Why No One Plays Janet

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[MythicalForce]

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[gykioshi]

This quality of video is by far better than most bs content creators. It paints very well the complexity of the game due to the behaviors of players and bs devs .

[aidensus]

if im gonna be completely honest i dont remeber seeing a janet in a match in like the past year

[mr.witherstorm]

I love how he roasts Edgar mains at the beginning.

[misterdirtslayer]

I'm just glad the pro propaganda is over
Janet mains can finally breathe from nerfs :D

[turrican]

The 2 problems that plague Janet atm is her low damage for being a Marksman in her class, you really can just tank a lot of her shots before she gets run over, and second is that her attack takes too long to scope further without her starpower which speeds it up by 33%, making it a necessity if you want to apply more damage and pressure

[agustin]

I really like Janet because It's a Brawler that provides a lot of things to a team and you always feel like you are pulling your weight.

[SkylarkGSH]

This video is so well made! Also high respect for avoiding click bait and actually making meaningful and intelligent content.
I swear the million sub brawl tubers just make brain rot.

[pengchaaa]

Thank for making this video, it’s a great analysis on why my favorite and main brawler doesn’t receive the love that it should by most people..! You explained really well what might be the reasons behind her low play rate and I agree with most of it. Janet might not be the most played brawler but she still has a dedicated fan base! Some weirdos maybe, but also a lot of people that love her gameplay and I am one of them!

However, I still need to specify some things! Yes Janet was released with the idea that she can be played in pretty much any matchup or game mode, but first we should remove Heist from this statement… She was decent at best in it when she was an S tier brawler and now it’s just unplayable xd. Then, with how the game has evolved, as a zoner with low damage output she is now very weak to tanks and assassins on maps where they are played and struggles a lot against hypercharges because of her archetype. Obviously this is emphasized by the fact she is on the weaker side right now and might change with a buff.

I still can’t understand how people don’t like playing Janet. If you learn her limits, she can actually be played very aggressively since she is so evasive! And flying around the map cannot not be fun, right? Maybe it’s because she is more of a support brawler now with her low damage and people don’t really like support brawlers? I don’t really know but I still enjoy playing her and now she is at least playable not like a few months back, so I won’t complain that much!

[teygames]

The amount of edgar i play in ranked is insane. I deserve jail time😭

[NachoMountDewCat]

8:00 Zoning is the act to keep opponents from not going to an area, not to clear areas.

[TJKang-fxmt]

From content from a creator with <3k subs, I’m surprised your content is such high quality. I did not once think I was watching a small creator at any moment in the video

[lucaleccese]

Loved the video as usual i'm expecially liking the exploration of underutilised and often underated brawler (from the playerbase, the pros know what they are doing) and i always liked the consistent style of brawlers like janet, honestly when i get to the end screen with a 0 on my deathcount i feel very satisfied even if i'm not the star player because it means the you played well (usually)

[gates]

I feel like Janet needs a slight rework she’s basically unusable without the first star power and should come standard . Also since her specialty is zoning maybe decrease her reload speed by a bit. Her damage isn’t great and the fact you need to wind up her attack just makes you feel like you’re ticking the opponent.

[genio]

I was thinking on picking up Janet once I get to ublock her, the few gameplay I've seen and played felt fun. I'm thinking in more about it (but I still have the op brawlers to max first), the tactical gameplay is fun to me as well.

And also, amazing video, I love these documentary style, of any game. I'll watch all others noe

[The.Sketchy]

Imo the reason she is super unpopular rn are her undertuned numbers. Back when she was released she was an S-tier Brawler for a very long time and even after a bunch of nerfs she still was fluctuating between A and S-tier. But somewhere in June 2023 (I think it happened around that time) the dev team decided she was meta for too long and basically killed her and she never got any significant buffs again. I really miss Janet meta, one of the Brawlers who despite being meta wasn't broken to deal with (at least after her first bunch of nerfs after release)

[redowanuddin]

One thing I would like to say, I don't see Janet as a marksman. Yes she does have the kit of one but the way he is played, I don't see her the same way as belle/Mandy/piper are. If anything, she is closer to brawlers like Lou, Lola and eve, who are meant to be brawlers specialist in DMG at midrange.

Edit: I would like to suggest another class separate from marksman, brawlers with long range DMG potential. This is cuz maize, eve and gray, even if they have long range can't deal witlong range DMG dealers but are better at any mid ranger DMG guys. Yeas they will be ok with a marksman but they aren't in a advantage against them

[meilyn]

Janet is another example that I like to bring up whenever people discuss how "brawlers weak on release never recover on player rates". Both Ruffs and Janet were very strong on release and stayed like that for quite a while, yet their playrates were never that crazy and absolutely dropped once they were nerfed (or slightly nerfed, in Ruffs case) because, since they are boring and not crazy strong anymore, why continue playing them? Brawlers like Otis never recovered from their lowest point because they are just plain and boring, if not just tolerable to play, it's not because they are weak, they are BORING to the average player. Colette recovered from her lowest point despite being, arguably, the worst brawler in the history of the game on release, yet supercell won't talk about that.

As for Janet, I understand why people don't like playing her. I personally find enjoyment in most brawlers in the game, I love Ruffs and Eve and I enjoy Lou and Otis all in all, but Janet, while tolerable, is a brawler that I generally try to avoid. She can do a lot of stuff but none are particularly rewarding, her gameplay is slow but unlike Eve or Ruffs there's never a moment where your efforts show big results (like pushing the enemy team back with your hatchling army or having all your team buffed and dealing high damage). Her controller aspect is unmatched, but there really isn't a moment when I play her and I'm not thinking "dang, I could be playing another brawler".

Love your videos btw, as someone who thinks a lot about the game's balance and how the casual and competitive playerbases interact with it, it was like finding a hidden gem.

[punchthecake]

janet looks so fun and cheesy, flying and damaging while they cant do anything

[AndreSkipper]

Data analysis and human psychology, man I love brawl stars