User blog comment:Dawoud621/Jhin and Riot trying too hard/@comment-26815373-20160115180232

My issue with Jhin is that his visual appearance (the mask, poncho, artficial limbs), 'personality', and theme (the archetype dramatist, performer, conductor, etc.) don't really mesh together for me. Also, I think he steals (or Riot has given him) some of Shaco's untapped theme - that of the stage, orchestrating deaths, the whole 'serial killer' thing. Those poor fools.

I do like his kit, for the most part. Knowing what his passive does is definitely a burden with many numbers, ratios, scaling. Like AP Sejuani says though, it's more confusing at first glance than it actually is in practice. His Q is bland, but his W is exceptional in it's range and breadth. I think it's the narrowest skillshot we've seen so far. His E reminds me of Shaco's W, and though it functions slightly differently, it doesn't play with music or vision like I expect. His ult though, is the first ability we've seen that actually 'zooms out' the camera. This is huge, IMO. I'm considering writing a piece on it now.

Are they trying too hard? I don't think so. As Kruphix says, no such thing as "trying too hard" though I do think Riot can (and does) focus on their efforts on the wrong things some times. I like that champion abilities have their own quirks and pecularities, even if it means we'll get a wall of text when checking the Wiki to learn what it does.