Trivia
- Development
Jhin will be the first champion released in 2016.- He was designed by August Browning.
- Jhin was created as a need from Riot to have a Marksman champion released at the beginning of 2016.
- Jhin was in development for seven months, which was an unusually fast development time compared to the standard champion development time of a year.
- In the source code on Zed, Sona, Garen and Vi's pages, references were made to "Jhin" and "Deadeye". Jhin is believed to be the champion's name.
- His developmental title was "The Artisan Killer".
- His Passive, Whisper, use to do tons more damage during the development period. One of the examples was where his forth passive shot was able to one-shot a Zed with full health, which was one of the reasons why it was reworked.
- His Q, Dancing Grenade, use to have an ability to be casted again after hitting a enemy champion from the enemy champions location. This idea was deemed too complicated for use.
- His W, Deadly Flourish, use to have an ability where a enemy champion that got marked by it, would reveal him for a number of seconds even in the fog of war.
- One of this abilities iteration resembled Nidalee's Javelin Toss, but had a much larger range (2500 range).
- One of this abilities iteration resembled
- Lore
- Jhin's mechanical shoulder is a hextech-mass accelerator which he combines with his handgun to form a shoulder-mounted cannon for his ultimate.[3][4]
- He is obsessed with the number 4, which has significant meaning to him.
- "IIII" is seen etched on his gun, possibly tally marks to the four champions he shot in his promotional teasers.
- He does four kills in each nation, each time he has a contract there.
- His promotional teasers had four champions being made "perfect".
- During his taunting animation, his gun shoots four projectiles.
- Almost all of his abilities have something regarding the number four.
- His Passive, Whisper, activates after four basic attacks.
- His Q, Dancing Grenade, can bounce at four enemy targets.
- With his W, Deadly Flourish, a target is marked for four seconds after the ability hits them.
- With his R, Curtain Call, Jhin can fire up to four shots from his cannon.
- His Passive,
- The teaser, "Mind of the Virtuoso" shows from Jhin's point of view several of his assasinations, showcasing the artistry of his kills as how he would see them.
- Some of his many psychotic fantasies are: the desire for beautiful and perfect deaths, being a gun slinger, shooting someone whit his guns, being a sniper, and being an eclectic psychopath who constantly tries to count to four.
- He has blue eyes (though his splash art and trailer depict him having redish brown eyes), as indicated by his laughing animation where he takes of his mask for a short moment.
- It is not clear whether or not his lost his right eye.
- General
- Jhin is the first champion to have a killing death effect.
- Quotes
- Jhin's quote, "I live for the applause, you will die for it.", is a direct reference to Lady Gaga's "Applause".
- The quote "It is by my will alone I set my mind in motion." is a direct reference to the 1984 David Lynch's movie "Dune ".
- Jhin's taunt towards Tahm Kench, "You have too many lines.", is a reference on how Tahm Kench has the most quotes in the game.
- His quote upon purchasing Banshee's Veil, "I love to perform, but I hate crowds.", makes a direct nod towards the spell-blocking effects of the item, and the potentiality of blocking crowd control effects.
- Skins
- His appearance and personality was most likely inspired by Erik from the book/musical "The Phantom of the Opera".
- This is also reinforced by his splash art, depicting Jhin in front of a broken mirror.
- His mask also bears striking resemblance to Amon's mask from the TV series "The Legend of Korra".
- His appearance is also similar to V from the movie "V for Vendetta".
- Jhin may be inspired by Sander Cohen from "Bioshock". Both are artists, both are considered insane by peers or the general public, and both make art out of death.
- This skin was Jhin's initial concept idea, but was later reworked into his release skin.
- He shares this theme with Twisted Fate and Yasuo.
Relations
- Jhin has some resentment towards Template:Csi and his father for initially trapping him in prison.
- He resents Template:Csi for being the one who killed Shen's father instead of him.
- He also has some resentment towards Template:Csi, being another artist from Ionia who is taking the spotlight from his "artistic" work.
Media
Trailer
Zed Dead Eye Teaser
Sona Dead Eye Teaser
Garen Dead Eye Teaser
Vi Dead Eye Teaser
