Talk:Jhin/@comment-26203093-20160114131219/@comment-24385282-20160115020004

Lore-wise, Caitlyn is stated to be the best sharpshooter in all of Runeterra, that's what I'm saying. Despite the fact that she should be a sniper, her kit makes her a zoner instead. On the other hand, she does utilize the longest-ranged basic attack in the entire game, bar none, and has the sniper-y feel of setting up an area from which she can safely land slow but powerful attacks, including a literal Headshot.

Jhin is a careful planner, but he's also a sniper of sorts. His range isn't the longest, but the rest of his kit makes him seem like a sharpshooter. He attacks slowly but precisely, setting up for one very powerful, special shot, and he has two (or five, depending on how you view his ultimate) very long-range, quick-moving, skillshots that require very good aim to land, and with good aim comes insanely strong damage.

They both may utilize long-ranged thin damaging projectile skillshots (essentially the sniper ability) less than Varus, but they are much more like sharpshooters than he is in other aspects, especially in lore. Plus, as you said, he's a mess in terms of what his kit is trying to accomplish theme-wise, and he only has a single ability that points to him being a sniper while Cait's and Jhin's kits have a bunch of different ways in which they relate to a sniper theme.