Janna needs a small rework at this point.

Dasdi96··10 votes·500 views

She has a very high winrate due to how easy and effective she is in solo queue. After all, she is notorious for being an "egirl" champion because anyone can just pick her up and do well on her and get good kdas. She needs a new w ability because the current one is just a point and click slow that does mediocre damage and she actually needs an incentive to charge up her q rather than use it as a point blank insta knockup.

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Rafatinoni4 votes

Honestly, the problem is not only on Janna's abilities but the fact that support items REALLY synergize well with her.

Akali is SO HOT4 votes

Janna has been strong since basically her release

Rafatinoni2 votes

Yeah but she didn't have 56% winrate since her release.

FantasySniper2 votes

She's always at 52+, even when she's at a high playrate.

Rafatinoni1 votes

I know, but the Support item changes and buffs contributed to its increase.

FantasySniper2 votes

And while support items are another problem, Janna has always been strong, if not outright busted.

One Ashe On3 votes

Janna kit is indeed pretty simple, so is Sona Soraka Lulu , does this mean they need rework too? Janna kit could be changed but how ? I don't know.

LankPants1 votes

Sona certainly does.

FantasySniper2 votes

Janna needs to be less braindead. Her tornado has a massive range and impact without even being charged, her passive mobility is insane, and her ally-targeted shield is the most powerful in the game.

######Lulu probably needs a mini-rework.

Teridax681 votes

Personally, I do feel all of those champions need work to some extent, as their design has not aged perfectly. Lulu I think needs the least work, since she's mostly quite fun and fair now, but she could still use adjustments to her W and E, as they've been causing counterplay issues in lane and have led her to be nerfed into having mana problems and weaker numbers on both of those abilities, to the detriment of her support playstyle.

Soraka I think was reworked with a good idea in mind, but her subsequent balance changes ended up taking her in the wrong direction. At its core, the idea of a dedicated healer to puts themselves at major risk to heal their teammates is a great idea, as forcing interaction between the healer and the enemy team means they don't feel like they're just there to nullify plays. Unfortunately, when Soraka's instant Q self-heal got turned into regen, I feel that interaction was lost, particularly since no balance work was really done to emphasize the health cost to her W (she uses up a lot of mana instead, which defeats the whole purpose of her healing engine). She needs some pretty harsh rebalancing so that she's forced to get up close and personal if she wants to provide good healing to her team, and absolutely needs to lose hard when she gets played as a safe back line healer.

Sona has the same fundamental problem she's had since her release: she does a little bit of everything, and can do it for her entire team, which makes her whole kit feel diluted even when it's strong. Her musical theme is a little underused as well, and she still doesn't feel like she scales up to very high levels of mastery. I'm not entirely sure how she should change in the future, but I feel she could benefit from having slightly fewer, but more concentrated effects.

Janna is, imo, in the best spot here, as I feel only her W needs a rework (it's a pretty boring active). Her Q could use some tweaks so that uncharged tornadoes are weaker, and I'm personally in favor of turning the bonus AD on her ult into something less marksman-synergistic, but otherwise her core design is still pretty great to this day.

koshkyra3 votes

Im fine with a rework as long as it doesnt remove her ability to stop dashes

Oriyoki2 votes

Haven't seen a good Janna (except for myself) in a while. They're free kills.

Bârd2 votes

She has a high winrate because of item 3301 item 3504.

Janna is fine.

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