Janna is the latest champion who is set to receive a fully revamped VFX update in League of Legends. Therefore, it is only natural that fans are eager to learn about the release date of this update.
Fortunately, Riot Games has officially announced that Janna's VFX update will be released along with patch 12.19, which is set for release on October 5, 2022. This update will overhaul not just Janna's base version, but most of her skins as well.
The Janna VFX update is something that fans have demanded for quite a long time. This is mainly because her animations are quite outdated, and they look bleak and pale when compared to champions that have been released in the past year or two.
The 12.19 update will also include the brand new Spirit Blossom 2022 skins and an associated event.
The VFX update for Janna was uploaded on League of Legends' PBE (Public Beta Environment) on September 21, 2022, for players to test it out. Unfortunately, the initial impressions were not that good.
Fans felt that it looked half baked and her Q skill especially looked like a downgrade. Janna's Q basically summons a tornado that travels a certain distance while knocking enemies enroute.
Unfortunately, the new Q looked like a toned-down version of a tornado without much detail. Hence, fans took to Reddit and provided feedback regarding it to the developers.
As it happens, the League of Legends developers responded immediately and made some changes to the VFX of her Q ability and released it a day later on September 22, 2022. This change did appease fans as they felt that the subsequent VFX update looks complete.
However, despite that, the VFX update in general received mixed reviews. This is because many fans felt that Janna did not need an animation
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