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Lets cut to the chase, Janna is old. If I recall correctly, she was the first champion added to the game after the original 40. In that time, she hasn't aged well. Rather than writing a 7 paragraph post on why she needs an Ezreal/Morgana level VgU, which she does, I'm going to focus on a singular aspect that comes along with a champion update; the new voice lines. As somebody who thoroughly enjoys the lore, with every new champion update or release, I can't wait to see their interactions and the things they say, I still rewatch Swain's updated VO from time to time, even though it's nearly 2 years old.
With Janna, the key details about her are that she's a wind elemental, she's worshipped as a goddess in Zaun and in Piltover to some degree, and she's a being of compassion, quite literally brought to life by prayer. Using this, I was able to come up with some concept voice lines, hoping to capture her essence, so to speak. I'm hoping to display her spiritual, protector nature, without it coming across as to serious, while also hoping to include some of her more playful, casual side, as displayed in her color story "Deep Breath" which I highly recommend everybody to read. I'm focusing more on specific lines that are towards other champions rather than the general basic lines, such as movement and attacking lines.
Pick: "I'll be watching over you."
Ban: "Afraid of a little wind?"
First Move:
"Give me your hope, and I'll give you the winds."
"The merciless will be blown away." laughs "Literally."
"Stay strong, the winds are at our backs."
First move with Urgot on enemy team. "The storm will have no mercy for you, Urgot, just as you had no mercy for the weak."
First move with Singed on enemy team. "Singed is near, even my winds can't blow away his foulness."
First move with Viktor on enemy team. "It's not to late for him, he can still change."
First move with Viktor on ally team. "Viktor, I saw you as a child, I saw the wonderful things you hoped to do. How you believed you could make Zaun better."
Jokes:
Personally, I think her current jokes are to iconic to change, and I also couldn't come up with any. Also, for the love of god keep her current laughs, they're so pure and genuine sounding and I'd be hurt if they were actually replaced.
Taunts:
"Bend with the wind, or be broken by it." This is actually a quote that's been used in her older lore, it's so good and it always disappointed me that it never made it in the game.
"I've had people pray for me to take you down."
Encounters:
Enemy Viktor "You aren't perfecting them, Viktor, you're taking away their humanity."
Ally Viktor "You cover yourself in metal, yet all I see is a man."
Enemy Urgot "I heard their prayers, their cries, from the torment you inflicted."
Enemy Singed "All the abominations you've created, but the only monster I see is you."
Ekko "I remember when you were just a child." sighs "That seems so long ago."
Jinx "It wasn't your fault your, Jinx."
Blitzcrank "For something made of metal, you're awfully soft."
Mundo "Your insanity is the only thing that saves you, Mundo."
Yasuo "giggles But I'm not by your side." A reference to Yasuo's line, "Death is like the wind, always by my side."
Warwick "I should have done more for you, Warwick."
Toward Piltovan champions "Do you know how many die just below your feet?"/ "They choke and suffer for your wants."/ "Pray that Zaun doesn't come for revenge, I've seen their anger."
Killing an Enemy:
Viktor "I'm sorry, Viktor."/ "You can't escape your own humanity."
Urgot "You didn't make them stronger, you made them desperate."/ "Cruelty begets cruelty, Urgot."
Singed "You were beyond redemption, Singed."
Can be used against Mundo, Singed, Urgot "Zaun is better off without you."
"You gave me no other choice."
"The winds will carry you."
"Go in peace."
Movement in the River:
"Reminds me of the ocean."
"Watching over waves was so much easier than people."
"takes a deep breath Fresh air."
Movement:
"For serenity."
"So much gone to waste, I must help."
"To many innocents have been lost, no more."
"They reach for something greater, and I will protect them."
"Humans are like the wind, capricious, and fickle."
"Hope is a breeze, small, yet constantly growing till it becomes a tempest, halted by no one."
"Even the smallest act of compassion can change the hardest of hearts."
"Who will I help today?"
"A little faith will go a long way."
"sighs So free."
"Nobody can take your hope."
"Gales always have the deepest secrets."
Attacking:
"This isn't my purpose."
"I don't want to do this."
"Don't make me hurt you, please."
"I only wanted to help."
"You do this to yourself."
"Gales upon you."
"Breathless."
When casting E:
"It's going to be okay."
"Don't worry, I'm here."
"I'm watching over you."
"Soft winds."
When casting R:
"Storm's fury unleashed!"
"Scatter the cruel!"
"Not under my watch!"
"Tempest protect you!"
Well, that's everything I come up with. Side note, as a Janna main, I'm incredibly satisfied with her current voice actor, Erin Fitzgerald, and if possible, I beg Riot to get her again when they do update Janna. If not possible, I hope they keep her voice as close to Erin's as possible, soft, gentle, quiet, not loud or annoying.
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