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This article is a compilation of the trivia sections found across Jhin's Jhin's articles and is provided as a courtesy for readers who enjoyed our previously dedicated champion-trivia articles.

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Main article: Jhin (Development)
  • Jhin and Dark Cosmic Jhin Dark Cosmic Jhin are voiced by Quinton Flynn.
  • Jhin's Jhin's theme, PROJECT: HUNTERS PROJECT: HUNTERS theme and Dark Cosmic Jhin's Dark Cosmic Jhin's theme were composed by Edouard 'EdTheConqueror' Brenneisen.
    • Dark Cosmic Jhin's theme is actually named Cosmic Jhin.[1]
  • Jhin was the first champion released in 2016 and was the product of the need for a brand new Marksman.
    • His first designer was Jordan 'Wrekz' Anton but his initial concepts ended up becoming the stepping stones for Kindred Kindred. Jhin was in production for seven months (the usual timeframe is one year).
  • During development, he was called Deadeye.[3]
    • There were 6 candidates for his name at some point, one of which is Khada which would end up being part of his stage name.[4]
  • One of the story pitches for Jhin was similar to the canon but with Graves Graves and Twisted Fate Twisted Fate instead of Shen Shen and Zed Zed.[5]
  • The words Jhin and Deadeyed were first datamined from the game's website during his teasers.
    • The Virtuoso's name (albeit misspelled) was even spoken by a Rioter before his reveal.[6][7]
  • His writer Odin 'WAAARGHbobo' Austin Shafer "had to fight really hard to make Jhin an Ionian with a gun due to potential complications of incorrectly depicting Asian historical contexts"[8].
  • Jhin was named after his Visual Effects Artist, Jin Ho Yang.[9]
    • His production name and title were 'Jin, the Artisan Killer'.
  • At one point Whisper's Whisper's fourth shot was able to one-shot a Zed Zed at full health.
  • Dancing Grenade Dancing Grenade used to be able to be recast from an enemy's location but the burden of knowledge was deemed too high.
    • It also used to bounce an unlimited number of times.[10]
  • Deadly Flourish Deadly Flourish used to reveal marked champions for a few seconds even through fog of war.
    • Its tooltip implies Jhin uses Whisper's Whisper's barrel as a walking cane, which he actually does when not 'performing'.
  • Due to miscommunication during production, Jhin differs between artwork and in-game.
    • His eyes are drawn reddish-brown, but are blue in-game.
    • He has seemingly-prosthetic robotic limbs, even though he merely wears golden armor on top to handle Whisper's Whisper's recoil when fully assembled. when fully assembled.
  • Blake 'Squad5' Smith was the Quality Assurance Analyst on Jhin and implemented the camera zoom, facing lock, and execute damage to his ultimate. It was his work on Jhin that convinced upper management to allow him to design his first champion.[11][12]
  • One of the potential names for Curtain Call Curtain Call was "Make them beautiful".[13]
  • Jhin's obsession with the number four came about when they found his character defining gameplay, four shots from his passive passive, which then informed the amount of shots for Curtain Call Curtain Call. His obsession with his weapon was the starting point for naturally highlighting the number of bullets in his gun.[14][15] This is also reflected in many elements surrounding him.
    • His login theme is built around 4-note motifs / written with a 4/4 time signature (each bar is separated into 4 distinct beats)
    • His name and title themselves have four letters and four syllables respectively.
      • A fourth wall breaker is that on common computer keyboards (QWERTY, AZERTY, etc.) the keys that spell his name make the number 4 diagonally.
    • IIII is the archaic and uncommon alternative writing, using tally marks, for the Roman four IV, which uses subtractive notation.
  • Early sketches focused on a mysterious robot cowboy bounty hunting sniper. This would become his release skin High Noon Jhin High Noon Jhin.

