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The Legend of the Sleepy Janna

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Very good guide, thanks for posting!

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I've recently started to play Janna support in my ranked games and this guide has helped me so much. Thank you! The guide's aesthetic is also amazing!

(955) |

Thanks for the kind words, xxseraphinaaxx! Hope you keep winning and having fun w Janna :)

Isn't having 15 ADCs in "ideal" a bit counterproductive?

(955) |

well the implication is that essentially Janna works well with everyone. Some ADC benefit more from different supports, but they are in good hands w her nonetheless since she has her unique shield (AD boost benefits all ADC), a lot of peel and even tools to engage.

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Very usefull guide ! I'm winning my lanes more often with Janna now, thanks. Also love the aesthetic, good work !

(955) |

thank you Khengor, I'm happy to hear that! hope you continue to enjoy Janna :)

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I have a question : do you build Ardent Censer if your ADC is Jhin ?

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(955) |

so one thing to keep in mind is that Ardent Censer is generally a great purchase regardless of the AS buff because of the other two unique passives - one of which increases your movement speed (great for Janna) and the other your shielding/healing power (& this is all in addition to the AP, CDR and mana replenishment too).

That being said, unless you have someone else on your team who would benefit from the AS (like Irelia, Twitch, Jax... anyone who is AA-reliant) then you can afford to skip or at the very least delay Ardent when Jhin is your ADC.

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Thank you for your answer !

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Pleasant visual update - it's interesting how you've pared the coding right back. I noticed the "Spells" header is missing an L.

(955) |

thank you, I'll fix that! yeah I like to keep things simple I suppose, but I'll probably change some things up when I have more time, just needed to update the guide quickly so I decided to switch to the new layout while I'm at it.

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i don't have any criticism i just adore your aesthetic for this guide
spooky rights

(955) |

thank you very much! 🎃

(2) |

just realized janna's head got replaced with the pumpkin as a reference to the headless horseman
amazing

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(955) |

ding ding 😄 the headless horseman is a character originally from Washington Irving's 'the legend of the sleepy hollow' ; hence the name of the guide too!

Wrong. Spell thief is the worst item to Janna and the worst thing to Max W. I have 505K with Janna and im was Eune 621 best Janna main. Star with Coin, because u will get wards faster, u will get more mana back. For runes take cookie and timewarp tonic, u wil ldont need that lilbit green rune to heal a lilbit better and shield, its too useless. You are support, you dont must to poke the enemy, Janna is a great disengage support focus on this. Mobafire should help a lot to learn about champions, about items. If u star Coin, rush for Ardent or Mikael, second item for Redemption, third item Solari, Redemption more important bc of cdr., always get the supportive items if u go with coin, if sadly u go with spellthief, rush for Ardent or Athene, then two slowly thing idk what the item's name, i play the game hungarian. xd Jnna's barrier is scale from AP, so you should stack AP for better heal and shields.

(955) |

the way you play Janna is completely valid and lots of pros do do E max and Coin, play passively and focus on utility. Lots of pros also like to do W max and play Janna as a poke support by maxing W and getting AP in items. Both are valid and I personally prefer to play in the latter style. I have highlighted that it is my personal preference to do this in a couple places in the comments/guide and do have Coin start featured in the guide; so I don't think it's a problem that this is my main build in the cheatsheet.

What you're recommending as a build (both ardent, redempt, miakel solari AND the AP one if I sadly go spellthief's) are in the guide as recommended build paths.

For runes, my build cheat sheet doesn't recommend the healing or shielding green runes, those are just options in the guide itself. My build recommends Cosmic Insight and cookies.

I didn't said your build is invalid, just to start with spellthief is really risky, and it's more wiser to start with coin, u will don't know your enemies skills how good are them and u will cant stop champions who play their combos twice or three times, i mean Katarina or champions who make slow and aa fast because Janna's E don't give enough barrier what u will need and in early your shield's cooldown is really really high. Also if the enemy is too poke champion, u will take a really big risky to start with spellthief. Also Janna is a big counter of Leona. Janna can Cancel Leona's E and this is a big thing against her.

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I didn't think you said that my build was invalid, I was just telling you that I think both are valid and therefore I don't believe it is wrong for my guide to prefer one rather than the other!

I understand what you mean by saying Coin is wiser. In many circumstances - when you're in soloQ with an unfamiliar ADC, against all-inners, etc - you will want to take Coin.

However, in an ideal world Spellthief's is your go-to. You WANT to play poke Janna, be aggressive, get AP and make a big impact early game if you can. That should be, imo, your default and that's why it's in my cheatsheet as the #1 option.

