Jhin Build, Runes, Abilities, & Matchups

In League of Legends Wild RIft Jhin is a Marksman that highly play in Dragon lane. View Jhin Best builds, Runes, Matchups, and more here!

Jhin Build Guide

Full Build

Infinity Edge	Gluttonous Greaves	Rapid Firecannon
Phantom Dancer	Statikk Shiv	Mortal Reminder

In Wild Rift Jhin build items that increase Physical damage, and Critical rate so he can be the main attack damage carry (ADC) of the team.

Enchantment: Quicksilver is an item that Jhin should build.

Core Items

Infinity Edge

Gluttonous Greaves

Rapid Firecannon

Jhin core items are Infinity Edge, Gluttonous Greaves, and Rapid Firecannon.

The core items increase Attack damage, attack speed, and critical rate.

Other Options

Bloodthirster	Maw of Malmortius	Deaths Dance
Guardian Angel	Boots of Swiftness	Stasis Enchant

Down below are different techniques to build on Jhin against different enemy match up.

Build Vs Fighter

Infinity Edge	Gluttonous Greaves	Rapid Firecannon
Phantom Dancer	Statikk Shiv	Bloodthirster

Build Bloodthirster to get physical vamp and shield when you have full health.

Build Vs Assassin

Infinity Edge	Gluttonous Greaves	Rapid Firecannon
Phantom Dancer	Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel

Build Guardian Angel to survive high damage burst by Assassin combo skills.

Build Vs Mage

Infinity Edge	Gluttonous Greaves	Rapid Firecannon
Phantom Dancer	Maw of Malmortius	Guardian Angel

Build Maw of Malmortius to get magic resist and gain shield when health are below 35%.

Build Guardian Angel to survive high damage burst by mage combo skills.

Build Stasis Enchant to survive mage combo skills.

Build Vs Tank

Infinity Edge	Gluttonous Greaves	Rapid Firecannon
Phantom Dancer	Statikk Shiv	Mortal Reminder

Build Mortal Reminder to get Armor penetration, and effectively attack tank champions.

Jhin Vampiric

Bloodthirster	Infinity Edge	Gluttonous Greaves
Rapid Firecannon	Phantom Dancer	Mortal Reminder

Recommended build from in-game.

Jhin Runes

The best Wild Rift Jhin Runes are Fleet Footwork keystone, Gathering Storm, Spirit Walker, and Sweet tooth.

Fleet Footwork	Moving, attacking and casting builds energy stacks. At maximum stacks, your next attack heals and grants increased movement speed.
Gathering Storm	Every 2 minutes, gain AD or AP. (Adaptive)
Spirit Walker	Gain bonus max health and slow resistance.
Sweet Tooth	Increases Honeyfruit healing effect, each fruit also provides bonus gold.

Summoner Spells

Heal	Restores Health and grants bonus Movement Speed to you and the most wounded nearby ally champions.
Flash	Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aim direction.

Jhin Abilities Guide

Skill Detail

Whisper	Jhin's hand cannon, Whisper, carries 4 shots before needing to be reloaded and fires at a fixed rate. (Attack speed will be converted into Attack Damage). The final bullet will critically strike whenever whisper crits, Jhin gains burst of 9& movement speed for 2s.
Dancing Grenade	Launches a magic cartridge at an enemy, dealing 69 physical damage before bouncing to a nearby target that has not yet been hit. It can hit up to 4 targets and gains 35% damage each time it kills. Cooldown: 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5 Mana Cost: 45 / 50 / 55 / 50
Deadly Flourish	Fires a long range shot that stops on the first champion hit, dealing 79 physical damage to it, and 75% of that damage to minions and monsters hit along the way. If the target champion was struck by Jhin, Jhin's allies, or Lotus Traps within the last 4s, they are rooted for 1s and Jhin gains Movement Speed as though he had crit them. Cooldown: 14 Mana Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Captive Audience	Places an invisible Lotus Trap that reveals nearby enemies when walked over. It slows enemies by 30% before dealing 90 magic damage. Subsequent hit deals 65% damage. When Jhin kill an enemy champion, a Lotus Trap will spawn and detonate where they were killed. Cooldown: 2 Mana Cost: 35 / 40 / 45 / 50
Curtian Call	Channels to fire 4 super shots at extreme range in a cone. The shots stop on the first champion hit, slowing it by 80% for 0.75s and dealing 65 physical damage, increased by 3% for each 1% health the target is missing. The 4th shots crits for 200% damage. Cooldown: 95 / 80 / 65 Mana Cost: 100

