objectives or execute backliners, and use your move speed to remain untouchable in late-game skirmishes.
Playstyle
Utility sniper that prioritizes burst trades and pick potential over sustained DPS. You thrive on follow-up and execution rather than raw front-to-back tank shredding.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Incredible lane pressure with bounce damage and 4th shot zoning
- +Long-range pick potential with follow-up and slow
- +High movement speed from crits allows for exceptional kiting and safety
- +Execution specialist that can secure kills from screen-lengths away
Weaknesses
- -Fixed attack speed and reload mechanic make you vulnerable to high-DPS dive champions
- -Extremely immobile when not landing crits; vulnerable to hard engage
- -Struggles to shred high-HP tanks compared to traditional hypercarries
- -Highly dependent on landing skillshots like and to be effective
Abilities
Whisper has 4 shots. The 4th shot always crits and deals bonus missing health damage. Crits give you a burst of move speed. Your attack speed is fixed—additional AS from items converts into raw AD. This means you hit slow but incredibly hard.
A grenade that bounces to 4 targets. If a bounce kills a unit, the next bounce deals 35% more damage. Prep the caster minions to be low HP so the 4th bounce hits the enemy champion for massive poke.
A long-range piercing shot. It only roots if the target was hit by Jhin, his allies, or an trap within 4 seconds. Use it to follow up on your support's engage—it is too narrow to lead with.
Invisible traps that slow and then explode. Use them as 'wards' in river brushes or stack them on a rooted target for extra burst. The 'Beauty in Death' passive spawns a trap automatically when you kill a champion.
Four massive shots with huge range. Each shot slows and deals damage based on missing health. The 4th shot is a guaranteed crit. Use this to start a fight from safety or to clean up low-HP targets retreating.
Teamfight Role
Backline Sniper and Follow-up CC
Stay at the max range of your autos. Use to pin down high-priority targets that your team engages on. Do not dive the backline; use your move speed from to kite the frontline while looking for opportunities.
If the enemy has multiple assassins, save —the channel makes you a sitting duck. Instead, use traps defensively around yourself.
Combos
The Perfect Poke
on dying minions -> 4th shot
Kill three minions with to max out the damage of the 4th bounce onto the enemy champion, then immediately follow up with your 4th shot for a massive health lead.
CC Chain
Ally CC -> -> -> Auto ->
Wait for your support to land a hit, then follow with to root. Drop under them while they are rooted to ensure the explosion hits.
Maximum Execute
Auto -> -> -> 4th shot
The bread and butter all-in. Use your first 3 shots and abilities to get them low, then finish with the 4th shot execute damage.
Ult Opener
-> -> Close the gap
Use the slow from shots to make landing easy once the channel ends or is canceled, allowing you to catch up and finish the kill with autos.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Your 4th shot is one of the strongest level 1 tools in the game for trading and securing the first minion wave push. |
| Level 2 | Unlocking allows you to capitalize on support CC immediately, often forcing a Flash or getting a kill. |
| Level 4 | With unlocked, you have safety against ganks and can begin stacking traps in bushes for zone control. |
| Level 6 | provides massive map pressure and can impact mid-lane or jungle skirmishes from the safety of your own lane. |
| Level 11 | Second point in and usually two core items; your burst damage starts to one-shot squishies. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Use your 4th shot move speed to walk up, trade, and zoom back out before the enemy can retaliate.
- • has a very long cast time; use it from fog of war or while the enemy is mid-dash to increase your hit rate.
- •Place traps in a line along the wall in lane to reveal and slow ganking junglers early.
- •You can hide the animation by casting it immediately after a throw.
- •The camera zooms out during —use this extra vision to scout for the enemy jungler even if you don't intend to fire.
- •Your reload time is 2.5 seconds. Always keep track of your bullets; don't start a fight with only 1 shot left unless it is your 4th shot execute.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using while an assassin is missing from the map→You are stationary during the channel and will be an easy target for a flank.
- ✕Holding onto the 4th shot too long→You delay your reload and lose out on overall DPS. Use it and start the reload cycle early.
- ✕Leading with →The hit box is thin and easy to dodge. It is a follow-up tool, not a primary engage tool.
- ✕Ignoring in teamfights→You miss out on the 'Beauty in Death' chain reactions and self-peel slows that keep you alive.
- ✕Focusing the 10,000 HP tank with 4 shots→Jhin is an executioner, not a tank shredder. You will reload while the tank is at 80% HP and your team dies.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached