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

Janna vs Gragas

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

based on 1,841 Janna vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
3.22
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Gragas as Janna came out of an analysis of 1841 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Janna fights Gragas in only 1.9% of her games.

Janna vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Janna does a average job of countering Gragas. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.6% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Janna vs Gragas rounds, Janna’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Gragas.

Best Janna vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDark Seal

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Ardent CenserImperial MandateStaff of Flowing WaterRedemption

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

InspirationGlacial AugmentMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveFont of LifeRevitalize
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
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
11
R
12
E
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E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Gragas as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Gragas

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 Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Janna vs Gragas Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Gragas Image
1.5
< Kills >
5.5
5
< Deaths >
5.5
14.6
< Assists >
7
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.28
27
< Minions Killed >
112
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.57
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,007
< Physical Damage >
1,465
6,408
< Magic Damage >
17,978
441
< True Damage >
570
7,856
< Damage Dealt >
20,014
17,424
< Damage Taken >
28,854
8,312
< Gold Earned >
11,094
2.15
< Towers >
1.52
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
7,580
< Total Healing >
12,203
10,470
< Experience >
13,861
64
< Vision Score >
21
28
< Wards Placed >
8
176
< Time Dealing CC >
420

How to Counter Gragas with Janna in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some significant Janna vs. Gragas counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gragas. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Janna typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Gragas. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Janna and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Gragas

Who is Better, Janna or Gragas?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gragas, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Janna makes an ok counter to Gragas.

While Janna does have a higher win rate than Gragas, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Gragasas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

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

Janna is a decent counter for Gragas. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Janna against Gragas.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Janna, we analyzed 1,841 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 Gragas 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 truly master Janna in order to counter Gragas 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 presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Gragas. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to use in your Janna versus Gragas build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Gragas than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Gragas with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Gragas as Janna, you should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Janna vs Gragas counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.

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