Jhin·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Jhin Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Axiom Arcanist, Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hubris as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Lord Dominik's Regards, Infinity Edge and finish with Rapid Firecannon. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 41.5% winrate over 586 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Jhin Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Dark Harvest as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hubris, which you should build first, followed by Boots of Swiftness as your second item and The Collector as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Rapid Firecannon. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 37.4% win rate over 506 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Celerity with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hubris as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and The Collector as a third item. You want to finish the build with Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon and Lord Dominik's Regards. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 37.5% win rate across 275 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Jhin Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Stormrazor as third item. The last 3 options are Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon and Infinity Edge. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 44.6% win rate over 56 matches played.

Situational Jhin Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Jhin build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.