-the way i play her, she doesn't really have much kill potential as a support unless the other bot is braindead ;-; -trades vs high damage supports that can negate her shield usually end up lost for me if my adc is vayne or tristana or something tips?
Janna's kit isn't for winning lane, it's for the maximum Peel for adc in team fights. I would say that the goal of Janna in lane is to just not lose.
how do you win as janna is what i want to know lol im used to aggressive engage supports like thresh and morg XD
set q shield yourself aa w release q aa run away. takes enough of an adcs health for them to play a bit more carefully. need an unwarded bush to really work.
You kinda don't need to win lane as Janna.
You just sit and farm.
Someone tries to poke, you shield your adc.
Someone tries to engage, you do janna things and peel.
Basically it. I mean she's not brain dead easy, which for some reason people are saying, but she just takes a few matches to get use to.
If you want to win lane as Janna though, you're going to need to q the enemy adc during trades, and just put a shield on your adc.
What happens after that depends on who/type of player the enemy support is like.
Basically what the others have said, I would go with ancient coin on janna and just soak up gold and exp passively. I would only attempt to trade via auto attacks against SOME not all, melee supports such as alistar. If you try to trade with a leona or a thresh you are gonna get hooked and die. Max your shield first because at lvl 5 its basically a free B.F sword and make sure you put it on your adc every fight / trade. Where janna shines is team fighting not laneing.
Janna doesn't win lane: She is there to prevent losing it. Basically Janna's presence attempts to stalemate the lane. She makes it a farm fest. Then when it comes to mid game when everyone is roaming she is there to curb any aggression the enemy aims at your teammates. She isn't going to kill the enemy but she is great at making sure nobody on her team dies.
Let your ADC last hit, occasionally harass with your AA and bird, and deny the fuck out of the enemy each time they try to engage.
GG
LIES!! I WIN LANE AS JANNA!!! She's currently my most played champ (Gold 4, ~60+ games played with her, 6.0+ KDA)
So yes, part of the function of what she does is to peel/save teammates in lane and out of lane, but the other part is that she provides a soft engage. And to engage for botlane, typically the enemy is either pushing towards your tower and you see your jungler coming, or your ADC has some kind of soft/hard CC or just more damage output.
HOW I engage can be anything of the following:
What I do do:
Normally in lane what I don't do:
Yeah, hope that helps. Janna IS a very safe support and not as "all-in"y like other supports. But if played right, you can definitely win lane given your AD is at least decent. If you have questions add me and we can talk.
