Janna nerfed so hard...

Calm Breeze·11/17/2017, 2:21:02 PM·5 votes·791 views

Okay, so I mained Janna since season 2. No, I'm not good as I'm only Gold 5, but I still think my Janna is decent. I used to have a 7.2 kda on lolking. Now it's went down to a 5.3. The skill build order was almost always the same... start E, then W, then Q or against an engage support lane like Leona or Alistar, start E, then Q, then W. You max E first then W, then Q. Basic stuff. But right now, Janna's old shield that had a cd of 9 seconds is now 18 seconds. Even with the 5% cdr you start with and extra 5% you get from runes and 5% from ancient coin when starting the cd is still ridiculous. I used to be able to shield the jungler twice for a leash. Now it's limited to an absolute one and no chance of getting a second one in. When her shield is level 1 she can only shield less than 4 times a minute. At level 2 it's about 4 times she can use it a minute. I used to be able to block the majority of poke champs damage like sona and E almost every time they used a skill. Now I can't do that at all. Yes Janna scales much better than before because her passive now scales with move speed, but her shield is practically unusable in lane now. It's to the point where I've been maxing W and treating her more as a poke champ recently, and I feel I've been getting better results doing that. I feel all of this happened because of all that sudden hype about Janna and ardent censer being op. Everyone started banning her frequently in silver/gold queques as if they just found out she's a decent support. The thing that ticks me off the most is ardent censer was amazing A LONG time ago, and no one gave it as much attention as they did during that brief time where "Janna was broken". So now I ask... RIOT... why did you break my champ? It's so hard being a Janna main now when the lane is so reliant on ganks unless you max W first.

15 Comments

AmetDeCrypt11/17/2017, 2:44:34 PM3 votes

nerf the item, nerf the champion, then don't care about anything. that's how riot works.

Catastrop11/17/2017, 2:30:09 PM2 votes

You mained Janna since S2 and you're only G5?

Shadòw11/17/2017, 2:28:13 PM2 votes

Oh no the champ that has been busted for seasons finally got it's deserved nerfs what a shame item 3070

Hochelaga11/17/2017, 2:33:33 PM1 votes

I still max E before W with great results. What are the runes that you're using on Janna ? Perhaps going aerie isn't always the best solution for her.

Slythion11/17/2017, 4:47:22 PM1 votes

52.72% wr 9.23% playrate on champion.gg

49.7% wr 7.98% playrate on op.gg

51.3% wr 10.8% playrate on leagueofgraphs

my dude, she's still one of the best supports in the game, she's just finally not completely busted after several years of consistent +54% winrate. Your freelo janna abusing days are over, now you actually have to win by playing a relatively balanced champion :p

Linkttp11/20/2017, 12:32:55 AM1 votes

I would like to see lower heal from her ult but to compensate revert her passive nerf so she has a chance against aggro lanes. Just a thought.

Calm Breeze11/25/2017, 12:21:10 PM1 votes

What's up with all the BM in this post? Lol I clearly stated I'm not good because I'm only Gold 5. Janna is not freelo. You still have to know how to use her. And setting up the tornadoes and timing them or doing her combo of ulting them into her setup tornado gives her a high skill cap. Noob Jannas just try to tornado people directly and just spam shield for a win.