I Believe the Immediate Effects of the Support Item Buffs will be a Janna Nerf

The Yetii Rider··1 votes·633 views

So, I'm too lazy to link to these buffs on the PBE, so go look them up yourself on surrender @20 or Reign of Gaming.

Basically, Coin, Medallion and Talisman give more gold, Medallion gives more mana regen, Talisman has a shorter cooldown, and Ardent Censer now gives 10% less attack speed but 30 magic damage on-hit.

Cool. This is clearly a much needed buff to Soraka and Sona, and with the Lulu mana regen buffs in the same PBE patch, and a Leona nerf, we can expect to see some new diversity in bot lane. Good.

Here's the problem. Janna already has a ridiculously high win rate because of her amazing passive, insane no-counter disengage ult, and the fact that she's so uncatchable you can actually build Mejai's on her and expect to keep a reasonable number of stacks throughout the game.

Janna's Eye of the Storm gives her carry a massive AD boost based on how much AP she has. Ardent Censer already gives AP, CDR, Mana and Move speed, all of which Janna loves, but now it gives 30 magic damage on hit, which is going to mean that Janna will be the number one provider of mixed damage to her carry. Sure, Sona and Soraka can both apply the buff in an area of effect (and Karma as well, I guess), but Janna can too, and she can also throw on a BFS worth of AD to her carry. Giving her carry 15% AS, 50-70 AD, and 30 magic damage on hit (as well as a shield) with a single click of the button is just going to be too strong. Janna is going to get some hard nerfs after this item gets rebalanced.

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Apollocliptic2 votes

Good point, Jannah + Ardent sensor + Ulti is already AOE AS boost and now increases damage of all allies in the field. But her eye of the storm will be a HUGE buff once synergised with Ardent sensor and she makes escape all but impossible. If you uses shield and the enemy still somehow maintain advantage, her ulti (if channelled) will mean a prolonged buff on her adc, in which by the time it wears off, she can probably shield them again. That's lulu level life saving, but with damage buff on top, Jannah nerf incoming, I am sorry, but it appears inevitable

Nimba1 votes

What's a fair Janna nerf? She's hardly oppressive in lane.

Hupsis1 votes

Reduced movement speed? Base movement speed 335 --> 325 Not that it matters that much late game...

The Yetii Rider1 votes

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What's a fair Janna nerf? She's hardly oppressive in lane.

If the synergy with her and this item becomes oppressive, Riot will likely nerf the AD bonus from Eye of the Storm, or increase the cooldown, or increase the mana cost (which is already pretty high) or reduce the duration, or perhaps weaken the shield or its AP ratio so that its easier to break. All of which would be substantial nerfs to Janna's power.

Drackolus1 votes

Personally, I stopped playing Janna after the most recent passive change. I know it's just me, but it really feels like she lost a HUGE portion of her peel since she can't really use w to do so without LOSING ms on her carry because she goes behind them and 5% more ms on herself than before. Really fricken hurt.

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