Jhin was added to League of Legends in 2016 as a marksman who treats killing as art, built around the number four in his kit, his weapon Whisper and his lines. His soft spoken, performance obsessed delivery stood out from louder champions, so players began clipping individual quotes for montages, champion edits and reaction posts. Short lines travel especially well on soundboards and in short videos, where one recognisable sentence can set up a kill, a reveal or a joke without needing any gameplay context.