CHAMPIONSJhin
Jhin
CHAMPION · ADC

Jhin

Verified across 3 sourcesLast updated · 2026-05-26
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Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
Editor's pick · most-quoted
Um long range, the traps are very annoying, and if you can play around with the traps, so S plus tier. Jhin is still S plus tier. Although Collector got nerfed, you know, 100 gold more expensive is more than you think, which means it takes a little bit more for him to get it.
hellsdevil · patch 7.1 · (22:05)
Open questions (4)
  1. 01~~Build path~~ — answered for 7.1e in [[#Build (WR Meta, 7.1e)]] (2026-05-26)
  2. 02~~Rune setup~~ — answered alongside builds above (2026-05-26)
  3. 03Power-spike timings
  4. 04Specific matchups
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Tier history

5 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1ehellsdeviladcS+=2026-05-19
7.1eroyaladcS=2026-05-17
7.1ditzstu4rtadcS·2026-05-08
7.1droyaladcS·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdeviladcS+·2026-05-08
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Builds

1 source
WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR51.32%PR15.74%BR0.55%
Items (in order)
The Collector
The CollectorExecute low health champions
  • +45 Attack Damage
  • +25% Critical Rate

Killer: +10 Armor Penetration.

Death and Taxes: Dealing damage that would leave an enemy champion below (4% + 2% Critical Rate) of their max Health executes them, permanently increases the max Health percentage execution threshold by 0.1%, and grants 25 bonus gold.

3000 gold
Boots of Dynamism
Boots of DynamismAttack Damage, Armor Penetration
  • +10 Attack Damage
  • +45 Move Speed.

Strike: +8 Armor Penetration.

900 gold
Magnetic Blaster
Magnetic BlasterIncreases attack range and damage
  • +25% Critical Rate
  • +35% Attack Speed

Fervor: +5% Move Speed.

Energized: Moving and attacking will generate an Energized Attack.

Power Blitz: Energized Attacks gain 100 range (50 range for melee attacks), deal 40-100 bonus magic damage, and grant 60 Movement Speed for 0.75 seconds. This damage bounces to 5 nearby enemies and can Critically Strike.(Deals 50-80% bonus damage against minions.)

3000 gold
Galeforce
GaleforceGrants a dash and damage bonus

Cloudburst (Active): Dash in a target direction and fire 3 missile(s) at the lowest Health enemy near your destination, prioritizing champions. Deal physical damage equal to 40-120 () plus 35% bonus. (50s cooldown)

500 gold
Dominik's Regards
Dominik’s RegardsAlready equipped with percentage armor penetration and bonus damage, but lacks durability
  • +25 Attack Damage
  • +36% Armor Penetration
  • +25% Critical Rate

Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the target’s bonus Health. At 1500 bonus Health, the bonus damage is increased up to 15%.

3300 gold
Infinity Edge
Infinity EdgeIncreases Critical Strike Damage
  • +60 Attack Damage
  • +25% Critical Rate

Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.

Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage.

3400 gold
Runes
Dark Harvest
KeystoneDark Harvest
Dark HarvestKeystone

Damaging a champion below 50% Health deals adaptive damage and harvests their soul, permanently increasing Dark Harvest's damage by 10. (20 second cooldown. Resets to 1 second on takedown.) Dark Harvest Damage: 40 + 10 per soul (+25% bonus AD +15% bonus AP)

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Brutal
BrutalMinor · Precision

Attacks deal 6 (+ 8% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Coup de Grace
Coup de GraceMinor · Precision

When an enemy has less than 40% health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: AlacrityMinor · Precision

Gain 3% bonus attack speed when engaging in taking down monsters, enemy champions and minions, up to 20% at maximum stacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus CloakMinor · Sorcery

Casting a Summoner Spell grants 10% - 40% (based on Summoner Spell cooldown) bonus movement speed for 3 seconds.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
QWE
Spells
FlashFlashExhaustExhaust

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-jhin-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Quicksilver Enchant instead of Galeforce — vs heavy CC matchups
  • Mortal Reminder instead of Dominik's Regards — vs high-healing enemies
  • Bloodthirster — for sustain-focused games

Counters / threats: Kalista, Draven, Morgana, Zilean, Tristana, Alistar

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Commentary

verbatim creator quotes
hellsdevilauto· Auto-extracted commentary (HellsDevil, 7.1)
patch 7.1

Generated by /wr-extract from HellsDevil's patch 7.1 video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1 analysis (HellsDevil) sections above. Adc "Um long range, the traps are very annoying, and if you can play around with the traps, so S plus tier. Jhin is still S plus tier. Although Collector got nerfed, you know, 100 gold more expensive is more than you think, which means it takes a little bit more for him to get it." (22:05) "Like, that is quite a lot. But I still rate him S plus tier because Jhin is just so strong in the game right now. Zeri, aka Michael Jackson, cuz if you zoom in, she looks like Michael Jackson." (22:30)

hellsdevilauto· Adc
patch 7.1·adc

Um long range, the traps are very annoying, and if you can play around with the traps, so S plus tier. Jhin is still S plus tier. Although Collector got nerfed, you know, 100 gold more expensive is more than you think, which means it takes a little bit more for him to get it.(22:05)

Like, that is quite a lot. But I still rate him S plus tier because Jhin is just so strong in the game right now. Zeri, aka Michael Jackson, cuz if you zoom in, she looks like Michael Jackson.(22:30)

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Patch notes

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