Marksman
Beginner Rule
Respect Jhin's fourth shot — it deals significantly more damage than his other attacks.
Jhin is a marksman who trades sustained damage for powerful individual shots and crowd control. He wants to set up fights with Deadly Flourish (W) before using his fourth shot for heavy burst damage. Many beginners forget to track when Jhin's fourth shot is ready.
Level 6 – Curtain Call adds long-range kill pressure.
First Item – Fourth shot becomes extremely threatening.
Two Items – Strong pick and teamfight potential.
Fourth shot damage
Long-range W roots
Traps around objectives
Ultimate snipes
QWhat it does
Launches a bouncing cartridge hitting up to 4 targets, dealing more damage on each kill bounce.
How to play against
Stay away from low-HP minions — the damage bounce off a killed minion can one-shot you.
WWhat it does
Fires a long-range shot through minions and monsters. Roots champions who were recently struck by Jhin or his allies.
How to play against
His root setup requires either his W, lotus traps, or ally damage. Dodge the thin projectile — getting rooted enables his full 4-shot combo.
EWhat it does
Places invisible lotus traps that slow then deal damage on explosion. Champions can trigger them when walked over.
How to play against
Lotus traps are hidden in brush and your movement path. Walk carefully around brush edges near Jhin. He places them to set up W roots.
RWhat it does
Channels firing up to 4 super shots at extreme range that pierce minions/monsters. The 4th shot always crits and executes low-health targets.
How to play against
The channel is audible and visible. Take cover behind terrain. Dodge the first three shots then the 4th is the execute.
W Root → Fourth Shot
Standard trade combo.
Trap → W → Follow-Up
Punishes caught enemies.
R → Cleanup
Finishes low-health targets.
Whisper: Jhin's gun has 4 shots. The 4th shot always critically strikes and deals extra damage based on bonus movement speed. His attack speed doesn't scale normally. He's forced to reload — respect the reload window but fear the 4th shot.
