Janna Mini-Rework Idea that addresses common complaints about her

spooky goast··8 votes·868 views

Hello everyone, I am a Janna main (please note I am posting on a smurf account as i do not want people to op.gg my main account to criticize me for playing Janna) and this is what I would like to see as a more Skill focused Janna that improves upon her identity as a movement speed support without being an ADC Shield bot.

Base stats: Movement Speed: 320 -> 325

Passive: Instead of just gaining movement speed towards janna, Janna now creates a trail of wind behind her, Allies on the wind get increased Movement speed and a small amount of AD/AP (adaptive) if Janna stops moving, so does her wind trail. The stats gained from her passive scale with Janna's movement speed.

(Thoughts: this passive is much more impactful and actually noticeable, compared to Janna's current passive that I forget exists sometimes, It also emphasizes Janna's positioning more, and makes sure that she is constantly moving.)

Q: Mostly unchanged, but now the Tornado travels faster based on Janna's movement speed, and does bonus damage to slowed targets.

(Thoughts: I like her Q as it is, the Tornado Travelling faster and doing bonus damage to slowed targets allows it to combo with her W)

W: W Passive stays the same. W active is now a line skill shot that stops at the first enemy hit, Allies that her W travels through gain a small shield and movement speed, the enemy it hits takes damage and is slowed, the amount slowed scales on both AP and movement speed, the damage would be about the same as her current W, If her W hits an enemy Champion W's cooldown is reduced.

(Thoughts: A lot of complaints about Janna is that her W is a point and click undodgeable harass in lane, so by making it a skillshot it allows some counterplay, however now it will be more impactful if it does hit, since the slow will be greater, and it also benefits allies since this will be her new shielding ability, similar to lux's shield.)

E: Janna gives herself and her nearest Ally bonus movement speed for up to 3 seconds, this movement speed breaks upon Janna entering combat making Janna and her Ally's next basic attack do bonus magic damage based on Janna's AP and Movement Speed, the bonus damage can be hit on a tower.

(Thoughts: This will be Janna's new main agression tool in lane, and allows her to roam better and can allow an Ally to escape with the movement speed if Janna does not enter combat, notice that this is no longer a shielding ability and no longer gives bonus AD, as those have been transfered to her W and Passive.)

R: Janna gives an Ally a very large shield that lasts for a long time, Shield health scales on Janna's AP and movement speed. Janna can detonate the shield after 1 Second to summon a monsoon at her shielded ally's location knocking all enemies back and healing allies over time, heal scales on Janna's AP and movement speed.

(Thoughts: This combines Janna's old E and R into one ability, meaning that Janna's only big shield has a very long cooldown, this also means she has to be more careful about who she shields, as well as her ally's placement and her monsoon's location.)

Overall Thoughts: This will make Janna more focused on movement speed and buffing her whole team, rather than just making her an ADC Shield bot, as well as greatly increasing Janna's skill floor and cieling. Also notice that there are no actual numbers on the post. This is because i do not know how to balance numbers, maybe you guys can help me with that. Please give your feedback. Thanks!

15 Comments

Kissie4 votes

She’s my favourite how she is so I hope they don’t change anything

Orange Caramel3 votes

As a Janna player myself, I don't really like the new E, about how strong would the empowered AA be? It feels like just one auto attack is a waste of an ability. The other stuff looks cool though, especially the ult.

spooky goast1 votes

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As a Janna player myself, I don't really like the new E, about how strong would the empowered AA be? It feels like just one auto attack is a waste of an ability. The other stuff looks cool though, especially the ult.

Well i'm not a numbers balancer, but It should be somewhere around half the damage of her current W, since both Janna and her Ally get the buff, both of them would have to work together in order to get the same effective poke.

flibitydoo2 votes

What if her Q (or her other abilities) did the old galio wind thing where it left behind trails that increased movespeed directionally to where the skillshot is travelling? That could be her passive, applying to all abilities and even apply to her autos too. that would be noticeable, and also practical as an effect.

Her current passive only supports the whole "master of disengage peelbot" design that she seems to be a bit overboard on.

spooky goast1 votes

Lowered ultimate detonation wait time to 1 second

ZapMyHeart1 votes

The only criticism I have is that it is a more powerful Karma E... perhaps AS instead?

Ok sure but why1 votes

Her new passive sounds like Singed Support where he poisons his allies to buff them

saltran1 votes

Is Janna a shield bot? The Jannas I see max W, take the ap item and hits like a truck in lane with aerys.

ZeroAgainst1 votes

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Is Janna a shield bot? The Jannas I see max W, take the ap item and hits like a truck in lane with aerys.

well how else do u play the only support who takes no skill. all janna players defense other is her positioning is key like all champs and her ult you need to learn when to ult ex like every champ they need to make her actually have skill involved right now she is completely brain dead and needs a complete rework.

VØIÐ1 votes

I kinda like it, in a way.

FlameHalbrdOkido1 votes

There should be a limit on how long the passive trail is, for instance Ekkos leaves a trail for the past 4 sec.

I DO NOT think that ANY supp should give out free AD or AS for numerous reasons 1st it priorizes Marksmen as the class supports pair with, and if we want diversity it has 2 go. 2nd it makes supports who have that in thier kit more important than others in certain situations and screws support diversity 3rd it unhealthy for the game because it gives free stats to a stat dependent champ that hasn't earned it through items.

So I'm glad u changed her stat 2 AP.

It's ok if they gave these stats 2 themselves but not allies.

I hope she still channels for the ult, it's important counter play

Sire Hippington1 votes

That ult is redicolously strong, and one of her main issues isn#t adressed but instead gets worse: Her ~~countering ~~ nullifying ~90% of all melees by haveing 2 instant CCs that interupt gapclosers, a slow and giving more ms for allies. Her Q stays the same, and her new ult means she doesn't even to stay close to her adc to save his ass, and she throws out ms boosts like candy so catching anyone after your gacloser got interrupted would be impossible.

The one thing the rework achives is makeing her more interactive in lane.

Silverjust1 votes

The ult CC is not instant anymore and she can only speed boost her allies if she is not in combat as faar as I understand.

Douglas Funnie1 votes

no

DrTeath

The secret about Janna that Riot doesnt want you to know, is that shes trans, and there is a hint hidden in every one of her splasharts.

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