Talk:Janna/@comment-4832742-20140618174732/@comment-3466579-20140623115023

Janna always had only one reliable damage skill, Zephyr. No one played Janna as a support for her damage but for the great utility she could bring to her team. The scalings S4 introduced to stats like Zephyr's slow/movement speed buff amount or Eye of the Storm's AD bonus gave Janna a new reason for buying ap items. Just look at how much 150 - 200 ap impact Janna's Eye of the Storm or Monsoon.

Damage on a support is an important thing, but utility is important too. Leona's damage is jsut a bonus to her amazing engaging and lock-down capabilities. Annie's popularity wasn't really due to her damage but to her ridiculous (aoe) stunning potential. If damage was so important on supports every mage or assassin could be played as a support. Thresh is such a strong support because he has 1) good damage 2) amazing engages + cc 3) his ridiculous Dark Passage.

Janna may not be a top class support right now but i can assure you she can still be played with good results. I've played quite some games with her in the last days and i've always managed to do greatly with my friend playing adc. As it's always been, Janna is a really difficult champion to play, let's not mistake this difficulty for a champion's innate weakness.