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Janna

How to beat Janna

Common role: Support

A disengage enchanter who cancels every engage you press.

Best counters vs Janna

Champions with the highest win rate against Janna on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.

  1. 1SennaSenna54.8%244 games
  2. 2MaokaiMaokai55.5%50 games
  3. 3SorakaSoraka54.0%167 games
  4. 4BraumBraum52.9%113 games
  5. 5Vel'KozVel'Koz52.8%105 games
  6. 6ZyraZyra52.6%76 games
  7. 7SonaSona52.0%126 games
  8. 8XerathXerath52.0%77 games

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What makes Janna dangerous

Janna pokes with empowered autos, knocks up with a charged tornado, shields her carry with bonus AD, slows with zephyr, and her ultimate hurls the whole enemy team backward while healing — every dive you attempt gets undone.

How to play against Janna

Weaknesses to exploit

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Janna's abilities does — and how to play around it.

Itemization

Layer your engage: burn her tornado and ult with the first wave, kill with the second. Never dive in one straight line.

This guide covers Janna's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.

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