If you're in a position where you can't play aggressively - like I said a bad matchup for example - then you go with the next best thing and take Coin, protect your ADC and go for a more conventional utility-based build.

And yeah you're right, Janna is a notorious Leona counter. I mention that in the abilities chapter under Zenith Blade :)

As a Janna main i'm also happy if i can learn from other players, also sorry for my misunderstanding, i'm just living in the ardent meta when Janna was the support queen. I miss those times. :D Sad but it's not a support meta or Assasin or Tank, it's ap support's meta mybe. That always makes me sad when i cant heal whole my team as Soraka with W... Also Janna was great too with Ardent and Solari combo with Mikael's crucible, i should cry for those times, true, that was insane strong, but that was a chance to carry your team as support and that was an annother way to carry without damage. Now only damage champions can carry like Zed, Brand, Lux, Mordekaiser, Garen, but dude, wtf, Mordekaiser and Garen and Darius are tanks, why they have insane dmg? xD I'm always thought tank's job to use the armor and hp to take more dmg to win a teamfight, also Jax is too tanky with insane dmg, its looks unfair. ;c

(1) |

Really good guide, thank you 🦌

(955) |

happy to help :) 🦌

(1) |

best janna guide for sure, it is so well put together i can't believe someone actually took the time to do this, i am wayyy to lazy to ever do anything remotely compared to this, thanks for all the work, carry on

(955) |

much love poured into it over the years, it was first published in.. january 2013 I believe. About 6 years to make it this detailed :) thanks for the kind words Kasaigami! 🌪🐦

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no problem! damn, that's a lot of time, you can surely notice! thanks again for the guide and even more so for replying :)

(347) |

I think this is by far the best guide i've ever seen, i mean it's really informative and you can learn just about everything about . But what i love the most is that it just looks beautiful and it's so enjoyable to look at. :)

(955) |

you can thank @ jhoijhoi for the beautiful graphics! I'm glad you found it helpful, thank you for the kind words :)

(1) |

and this is why i have amazing jannas on my team AH

(955) |

hope that's not sarcasm :^)

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nah nah, jannas are too clutch sometimes :')

Really useful, helped with learning Janna and then keeping that skill up till later in ranked. Personally I prefer to build a death cap or something else instead of Mikaels, but Mikaels works just as well. Loved it, thanks!

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Hi! I was wondering about what would be the skill order for Janna now? I personally W max but I think the shield nerf is a bit annoying. Do you have any suggestions as to how to work around the change? Also, what is your opinion on playing Janna now in ranked. I used to play a lot of support but stopped due to the feeling that I couldn't do anything to win the game as a support so is there any tips you can give me to make me a better support in ranked? Thanks for the guide and no wonder it's been commended so many times :)

(955) |

I think E max is most prevalent but I can see why you might enjoy W max. Perhaps with the recent buffs to W it might be the best to max right now but it's too soon to tell. I think E max, W max and mix-max are all okay options and down to you to pick from. If it's an enemy lane that you can bully, then feel free to W max and deal some damage. If you're against a hyper aggressive support, who you can't out-trade however, then there might not be a point in maxing W over E.

Personally I never noticed the E nerf. I don't think it's a big deal at all. As long as you're not randomly casting your E, and hoping some damage comes your way / your ADC's way, not much has changed about E. Assuming you want to amplify your AD's AD or to shield them from incoming damage, the duration of the shield doesn't matter much, only its strength. It doesn't matter that it decays because if you use it correctly, it'll be depleted quickly anyhow. Hope that makes sense.

A lot of people will say playing support in ranked is very easy. In my opinion, a good support can greatly influence a game if your teammates are doing average or well. They can definitely make a difference mid and late game what with being able to save allies, ward and increase their damage output. However, if you have a bad team, there's not much you can do by yourself in the support role. You can't solo-carry like a mid laner or ADC perhaps could. That's why I think it's best to duoQ as a support, to ensure there's at least one person you know will do semi-well and whom you can support.

So that's basically my advice. If you like Janna and other ardent supports, you can try to get an ADC duo and get them fed early game and protect them mid and late game. If you like aggressive supports, you can add in roaming to the mix to increase your odds of winning the game. You can also opt for a mid lane or jungler duo and take your chances with a random ADC. As long as you can ensure no feeding in bot lane, and they can ensure a successful mid lane or jungle, it's a very good duo combo. I'm not sure Janna is the best for ranked, though a lot of people have success with her because she's fairly easy to do well with. If you're looking for someone more challening, but who might yield better results, try out Lulu. Max Q and you can out-trade most bot lanes and carry lane way easier than Janna.

Hope that covers everything! and thank you for the kind words :)

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