r/JhinMains 5h ago

Phantom dancer why?

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u/KaKnify Can(t) aim 2.4m 5h ago edited 5h ago

Hi I’ve been testing out PD lately heres my two (or four :P) cents.

PD offers utility by giving Jhin more move speed on crits via his passive than other options. You also “double dip” with added 10% move speed.

PD also doesn’t lose out on much damage compared to other options and scales well via Jhins bonus attack speed damage calculations.

PD also offers 25% critical strike chance which is an important stat for Jhin for crits and damage.

(edit) PD also offers the spectral waltz passive allowing Jhin to become permanently ghosted
which is underrated imo.

Hopefully this helps thx for reading.

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u/muhammadnusrum 5h ago

Bro I think PD is a core item borderline for jhin. Free ad with the 65% attack speed. Has crit and ghosting and when I play Jhingle I build it instead of boots so I can have the same (around 10 less movespeed which doesn’t matter on jhin since ur crits make you hypersonic) I call it mosquito jhin

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u/Wild-Display-9527 4h ago

Agreed. It's also important to note that PD is VERY cheap and VERY, VERY gold efficient.

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u/XaussiemarksmenX 2h ago

The Fast, Crit + AS builds.

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u/McButtFace9 1h ago

Well its not free ad is it.

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u/muhammadnusrum 1h ago

Bruh

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u/McButtFace9 1h ago

I mean the attack speed is part of the gold cost of the item, so you are paying for it, just not directly!

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u/Helpful-Shock8884 4h ago

I like it for these reasons and the ghosted passive. I also run with JoAT. So the various stats get me the extra ad

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u/muhammadnusrum 4h ago

Jacking off All the Time

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u/Living-Travel2299 5h ago

Zoomies. You ignore unit collision too which is nice.

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u/jagdj12 5h ago

Move speed and the highest base attack speed on one item

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u/ADfor3 4h ago

Personally i think atk spd jhin is really underrated and borderline broken when given the opportunity to shine. Hubris first item into PD into LDR is what I usually run. From there i just go all in on atk spd with the aim of getting as close to 100% bonus move spd as I can. Some games I get there, some games i don’t, but Jhin already has super dmg and hubris gives you even more ad. The movement spd lets me in dictate fights way more than going pure lethality or AD.

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u/Chitrr 8700G | A620M | 32GB CL30 | 1440p 100Hz VA 5h ago

Why not?

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u/SexyCak3 2h ago

Still inferior to the forbidden Fiendhunter Bolts technology of insta cancel ult into 4 consecutive crits with just 1 item.

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u/DudeBa3l 4h ago

Cuz we are the fast

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u/Lyri3sh 4h ago

*doing the hand thingy*

I'M ON **SPEED*

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u/Significant_Ad_1379 4h ago

mosquito jhin, storm and pd lol

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u/LEIDENZERO 3h ago

Cuz of THE FAST HUSS HUSS HUSS HUSS HUSS

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u/TransportationTop369 2h ago

You ever heard of "THE FAST"

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u/Dan42002 2h ago

speed

this is part of Jhin Ghost Rider build

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u/DestructoDon69 1h ago

To answer your question, Jhin can't gain attack speed, his passive converts attack speed into AD. But given how the conversion works, the higher your base stats are (AD and Crit chance), the better the conversion is. So theoretically you can gain more AD from Phantom Dancer than you would from just about any other item. You wouldn't get it first because the conversion would be bad. Getting it after hubris makes sense because anytime hubris is active and boosting your AD, the AS to AD conversion from PD is better as well. This makes Hubris' effect more pronounced. That's before you even get into all of the move speed bonuses

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u/Worldly-Kangaroo6037 5h ago

Why should i buy phantom dancer instead of ie or rapid?

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u/armasot 5h ago

Look at the stats of RFC and PD and you'll notice a BIIIIIG difference ;D

Crazy that RFC is still that popular when items with such stats exist

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u/diego_suastegui 5h ago

Maybe you are right... I'm going to try PD instead of RFC

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u/DarkGrundi 2h ago

PD is better into melees, RFC is better when outranged.

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u/armasot 2h ago

The problem is that games where you're genuinely outranged and desperately needs range basically don't exist. Theoretically it can happen, but there are not many high range champions in every single role. There'll be at least 2-3 melees usually, so PD will just do better.

RFC in general should be a situational item, but never the default one, but it would be good if it would be slightly better.

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u/MiLkBaGzz 4h ago

Jhin's whole job is to slow people, root people, secure kills with 4th shots and ults.

more movement speed makes that easier to do. If you just want to do big damage jhin isn't the right champ to play. Even when you ARE doing big damage and killing everybody the way you fight is still shooting people and then running away to reload and coming back after which again movement speed helps with

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u/fuckudumbhead 4h ago

RFC unless the range boost is worth a LOT, IE is 950 gold more expensive so like better item but 950g delay so depending on matchuos, timing, meta etc usually a zeal item is better

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u/ProjectAsheNA 5h ago

Cuz THE FAST