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

Janna vs Blitzcrank

How to Beat Blitzcrank as Janna in LoLJanna is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Blitzcrank as Janna

based on 3,466 Janna vs Blitzcrank matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
3.02
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League rounds every week. In our data, Janna faced Blitzcrank 3466 times. With so many games with Janna vs Blitzcrank provides us faith in our capacity to produce informative data and a pro build to destroy your rival. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Janna encounters Blitzcrank in only 3.6% of her games.

Janna vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Janna does a dismal job of beating Blitzcrank. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.2% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Janna vs Blitzcrank matches, Janna’s team is 0.2% less likely to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Blitzcrank.

Best Janna vs Blitzcrank Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBoots of Swiftness

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreMikael's BlessingSolstice SleighStaff of Flowing Water

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Blitzcrank

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 Blitzcrank

Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.

Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.

Janna vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Blitzcrank Image
1.5
< Kills >
2
5.3
< Deaths >
5.5
14.5
< Assists >
12.5
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
0.35
27
< Minions Killed >
29
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,012
< Physical Damage >
2,541
6,353
< Magic Damage >
5,585
474
< True Damage >
896
7,840
< Damage Dealt >
9,023
16,532
< Damage Taken >
21,506
8,229
< Gold Earned >
8,231
2.13
< Towers >
1.33
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,977
< Total Healing >
2,246
10,329
< Experience >
10,050
61
< Vision Score >
58
26
< Wards Placed >
26
184
< Time Dealing CC >
292

How to Counter Blitzcrank with Janna in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several important Janna against Blitzcrank matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank..

Janna normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Blitzcrank. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Janna and Blitzcrank

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Blitzcrank
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Blitzcrank

Who is Better, Janna or Blitzcrank?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when facing off against Blitzcrank, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Janna makes an ok counter for Blitzcrank.

While Janna does have a lower winrate than Blitzcrank, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Blitzcrankas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Janna also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Janna is a somewhat poor counter for Blitzcrank. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Janna against Blitzcrank.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Blitzcrank Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Blitzcrank as Janna, we analyzed 3,466 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 Blitzcrank 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 to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Blitzcrank. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Janna versus Blitzcrank build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Blitzcrank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Blitzcrank with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Blitzcrank as Janna, Janna players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Janna vs Blitzcrank clashes, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.

If you want to see Janna versus Blitzcrank tips and counter stats for a an individual rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are calculated using all matches with data with these champs.