Anivia vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Anivia
based on 1,403 Anivia vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Janna
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
Advice to Win Against Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Anivia vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Anivia against Janna matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Anivia typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives more damage than Janna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Anivia and Janna
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Who is Better, Anivia or Janna?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a bad counter for Janna.
While Anivia does have a lower winrate than Janna, when facing one another, Anivia also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Anivia into Jannaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Anivia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Anivia is a garbage counter to Janna. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Janna.
Other Champion Matchups Against Anivia
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia in order to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia often picks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Anivia versus Janna build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Janna than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when playing against Janna with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Janna as Anivia, Anivia players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Anivia vs Janna face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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