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

Janna vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Janna in LoLJanna is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Swain as Janna

based on 3,320 Janna vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
3.36
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Swain as Janna came out of an evaluation of 3320 ranked matches where both champs fought one another. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Janna fights Swain in only 3.5% of her games.

Janna vs Swain Matchup Summary

Janna does a decent job of beating Swain. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.9% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Janna versus Swain games, Janna’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely won't get first blood versus Swain.

Best Janna vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBoots of Swiftness

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerImperial Mandate

Optional Items

RedemptionShurelya's BattlesongMoonstone RenewerStaff 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
12
E
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E
14
Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Countering Swain as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Swain

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 Swain

Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.

Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.

High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.

Janna vs Swain Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
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1.5
< Kills >
4.7
5
< Deaths >
5.9
15.3
< Assists >
9.5
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.06
26
< Minions Killed >
106
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,048
< Physical Damage >
1,368
6,710
< Magic Damage >
18,770
502
< True Damage >
758
8,261
< Damage Dealt >
20,896
17,623
< Damage Taken >
29,765
8,315
< Gold Earned >
10,104
2.12
< Towers >
1.85
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,162
< Total Healing >
8,983
10,503
< Experience >
12,065
60
< Vision Score >
33
26
< Wards Placed >
14
187
< Time Dealing CC >
358

How to Counter Swain with Janna in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Janna against Swain matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Swain. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Janna usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Janna and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Swain

Who is Better, Janna or Swain?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Janna usually wins when trying to fight Swain, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Janna makes a good counter for Swain.

While Janna does have a higher winrate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Janna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Janna into Swainas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Janna has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Janna vs Swain matchups, Janna is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Janna is a decent counter to Swain. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Swain.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Janna, we analyzed 3,320 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 Swain 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 Swain during both the early game 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Swain. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Janna versus Swain build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Janna included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Swain than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 51.9% battling Swain with this build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Swain 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. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Janna vs Swain counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.9% winrate overall.

If you want to view Janna vs Swain tips and builds for a a distinct player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and strategies given are calculated using every game run with these champions.