Janna and Lulu

Rikuri·9/24/2017, 7:22:01 AM·1 votes·1,117 views

Janna i know many of you think she's extremely annoying to play against, and i couldn't agree more. ( note: i main Janna Nami Lulu and i could be biased but i won't be.)

the pbe changes are in my opinion going in the wrong direction, (except the auto attack range, i think that was a nice add) because her issues are within her e, not the shield itself but the fact that she lets the shield stay on an ally for half of the cool down, (her e cool down is 10 seconds, her shield up time on an ally is 5 seconds.) and by the time her shield expires you only need to wait 5 seconds before you can press e on an ally again, this said, you can decrease the cool down with your items, (most support items, if not all have a good amount of cdr.) making the shield spammable, and to top it off with the ardents buff, that's just an overkill to it.

Lulu has the exact same problem, 10 second cooldown for a 6 second duration on an ally, plus the pix bolts plus the ardents buff. it's all too much, and with items she can also make her shield spammable.

item 3504 as an item has been way too strong, along with item 3301 i understand riot wanted to make healer/shielder supports better, and we welcome that, but they truly overdid the item. as for wanting to increase their gold income, those changes were welcomed, until they made it on one item instead of doing it evenly.

what i suggest doing: lowering the duration it has on an ally, so they can do what they were meant to be doing: block incoming damage from enemies, so it can feel rewarding to people who have good reflexes, and supports can feel distinct from good or bad.

you don't need a shield breaker, you need to learn to balance your game.

14 Comments

SuperCosmicHobo9/24/2017, 7:33:43 AM1 votes

It wasn't to make supports better, it's to make adcs stronger

Shiznyte9/24/2017, 7:37:59 AM1 votes

Janna is actually only and okay champion. the ardent censor is why she seems so strong. Currently in the game there is no way to deal with shields so they are the most effective form of protection because grievous wounds won't do much vs Janna unless she ults. Nami is strong early on but her skills dont scale well enough into late game and she becomes an immobile CC bot. Nami has a much higher skill cap because the bubble is very hard to land compared to other CC's. Lulu has been nerfed several times and she is still strong, but currently in this ardent censor meta other champions can use ardent better than Nami and Lulu can. She can still dominate a lane early on so she will always be a good pick. Currently I think Rakan and Janna are the two best supports (but it is very close between a few others like Lulu, Nami, Braum) Janna is the best Ardent user because her ult applies it multiple times to multiple targets in a team fight. Combined with great pealing she is extremely tough to deal with, BUT she needs a good ADC player to actually shine. If you have a low elo ADC Janna will look very bad because by herself its very hard for her to carry. Rakan is one of the few champions with hard engage that can use ardent, and in terms of play making Rakan can win a lane by himself if he has an ADC who knows how to follow him. I'm looking forward to the Janna changes i think she will become quite powerful with them and her early lane will be a bit better.