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Main article: Jhin (Character)
  • His stagename Khada Jhin means "Golden Excellence". As revealed in a "Did you Know" message, Khada Jhin is just a stage name, and Jhin's real name remains unknown.
    • Jhin derives from Mandarin 金 jīn [t͡ɕin˥] "gold"[16] < Old Chinese *kəm "metal < copper, bronze".[17]
      • In Chinese localization, his name is written 烬~燼 jìn [t͡ɕin˥˩][18] "ashes < remnants", from Old Chinese *dzins < Sino-Tibetan *dzin[19] (also, dzinʔ > 盡~尽 jìn "to end, to exhaust"[20]).
    • Khada references the real-life Khata scarf, from Tibetan ཁ་བཏགས kha-btags.
    • His release story was originally named "Golden Excellence" before being changed into "The Man with the Steel Cane".
  • Jhin shows traits consistent with obsessive-compulsive disorder focused on the number four.
    • The tally marks engraved on Whisper Whisper might be referencing this notation.
    • One of his innates is Death in 4 Acts.
    • When he 'performs' in any given nation he makes a number people 'beautiful and perfect'. That number is always a multiple of four.
    • In Chinese and Sino-Xenic pronunciations, 四 "four" sounds like 死 "death" (albeit with different tones, except in toneless Japanese & Korean), leading to avoidance, though unhistorical. Examples:
      • Middle Chinese: *siɪH 四 vs. *siɪX 死;
        • Mandarin: sì [sz̩˥˩] 四 vs. sǐ [sz̩˨˩˦] 死;[21]
        • Vietnamese: tứ [tɯ˧˥] 四 vs. tử [tɯ˨˩˦] 死;
        • Japanese: shi [ɕiꜜ] 四 & 死;
        • Korean: sa [sa] 四 & 死.
    • Whisper Whisper can hold up to four bullets/fire up to four times before Jhin having to reload, with the fourth shot being the deadliest.
    • Dancing Grenade Dancing Grenade can bounce up to four times.
    • Deadly Flourish Deadly Flourish marks a target for four seconds.
    • Captive Audience Captive Audience reveals units for four seconds.
    • Curtain Call Curtain Call can fire up to four shots, with the fourth being the deadliest.
    • During his joke Jhin drops Whisper Whisper and it fires all four bullets.
    • Other references related to number 4 include:
      • Triggering The Collector The Collector Death and Taxes will cause the damage indicator to display as "4444" instead of "999", which is four number four.
      • The word "Jhin" has 4 letters.
      • The "J-H-I-N" letter combination creates an italic "4" on QWERTY keyboards.
      • As of patch V13.5 Jhin's price on the shop has been changed to 4444 Blue Essence.
      • Jhin's Whisper has another innate named Every Moment Matters which grants him bonus ATK equal to 4%-44% at base modifier.
      • Jhin's fourth shot crits structures at 44% reduced damage.
  • Mind of the Virtuoso depicts how 'artistic' Jhin sees his 'performances'.
    • The rose that appears in game is one of the many things he sees when killing someone.[22]
    • It has been confirmed by a Rioter that his bullets shapes his victims flesh into his choosing or make it move as well as other effects. This was later reflected in Zed comic series.
      • Examples would be the four champions (Sona Sona, Garen Garen, Vi Vi, and Zed Zed) chosen to be in his teasers. However, these teasers are not canon.
  • Jhin appears to be ambidextrous (he fires regular Whisper Whisper with his left hand but when fully assembled fully assembled he fires with his right one.
  • Underneath the mask Jhin has a fully functional face, and without his usual outfit he doesn't stand out in a crowd.
    • Jhin's face was orginally supposed to be revealed in Zed comics, but the idea was scrapped. However, the concept art for his supposed canon face has been accidentally posted.[23]
  • His favorite food is dumplings.[24]
  • Outside of the Ionia Crest icon Ionian government, the The Order of The Shadows Crest Shadow Order, the Kinkou Order Crest Kinkou Order and a few related people, other Ionians do not know that the Golden Demon was actually a man, and believe that Master Kusho has slain the monster.
  • Jhin is around 38 to 39 years old, 4 years older than Zed Zed.[25][26]
  • After the events of Zed: Issue 6, he is likely in prison again.

