User blog comment:LivesByProxy/Re-Imagining Jhin: An Experiment In Word Choice/@comment-8050014-20160311055423/@comment-26815373-20160314214259

Yes, Jhin is a ranged marksmen, but that's the beauty of it - he doesn't have to be a literal sculptor. His power, in my mind, of transfiguring people into grim statues and stoney silhouettes, frozen forever in time at the moment of their death, is a pretty cool, IMO. I think this could be emphasized if he had an even shorter attack range. Even his passive, with the four shots, plays off the idea of a sculptor having measured, deliberate strikes.

Also, I doubt many like getting punched in the face but Riot approves. ;P