Skill Order

Dancing Grenade	Deadly Flourish	Captive Audience	Curtain Call
1	2	3	5
4	7	12	9
6	10	14	13
8	11

Skill Combo

1. 4x Attack > Dancing Grenade.

2. 1x Attack > Deadly Flourish > 3x Attack.

3. Captive Audience > Deadly Flourish.

Jhin Matchups & Partners

Enemy Matchups

Good Against
Jinx	Your Dancing Grenade can punish jinx when she come in to get the farm. You can also use your Captive Audience to zone out her range and Deadly Flourish to stun her. Jinx has no escape ability to dodge your Curtian Call.
Varus	Jhin is a good pick against Varus, you can use your Captive audience to zone him out and connect with your Deadly Flourish. You also has good mobility to dodge his Piercing Arrow.
Ashe	Jhin can outclass Ashe damage in the early game. Although she has better attack damage but she is so squishy and can easily get takedown by your Dancing grenade and auto attack combo.
Tristana	Jhin is good to play against Tristana. Both of the champion has good attack damage, but you have better harass ability in the early phase in the game and your Ultimate can catch her when she try to get out with her Rocket Jump.
Miss Fortune	Miss Fortune has good damage burst but against your Dancing grenade and Whisper combo, you'll have a better chance of winning trade.

Hard Counters
Draven	Draven is Jhin hardest counters in Wild Rift. He has range advantage and early damage over you with his Spinning Axe. He also has high mobility with his Blood Rush and Stand Aside to cancel your Ultimate.
Kai'Sa	Kai'Sa early damage is on par with you, but she has better wave clearing time and later on the game she has advantage over you with her Supercharge attack speed and Ultimate to catch you.
Vayne	Vayne has very high damage burst with her Silver bolts ability. She also has Tumble to get in or out of team fight against you, her ultimate make you hard to hit her during her invisibility and her condemn also can cancel your ultimate.
Ezreal	Playing Ezreal Vs Jhin is a very good counter pick. His Mystic Shot can harass you without in your range. His Arcane Shift is a good ability to dodge your skillshots and Ultimate as well.

Support Partners

Blitzcrank	Blitzcrank is an aggressive support that play well with Jhin, his Power Fist sync very well with your Deadly Flourish.
Braum	Braum is a good defensive support that can lane well with Jhin. He can protect you with your Unbreakable. His Winter's Bite and his passive also sync with your Whisper as well.
Alistar	Alistar is a tank and defensive support that is good with Jhin, His Pulverize is working well with Deadly Flourish and then he can Headbutt to the wall for the double stuns.
LuLu	Playing LuLu with Jhin is a powerful syngeries. LuLu can provide shield by using Help Pix and Wild Growth can strengthen you during a team fight.
Sona	Sona is an aggressive support that work very well with Jhin, she can use Hymn of Valor to boost your attack damage, and Song of Celerity to boost your mobility to get in or out of the fight.
Seraphine	Seraphine is a good aggressive / defensive support that play good with Jhin. Her High Note is a good zoning ability the same to her Beat Drop.
Nami	Nami Aqua Prison is a good synergies ability with Deadly Flourish. She can also harass the enemy and heal you with her Ebb and Flow as well.
Soraka	Soraka is a good healer support that can play with Jhin. She can heal you with her Astral Infusion and also her Ultimate. She can also harass the enemy with Starcall and Equinox as well.
Janna	Janna is a decent support that can play with Jhin. Her howling gale can zone out the enemy and can link with your Deadly Flourish is it hit. She can heal during team fight and knock back the enemy as well with her Ultimate.