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

Janna vs Tristana

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

based on 2,892 Janna vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
3.38
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Tristana as Janna resulted from an analysis of 2892 ranked matches where both champions battled each other. This pairing is somewhat rare. Janna fights Tristana in only 3.0% of her rounds.

Janna vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Janna does a decent job of beating Tristana. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.7% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Janna vs Tristana rounds, Janna’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely won't get first blood against Tristana.

Best Janna vs Tristana 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

Staff of Flowing WaterImperial MandateSolstice SleighShurelya's Battlesong

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 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
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R

Guide to Countering Tristana as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Tristana

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 Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Janna vs Tristana Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Tristana Image
1.5
< Kills >
6.7
4.7
< Deaths >
5.7
14.4
< Assists >
5
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
27
< Minions Killed >
174
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.56
1,022
< Physical Damage >
16,762
6,271
< Magic Damage >
2,177
434
< True Damage >
461
7,727
< Damage Dealt >
19,401
16,520
< Damage Taken >
20,750
8,232
< Gold Earned >
12,329
2.22
< Towers >
2.82
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
7,414
< Total Healing >
5,809
10,442
< Experience >
12,709
59
< Vision Score >
18
26
< Wards Placed >
9
184
< Time Dealing CC >
68

How to Counter Tristana with Janna in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Janna vs. Tristana matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences between the two. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tristana. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Janna usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Tristana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Janna and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Tristana

Who is Better, Janna or Tristana?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Janna usually wins when taking on Tristana, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Janna makes a good counter to Tristana.

While Janna does have a higher win rate compared to Tristana, when facing one another, Janna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Janna into Tristanaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Janna vs Tristana matchups, Janna is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Janna is a decent counter for Tristana. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Janna against Tristana.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Janna, we analyzed 2,892 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 Tristana 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 Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Tristana. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Janna versus Tristana build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Tristana than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Janna had an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Tristana with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Tristana 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 runes players picked for Janna vs Tristana clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.

If you need to get Janna x Tristana tips and counter stats for a a distinct skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides given are computed using every game with data with both champs.