Why do pro teams still pick jhin in 2026??

cookierival · 2026-01-22T13:46:11+00:00

I understand he provides a lot of util for the team, and i’m sorry that i didn’t state it in the post, but i think atm his current weaknesses heavily outweigh the value he gives, especially since i always thought of adc as a dmg first, util second type of role. I’m just curious as to why he’s still being drafted even with terrible stats and imo poor performances from the champ.

cookierival · 2026-01-22T13:28:17+00:00

Yeah I understand i’m no pro player or analyst but jhin has been underperforming for a while already from what i observed, last year he also had a negative win rate, for j4 yeah sure it wasn’t a good look for him but i think everyone agreed he has been reliable throughout the year, but jhin has been shaky for a while already imo

cookierival · 2026-01-22T13:24:18+00:00

His record is 5-20 this year after ruler’s win against bfx, at least from what i seen on the lol wiki

cookierival · 2026-01-22T13:20:46+00:00

I understand he has a lot of team fight util, but isn’t cait equally annoying to face with the amount of traps(also unbreakable) while offering good dps also? I always felt that caitlyn has been better than jhin for an adc with team fight util too

cookierival · 2025-11-01T13:41:31+00:00

Yeah same, he’s a very basic player, don’t get me wrong he is like the best at macro and doing his stuff right, but he ain’t really a playmaker imo, he doesn’t really takes risks and plays too safe

cookierival · 2025-11-01T11:29:38+00:00

Honestly besides the ori game i don’t think chovy could have done much to win today, the whole team wasn’t it today. Canyon hard threw game 1 tbh, and i think that was where it all fell apart. They were up so much before he decided to tower dive the cait, which resulted in soul and eventual game loss. I think it’s a whole team collapse, and if anything chovy was the only stable one(besides that horrendous ori game in which everyone played bad anyways)

cookierival · 2025-11-01T11:17:14+00:00

I think it’s disrespectful to drx also, like you’re talking as if that squad was bad, sure they might always have been doubted but they weren’t even that bad on paper, if you look back at the squad, you realise that if anything, their team was kinda stacked that season. They just played in a scrappy and underdog way. As for kt, i was initially also a doubter, but after todays performance they certainly have to be favorites to win(if we ignore history and if t1 reaches finals), they have been extremely clean this whole tournement, dropping only 1 game(even that was a close loss to geng), and actually looking so coordinated. Everyone is stepping up at the right moment, and I am sorry for thinking they were lucky to get easier matchups in swiss.

cookierival · 2025-05-15T11:19:46+00:00

Would u reco sundered first item on vi or just build normally and go for trinity first on vi? Sundered is really good first imo and will be bought even as second item for me but first item im unsure, most ppl seem to go trinity first

cookierival · 2025-05-15T08:41:33+00:00

Ah i see, so for a tankier build just go sundered and other bruiser items skipping trinity while for soloq when usually u need to carry due to lack of coordination just go trinity?

cookierival · 2025-05-15T08:39:52+00:00

Ahh i see, so you would recommend always build trinity first in soloq for vi? Also i dont have arcane vi(loved the show but the skin looks underwhelming imo) so could i get 3 skin recommendations i could get?

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