Janna, The Storms Fury. Thoughts of a rework
So I have been thinking for a while now that Janna needs a bit of a rework to be viable again in this otherwise very aggressive meta that we find ourselves in. I wanted to post some ideas here and see what people think.
First off her passive is very out dated. Lets be honest, a 8% increase of movement when you run towards Janna is just so... bleh that no one really cares about that. In it's place I have come up with two ideas to replace this:
Option 1. The Weather Witch: Your abilities, when cast within a 10 second time frame, will have a unique property based on the first ability cast. (will explain these as I get to the ability itself)
Option 2. Barometric Pressure: Your Zephyr and Eye of the Storm abilities build up air pressure around you. This pressure augments (based on the % amount) your Howling Gale and Fog of Deception (new ult. I will talk about it when I get to it)
Either of these I would find to be a awesome addition to Janna, but since they both interact with the rest of her kit. Lets talk about that
Howling Gale (this ability is kept as it is)
Option 1. Gale Effect- Your Zephyr will slow any target struck. Your Eye of the Storm will slow your enemies effected and hasten allies.
Option 2. This ability expends up to 50% of stored pressure to add additional effects. 25%- place a dot on all targets hit based on a portion of the damage the target took (this additional damage is calculated before MR is considered). 50%- in addition to the 25% effect, also creates a miniature cyclone that holds the target up in the air for a amount of time based on the time spent charging Howling Gale. Up to 2 seconds.
Convection- Convection is replacing Zephyr and will have a active and a passive effect. Passively it will increase her movement speed. Actively when cast their will be a 2 second delay before a lightning strike will hit up to 3 targets around Janna and her shielded ally (should she have one).
Option 1. Your Howling Gale will cause lighting strikes to arc between all targets hit. Doing increased damage. Your Eye of the Storm will cause lighting to strike enemy heroes. stunning them for one second (this can only effect them once per cast of Eye of the Storm)
Option 2. Convection generates 25% charge when used. If Convection strikes the same target twice gain 50% charge instead
Eye of the Storm- Eye of the Storm can be placed on any friendly hero or yourself. When cast Eye of the Storm will either push back enemy heroes or pull them in towards yourself. Eye of the Storm also shields a target for the same amount (but no increase in attack damage) (so if you are a melee hero they will be pulled in, if a ranged hero or caster it will push them away. sorry if it is worded funny) This can only effect a enemy hero once per cast.
Option 1. Your Howling Gale picks up enemy minions and carries them to the end of the cast (only up to 3 minions can be moved in this manner). If Convection strikes a killing blow on a target that target explodes causing a % of damage based on their max health to all targets within range.
Option 2. Generate 25% charge per hero effected by Eye of the Storm.
Fog of Deception- A large area centered around Janna becomes thick in a fog. Janna and her allies within the fog are stealthed and doing actions that would normally break stealth do not apply. Enemies inside the fog are slowed and have their sight radius drastically reduced. This fog moves with Janna and lasts for 10 seconds
Option 1. Howling Gale extends the fog for a few seconds. Convection will now blinds the target and the mini map for them for a few seconds. Eye of the Storm places the fog on a ally for the remainder of the effect.
Option 2. At 50% pressure used slows attack speed by 30% for enemies in the fog and silences casters for 1 second after they cast their ability (so they can cast a ability, then have to wait a second, then cast again. think of it as a slow on casting) at 100% pressure also does damage to all enemies within the radius and heals all allies a small amount within the radius.
So whatcha think? Yes some things may seem a bit OP and all that and so adjustments can be made, but I just want to make the character fun ya know? I mean Janna is supposed to be the "Storm's Fury" after all. as she is right now she is just a small breeze. Riot if you happen to read this, just let me know what you think. I hope I can help give you some fun ideas for reworks :D. Happy Hunting everyone!