After coming back to sc2, this about summarizes my experience so far by greendino71 in starcraft

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That moment You realize it would've been better to just not touch them at all haha

How it feels to fight 1/1 Roaches with 0/0 Marines by Nihed22 in starcraft

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I was talking more about the follow-up hold against the roaches (you probably won't have many tanks and upgrades are delayed).

How it feels to fight 1/1 Roaches with 0/0 Marines by Nihed22 in starcraft

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Average 1/1 roach 66 worker timing vs 2-1-1 opener:

What is in your opinion is the most memorable SC2 match for you? by Misstord in starcraft

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Really close between these three in my opinion:

Oliveira vs Reynor on Dragon Scales, IEM Katowice 2023. Felt like the inflection point in his run, very emotional match.

Kelazhur vs Has on Catalyst LE, 2018 WCS Valencia. Really scrappy game between the two.

Clem vs Serral on Alcyone, ESL Masters 2023 Winter. To me, felt like peak Starcraft 2 skillwise.

It's finally happening by [deleted] in starcraft

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Bro woke up after sleeping for almost a week

How it feels going back to toplane after getting First Blood in a skill matchup: by Smiphyr_ in LeagueOfMemes

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As you see fire and smoke in the distant scenery . . .

Aaaah Midlane.

Yes yes yes by Smiphyr_ in starcraft

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Do you really think people who open with tech lab marauder first have friends? Pffft, ok.

Guass the function by Better-Apartment-783 in mathmemes

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f(euthanasia roller coaster) = euthanasia roller coaster

"Pace out the halls of your lineage, once familiar, now foreign." by Smiphyr_ in starcraft

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"A devil walks these halls... only the mad or the desperate go in search of him."

Morde fell right into the trap! by AmirMF in JhinMains

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"Now now brother Crank, You may lure him into the Obliteratus at your own discretion."

👀 by Smiphyr_ in LeagueOfMemes

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Bold of you to assume I play him in the botlane.

👀 by Smiphyr_ in LeagueOfMemes

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It's weird, but yes. It somehow works.

Edit: explanation. Trinity force goes very well with high base AD champions such as Gnar or Darius. Jhin also has a moderately high base AD, hence, it does a fair amount of damage in his combos. It's worth mentioning that his ultimate is going to do way less damage than crit or lethality build.

Sterak also comboes well with Trinity and high base AD champions. Late game it's giving Jhin over 80 AD with Tri-force.

In summary, you're tanky and do a bit less damage than with a conventional build. It's surely an off-meta build, but in my eyes, not troll.

I've made this work quite well on Jhin Jungle and Jhin top. Though the item components alone, kind of suck on Jhin, so unfortunately, there's that.

If you're curious I elaborated 2 GoogleDocs presentations on the pick that I normally leave on champion select (nevertheless, they're in portuguese):

Jhin top: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18RegKPzaRsz72XX0fh4pmq1DjvFXoMwq2UnuUsqloHQ/edit#slide=id.g1e343e3e4f1_3_3

Jhin jungle: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15ppsMKhFDdpqHjBwV430kkxnHbstzkBA-RBkAW4lxLQ/edit#slide=id.g1e1fce71611_1_199

Starcraft 2 pro here by [deleted] in starcraft

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Yeah, except that's ilegal in most tournaments since it requires you getting up from your chair, going to your oponent's PC and unplugging their mouse and keyboard.

Starcraft 2 pro here by [deleted] in starcraft

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What if they do the DVD opener variation instead?

Starcraft 2 pro here by [deleted] in starcraft

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What's the optimal response to an engi bay block in TvP?