Let's talk about Janna and her nerfs in 5.17

Xelvi·10/5/2015, 2:28:39 AM·2 votes·476 views

"If Janna’s about one thing, it’s disengage. Fighting tooth and nail to keep her team away from yours - frustrating though it may be - is her thing. So naturally when she starts to see ubiquitous play, even in situations and compositions where disengage isn’t even called for, we start to raise our brow a bit." - patch notes.

I'm sorry, what? Ubiquitous play? Where? I hardly ever seen Janna now. My games, friend's games, high elo streamed games, professional games... where is this 'ubiquitous play' you're talking about?

Let's be real - I'm not saying Janna is bad just because she's not exactly meta at the moment. I was one of the few people spamming Janna in solo queue when she was considered bad before world's last year. That was, of course, until she became a priority pick/ban in world's, then all of a sudden she was considered 'overpowered' and nerfs followed. But now? How in the world do you find these nerfs necessary???

I'm not saying Janna isn't good right now, because she's... OK. She still does what she's made for, but she is in no way on Braum or Thresh levels of power, but yet she's seeing nerfs and they're not? On top of that, she's a lot better in coordinated teams than solo queue and she's STILL not seeing much play.

If you want to find supports that are being picked IRRESPECTIVE of team comp you might want to open your eyes and pay attention to a certain Thresh and Braum .

10 Comments

Hayaishi210/5/2015, 3:36:25 AM2 votes

Janna had been sitting at the top when it came to support win rates since S3, every nerf is justified.

SwapShadows10/5/2015, 4:51:35 AM2 votes

I don't want janna being meta, it's disgusting how she get's to do her job while being insanely easy to play.

monkeys could play janna effectively.

HaIlMonitor10/5/2015, 5:04:24 AM2 votes

This is the same thing that will happen with Veigar Post after post of him being trash then C9 wins with him at worlds and all the sudden he is broken lol.

Sir Yamazuki10/5/2015, 5:08:08 AM2 votes

She's the 4th most picked support with 16% pick rate in plat+, please explain how that's never being played?

Leblancs Boob10/5/2015, 6:29:53 AM1 votes

Im confused. Janna is still a top tier support that's effective in nearly every situation. The nerfs hardly even touched her..

Xelvi10/5/2015, 4:48:32 AM1 votes

First of all, win rates don't mean as much as you want them to. Even if what you assert is true, it's because the only people playing Janna are die-hard mains or people are picking her as a niche pick and upping her win-rate. She's not being picked for pure 'ubiquitous' power.

Steel Blossom10/5/2015, 5:25:40 AM1 votes

Yeah picking one champion to ruin the game for any and all dive-oriented champions, balanced.

Xelvi10/5/2015, 5:39:50 AM1 votes

I guess it makes people mad they can't just dive mindlessly into the enemy team or tower without having to think about what they're doing. This isn't about Janna being overpowered, it's about people finding her frustrating to play against because she forces you to use your brain.

Seems about right.