Janna E with Trist E

Mysticman89·9/30/2015, 4:19:56 AM·1 votes·656 views

I've been playing a lot of Janna recently, and I've found myself wondering how the interaction between Tristanas e and the AD boost from jannas E works. If I shield trist after she's stacked up an E on someone, but before it explodes, does the explosion damage go up, or does it depend on the AD at the time it was stacked?

If it does benefit the explosion damage, is it actually worthwhile to do so? Or would the extra AD benefit the AA's used to stack the E charge more than the E itself would benefit? Or does the math work out that it's the same either way? (I'm mainly thinking relatively early game, where Trist won't have enough AS to reach 4 stacks and detonate the charge early, and so the shield will expire before the detonation occurs if shielded at the onset of the e placement.)

While in practice it's probably moot, as trist is probably going to be under fire and so want the shield early on for the shields sake rather than the AD, but I am curious how it works in theory.

2 Comments

StoryDuck9/30/2015, 11:51:29 AM1 votes

I believe that you need to shield her as she cast it but before the E latches onto the target. It should be similar to how AA works in that if you cast the shield before the AA hits the enemy the extra AD will be applied.

Aeolian Melodies10/1/2015, 12:46:22 AM1 votes

As a Janna main:

dmg is calculated ALWAYS when it hits the target. Any enhancement can be applied just before a skill triggers or just before a projectile hits a target and it will be appliec. You can shield her right before the explosion to increase her dmg like you can shield her as her AA is flying towards an enemy champion to empower it with more AD, and just like Sona can empower an Ezreal Q flying towards an enemy champion by tagging him with Q after he used his ability.

It's actually a good strat to not waste mana as Janna to wait until you see that the skillshot will hit a champion/your ally didn't target a creep with his AA before you shield them.