Janna vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Janna
based on 1,500 Janna vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Janna vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Janna in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several vital Janna versus Jayce matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Jayce. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Janna typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Jayce. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Janna and Jayce
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Who is Better, Janna or Jayce?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when facing off against Jayce, with a 53.9% win rate. Therefore, Janna makes a great counter for Jayce.
While Janna does have a higher winrate compared to Jayce, when facing one another, Janna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Janna into Jayceas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Janna also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Jayce matchups, Janna is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Janna is a great counter to Jayce. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Janna to counter Jayce during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Jayce. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Janna versus Jayce build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Janna included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Jayce than with most other common item sets. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 53.9% when playing against Jayce with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Jayce as Janna, Janna players should equip 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 runes players chose for Janna vs Jayce fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.9% win rate overall.
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