Talk:Jhin/@comment-26815373-20160113111030/@comment-3284088-20160113224219

I personally think Jhin fits his theme quite well. All of his abilities and animations scream elegance and precision. He is not a frantic attack everything ADC like Jinx is. The image you linked shows off several key aspects of him. The bow and the other pose show that he at least thinks highly of himself - Draven has a few similar stances, but unlike Draven he looks a lot calmer.

He's meticulous, he's a perfectionist - Two of his spells are long range, thin skillshots. They have to be precise. His dancing grenade does more damage if it hits multiple units - it needs to be used perfectly. Then his trap covers the graceful and artistic part fairly well, along with some of the particle effects. The flower and his stance throughout all the screenshots of him definitely suggest some sort of higher class character. A conductor? No, but certainly a performer, but a different class of performer compared to someone like Draven.

In fact, compare him a lot to Draven. They're both people who make a show about killing others, but whereas Draven does it with burst and high damage and flashy skills like his E and Ult, Jhin uses slow, calm and precise actions.

And sometimes champions do share themes, and I think in this case it is the careful precision and grace that Jhin has that makes him unique to all the other 'performer' champions. Sona has grace, sure, but she's more about the music than her actions. Shaco obviously isnt graceful, he shakes all over the place.

Like, what's the difference between Tryndamere and Fiora? They're both wielding swords and they both dash all over the place.

Is Jhin riot's best designed champion? No, good heavens no, what the heck is with the poncho-lookin thing he's wearing? but is he a badly designed champion? Thematically, I say no (we'll have to see how he plays out in practice).