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How to Win Janna vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupJanna is in the s tier of champions

Janna vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Janna in LoLJanna is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Janna

based on 4,079 Janna vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
55.5 %
K/D/A
3.53
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. Within our dataset, Janna battled Kai'Sa in 4079 games. Including so many games with Janna vs Kai'Sa gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable data and a solid build to wreck your opposition. This particular champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Janna fights Kai'Sa in only 4.3% of her rounds.

Janna vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Janna has done a great job of countering Kai'Sa. Typically, she wins a fantastic 55.5% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Janna vs Kai'Sa matches, Janna’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This indicates that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Kai'Sa.

Best Janna vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDark Seal

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerImperial MandateMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Solstice SleighRedemptionDawncoreArdent Censer

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 BandCelerityGathering Storm
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
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Janna vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
55.5 %
VS
Win Rate
44.5 %
Kai'Sa Image
1.6
< Kills >
6.8
4.7
< Deaths >
5.8
15
< Assists >
5.5
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
26
< Minions Killed >
186
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.63
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,011
< Physical Damage >
11,776
6,193
< Magic Damage >
7,617
443
< True Damage >
404
7,648
< Damage Dealt >
19,798
16,675
< Damage Taken >
19,180
8,395
< Gold Earned >
12,249
2.43
< Towers >
2.13
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,703
< Total Healing >
4,154
10,575
< Experience >
12,466
62
< Vision Score >
17
27
< Wards Placed >
8
180
< Time Dealing CC >
46

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Janna in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Janna versus Kai'Sa counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kai'Sa. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Janna normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Janna and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Janna or Kai'Sa?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 55.5% win rate. Therefore, Janna makes a fantastic counter to Kai'Sa.

While Janna does have a much higher win rate than Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Janna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Janna into Kai'Saas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Janna has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Janna vs Kai'Sa matchups, Janna is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Janna is a great counter to Kai'Sa. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Kai'Sa.

Other Champion Matchups Against Janna

Janna Loses Against

KayleKayle46.7% winrateMaokaiMaokai46.8% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.1% winrateSennaSenna47.2% winrate

Janna Wins Against

KarthusKarthus57.8% winrateZeriZeri56.2% winrateYuumiYuumi55.9% winrateRenektonRenekton55.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Twisted FateTwisted Fate+ 54% 3786 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 54.2% 11240 GamesKarmaKarma+ 54.2% 625 GamesSennaSenna+ 55.6% 1107 Games

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Janna, we analyzed 4,079 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 Kai'Sa 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.

Other Useful Resources

Janna Build Kai'Sa Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Janna in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Janna versus Kai'Sa build consist of Dream Maker, Imperial Mandate, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Kai'Sa than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 55.5% battling Kai'Sa with this counter build.

To have the best probability of crushing Kai'Sa as Janna, Janna players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Janna vs Kai'Sa matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 55.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kai'Sa as Janna are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.