Support Jhin Build
Support Jhin build with runes and items. Support Jhin guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Support Jhin build in League of Legends Patch 14.20!
Updated: 2024-08-04 ()
TLDR
Starting items
Quick Skill Order
E
W
Q
Final items
Quick Runes
Summoner spells
Support Jhin Runes
Inspiration
Resolve
Passive
How it works
Support Build specific
- This build is all about Imperial Mandate.
- And also all about slows.
- You support through disrupting fights, being annoying, Slowing/Healing/Buffing and soaking damage.
How to play
Support Build specific
- Your core items - Imperial Mandate and optionally Rylai's Crystal Scepter for even more slows (and consistency).
- Your CC triggers Glacial Augument that slows AOE. All Slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.
- Since LoL Patch 14.1 Imperial Mandate is changed. Now you need your team to proc it to deal any damage. So you need to play a little bit differently. Do not spam mindlessly. Try coordinating it with your team - when they are about to poke or when they go in.
- Font of Life heal can trigger various support items, like Ardent Censer or Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
- You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
Jhin specific
- You can play very safe from the distance if needed (lots of poke, going in, going after you). Use W, R and place traps.
- Auto attack and count! Even with AP items, your autoattacks are quite powerful. Every 4th shot is basically execute, that scales off with enemy missing health.
Tips and Tricks
General
- Your fourth shot is powerful execute. Early on, save Jhin 4th shot for harass or even kill.
- Before using Ultimate, you can place traps before you, so enemies will have a hard time getting to you in time.
- Simple combo: place trap and wait for the enemy to come, then W him, this way he takes tons of damage.
- Harder combo: traps stack, you can place multiple in one spot and wait for an enemy with W.
- You can use traps for bush control. You can also use them to annoy enemy team - when enemies are under turret, put traps in minions weaves to trigger them, or behind turret.
- Slow enemy push by placing traps on the minions' path.
- Do not wait for 'special moment' and just use R on the enemy team when possible!
Riot
- Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
- Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
- You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
Skill Order
- Dancing GrenadeQ
- Deadly FlourishW
- Captive AudienceE
- Curtain CallR
Items
Starting items
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Optional rush #2
Boots
Good support items
Good tank items
Good MR items
Good Armor items
For mana problems
Situational dmg items
Counter healing
Counter shielding
For the last fight
Example final build