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How to Win Cassiopeia vs Janna Counter MatchupCassiopeia is in the s tier of champions

Cassiopeia vs Janna

How to Beat Janna as Cassiopeia in LoLCassiopeia is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Janna as Cassiopeia

based on 933 Cassiopeia vs Janna matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League games that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Janna as Cassiopeia came out of an examination of 933 ranked matches where both champs opposed one another. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Cassiopeia is forced to battle against Janna in only 2.6% of her games.

Cassiopeia vs Janna Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Cassiopeia has done a poor job of countering Janna. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.8% of matches the champions battle each other in. In Cassiopeia vs Janna matches, Cassiopeia’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood against Janna.

Best Cassiopeia vs Janna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Cassiopeia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceCosmic DriveLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassRod of AgesLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cassiopeia to level upe
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Second ability for Cassiopeia to level upq
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Last skill for Cassiopeia to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Cassiopeia's passive ability p
Cassiopeia's q ability q
Cassiopeia's w ability w
Cassiopeia's e ability e
Cassiopeia's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
E
4
W
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Janna as Cassiopeia

Tips for Playing as Cassiopeia against Janna

Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.

Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.

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.

Cassiopeia vs Janna Counter Stats

Cassiopeia Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Janna Image
6.2
< Kills >
1.5
5.7
< Deaths >
4.6
5.6
< Assists >
15.1
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
0.28
181
< Minions Killed >
26
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.58
550
< Physical Damage >
959
21,350
< Magic Damage >
6,463
283
< True Damage >
462
22,183
< Damage Dealt >
7,885
25,926
< Damage Taken >
16,815
11,551
< Gold Earned >
8,312
1.9
< Towers >
2.29
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,018
< Total Healing >
8,012
14,913
< Experience >
10,605
18
< Vision Score >
63
9
< Wards Placed >
28
432
< Time Dealing CC >
178

How to Counter Janna with Cassiopeia in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several important Cassiopeia against Janna counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cassiopeia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Cassiopeia typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Cassiopeia and Janna

Damage Types Compared

Cassiopeia
Janna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cassiopeia
Janna

Who is Better, Cassiopeia or Janna?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Cassiopeia usually loses when taking on Janna, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Cassiopeia makes a bad counter for Janna.

While Cassiopeia does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when facing one another, Cassiopeia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Cassiopeia into Jannaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Cassiopeia also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cassiopeia vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Cassiopeia is a trash counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Cassiopeia against Janna.

Additional Information for Cassiopeia Players

How We Calculated Our Cassiopeia vs Janna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Janna as Cassiopeia, we analyzed 933 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Janna as Cassiopeia comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Cassiopeia in order to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cassiopeia typically accumulates much more CS as Janna. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Cassiopeia versus Janna build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Cassiopeia combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Janna than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Cassiopeia had an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Janna with this build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Janna as Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Cassiopeia vs Janna battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.

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