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Gameplay

Main article: Jhin (League of Legends)
  • Jhin's Deutsch/German title, Der Virtuose, is the masculine form of Sona's Sona's title, Die Virtuosin.
  • His dance references the Lezginka dance.
    • A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
  • Jhin is the first champion who does not actually appear in his own Splash Art.
    • Jhin is the second champion to have a Loading screen and Portrait icon not focus the actual champion, in his case, focus on the mirror image. The first one is LeBlanc LeBlanc.
  • Jhin is the first champion to feature a takedown animation on his Classic skin, via Beauty in Death Beauty in Death. It should be noted however that the passive effect is not solely for cosmetic purposes.
    • Despite being the only one seen in-game, the rose is just one of the many things he sees when killing someone.[27]
  • Occasionally when playing as Jhin, at the start of the game (between your team spawning at the fountain and then minions doing so at nexus) the player can hear a version of the map's theme that fits the style of Jhin's own.
  • As Jhin, triggering The Collector The Collector Death and Taxes will cause the damage indicator to display as "4444" instead of "999". This change was added on V12.19.

Quotes

Main article: Jhin (League of Legends Audio)
Jhin, the Virtuoso Jhin, the Virtuoso
High Noon Jhin High Noon Jhin

Skins

Main article: Jhin (Collection)
Original Jhin Original Jhin
High Noon Jhin High Noon Jhin
Chromaskins Chromas: Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise
Blood Moon Jhin Blood Moon Jhin
  • The mask he is wearing references the ones used in Japanese Noh theater.
    • The eye holes on the mask each glow with a blue eye or a red eye.
      • However, Jhin's red eye turns blue when he takes off his mask in his laugh animation.
SKT T1 Jhin SKT T1 Jhin
PROJECT: Jhin PROJECT: Jhin
  • PROJECT: Vayne's PROJECT: Vayne's motorbike can be seen in the background.
  • His bullet can be faintly seen behind her as well in her splash art presuming they're both fighting each other.
  • His appearance may have been inspired by the protagonist from the game RUINER.
Dark Cosmic Jhin Dark Cosmic Jhin
Shan Hai Scrolls Jhin Shan Hai Scrolls Jhin
Chromaskins Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise
DWG Jhin DWG Jhin
Chromaskins Chromas: Elite
  • The skin represents Ghost of Damwon Gaming, the bot laner of the team that won the 2020 World Championship.
  • Whisper became an electronic guitar and Jhin plays it as such during the recall animation. This is a reference to Ghost being a guitar player.
Empyrean Jhin Empyrean Jhin
Chromaskins Chromas: Aquamarine, Catseye, Emerald, Neon Flare, Pearl, Rainbow, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Tanzanite
Soul Fighter Jhin Soul Fighter Jhin
Chromaskins Chromas: Amethyst, Catseye, Emerald, Limitless, Obsidian, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Turquoise
Dark Cosmic Erasure Jhin Dark Cosmic Erasure Jhin

References

  1. ↑ Official Japanese Voice Actor List Released For All Champions (Up to Qiyana's Release)
  2. ↑ Jhin's Korean trailer
  3. ↑ Ask Riot
  4. ↑ Jhin's potential names
  5. ↑ Jhin's story pitch
  6. ↑ 'Jhin' confirmed?
  7. ↑ Acknowledged wrong spelling
  8. ↑ Rioter describing developmental conflict
  9. ↑ August on Jhin Name Origin
  10. ↑ August on Reddit
  11. ↑ Squad5 on Jhin Work 1
  12. ↑ Squad5 on Jhin Work 2
  13. ↑ Make them beautiful
  14. ↑ 4 Obsession 1
  15. ↑ 4 Obsession 2
  16. ↑ https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Jhin_Namestorm_exvj79ng3h59rqlp70n8.pdf
  17. ↑ Schuessler, A. The ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, p. 315
  18. ↑ http://wwg.com/league-of-legends/2017/04/25/check-out-the-translation-of-chinese-league-of-legends-champion-/
  19. ↑ http://stedt.berkeley.edu/~stedt-cgi/rootcanal.pl/etymon/614
  20. ↑ Schuessler, p. 316
  21. ↑ Schuessler, A. p. 478
  22. ↑ Jhin Q&A
  23. ↑ Unmasked Jhin concept art
  24. ↑ Jhin Q&A
  25. ↑ Jhin Q&A
  26. ↑ WAAAARGHbobo on Jhin's Age
  27. ↑ Jhin Q&A
  28. ↑ Dark Cosmic Jhin's nature
  29. ↑ Sihaian Dark Cosmic Jhin Easter Egg
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