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How to Win Janna vs Alistar Counter MatchupJanna is in the s tier of champions

Janna vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Janna in LoLJanna is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Alistar as Janna

based on 1,958 Janna vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
53.3 %
K/D/A
3.51
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League games each and every week. In our database, Janna battled Alistar 1958 times. Using so many games with Janna vs Alistar provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare informative statistics and a pro build to crush Alistar. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Janna fights Alistar in only 2.0% of her games.

Janna vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Janna does a good job of countering Alistar. On average, she wins a whopping 53.3% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Janna vs Alistar games, Janna’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely won't get first blood against Alistar.

Best Janna vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Solstice SleighImperial MandateStaff of Flowing WaterShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Janna to level upw
>
Second ability for Janna to level upe
>
Last skill for Janna to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandCelerityScorch
DominationEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Janna's passive ability p
Janna's q ability q
Janna's w ability w
Janna's e ability e
Janna's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Alistar

Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.

Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.

Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.

Advice to Win Against Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Janna vs Alistar Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
53.3 %
VS
Win Rate
46.7 %
Alistar Image
1.6
< Kills >
1.7
4.7
< Deaths >
5.7
14.9
< Assists >
12.4
0.29
< Killing Sprees >
0.29
25
< Minions Killed >
32
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,203
< Physical Damage >
1,156
6,847
< Magic Damage >
6,091
538
< True Damage >
797
8,589
< Damage Dealt >
8,046
16,111
< Damage Taken >
24,849
8,231
< Gold Earned >
8,077
2.29
< Towers >
1.73
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,473
< Total Healing >
8,771
10,206
< Experience >
9,900
64
< Vision Score >
56
27
< Wards Placed >
25
187
< Time Dealing CC >
250

How to Counter Alistar with Janna in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several vital Janna versus Alistar matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Alistar..

Janna typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Alistar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Janna and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Alistar

Who is Better, Janna or Alistar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when taking on Alistar, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Janna makes a great counter for Alistar.

While Janna does have a higher winrate than Alistar, when facing one another, Janna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Janna into Alistaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Janna has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Janna vs Alistar matchups, Janna is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Janna is a great counter to Alistar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Janna against Alistar.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Janna, we analyzed 1,958 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 Alistar as Janna 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Janna in order to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Alistar. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Janna versus Alistar build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Alistar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 53.3% when playing against Alistar with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Alistar as Janna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Janna vs Alistar LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.3% winrate overall.

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