Why janna is so good

You can also achieve this effect yourself albeit to a lower degree using the slow of your 2nd, Zephyr. When fleeing enemy champions, the instinct will be to cast Howling Gale towards the enemy but it is actually better to cast it towards the direction you are running to then, casting it after your enemy passes the tornado. This technique will cause most players off guard and could also potentially waste their Flash.

Zephyr, the bird that flies around Janna, grants her bonus attack damage based on her bonus movement speed. It also has an active component which is a targeted ability that damages and slows the chosen enemy. However, the passive component of this ability is lost while Zephyr is on cooldown. Due to how the passive works, walk towards the enemy and attack once before using the active part of Zephyr then do another auto-attack before backing away to optimize your damage.

Due to your higher movement speed and slow effect from this ability, you will be able to poke enemies without being damaged yourself. Eye of the Storm grants the target ally or turret a shield and an AD buff. It is especially strong on attack speed based ADCs because it will boost all the auto attacks of your target ally during its duration. It is especially strong during the laning phase because your ADC will definitely win trades against the enemy ADC because your ADC gains a shield that will reduce the damage taken and at the same time, it increases their damage output.

It can also be used on yourself but it is better to hold it off to be used by your ADC because of how strong it is on them especially when combined with Ardent Censer. Monsoon is an AoE knockback and heal ultimate ability. It is primarily used for its knockback to push away enemies and disengage team fights. Its heal is just secondary because you need to stay put and channel it and it puts you in a vulnerable position because you are still squishy even with the healing effect.

This is the standard build for Janna which grants her a balance between utility and survivability. Exhaust slows down the enemy and reduces their damage output. It is a useful spell for protecting your carry against burst damage assassins and it can be used to secure kills as well.

Flash is necessary because Janna has no natural escape mechanism which makes her an easy champion to pick off. You can also do surprising moves with Flash in combination with your abilities. It can even be maxed first when facing a hard lane. The damage is secondary.

Get a point in your ultimate when possible. Janna is an excellent babysitter in the early game. But Janna has low HP and she does not have a heal outside of her ultimate so only poke the enemy if you are sure that they cannot fight back. Janna pairs well with late-game ADCs because she has no good all-in but she is a great defensive enchanter so the game plan for a Dragon lane with Janna is to simply farm to scale into the mid and late game.

Well played she can really screw up a lot of engage supports like Leona , Thresh , and even Alistar. She is the Queen of peel. If your team lacks disengage you know you can lock in Janna and have a way to get your ADC or team out of nasty situations. Ardent Censer is also very strong at the moment and pairs really well with her shield ability and her ultimate. She tends to pair nicely with attack damage based hyper carries like Twitch who is also very strong right now since her shield gives her carry bonus AD along with the shield which lets them quite often win trades in lane.

Learn how to use her Q to peel off aggressive supports like Thresh. Get good at predicting incoming damage so you can shield your ADC in time to prevent them from taking damage.

Or predicting when your ADC is going to go aggressive and trade with their opponent so you can shield them for the bonus AD and shield so they win the trade. This shield works well with Ardent Censer and Staff of the Flowing Water because whoever you shield will get the extra bonuses from these items. You can also use this shield on yourself if you feel like it is the best option to keep yourself alive or deal more damage with your auto attacks.

Janna calls forth mighty winds to knock back surrounding enemies and restore health to nearby allies each second for the next few seconds. This is super risky as it puts you in a difficult position but if you can catch out a high-value target it will all be worth it. Also, be careful when using Monsoon to make sure you don't save your opponent by knocking them away from your team. Janna does best with support items that give her shields and healing more power.

With that in mind, Ardent Censer is the go-to and must-buy on Janna. Not only do you get health and ability power but the passive is the important part. When you shield or heal an ally they gain bonus attack speed and deal more damage.

This is great as Janna's whole kit relies on shielding, healing, and buffing your team. Another core and must-buy item is Harmonic Echo. This gives you much-needed mana and a little bit of extra ability power. But again the main reason is for the passive.

Moving and casting abilities build Harmony stacks. At max stacks, your next heal or shield on an ally will also heal them even more. So even more ways to keep your team alive.

This gives Janna more shield power and also allows you to deal that little bit of extra damage which is nice in the laning phase. That being said, her shockingly simple kit is also really powerful.

With the plethora of shield and heal boosting support items on the market right now, her shields have never been beefier, and her ultimate is stronger to boot. And when a champion is that naturally good, nerfs soon follow.

As braindead as she is, Janna excels at a very specific thing—keeping enemies away from her carries.