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

Janna vs Volibear

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

based on 1,763 Janna vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
54.1 %
K/D/A
3.52
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches every week. Within our data, Janna faced off against Volibear 1763 times. Using so many games with Janna versus Volibear gives us faith in our capability to produce actionable stats and a solid build to annihilate your opponent. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Janna is forced to battle against Volibear in only 1.8% of her games.

Janna vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Janna has done a great job of countering Volibear. Typically, she wins a fantastic 54.1% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Janna vs Volibear matches, Janna’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This implies that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Volibear.

Best Janna vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeBandleglass Mirror

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongRedemptionDream Maker

Optional Items

Imperial MandateArdent CenserStaff of Flowing WaterZaz'Zak's Realmspike

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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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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 Volibear as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Volibear

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.

Janna vs Volibear Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
54.1 %
VS
Win Rate
45.9 %
Volibear Image
1.5
< Kills >
5.1
4.6
< Deaths >
6.2
14.7
< Assists >
4.9
0.29
< Killing Sprees >
1.13
27
< Minions Killed >
133
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.52
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,004
< Physical Damage >
10,347
6,343
< Magic Damage >
7,849
419
< True Damage >
598
7,767
< Damage Dealt >
18,795
16,399
< Damage Taken >
31,917
8,205
< Gold Earned >
11,279
2.19
< Towers >
2.43
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
7,488
< Total Healing >
8,409
10,385
< Experience >
13,807
59
< Vision Score >
17
26
< Wards Placed >
7
180
< Time Dealing CC >
581

How to Counter Volibear with Janna in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some vital Janna versus Volibear counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Volibear’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Volibear. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Janna normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Volibear. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Janna and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Volibear

Who is Better, Janna or Volibear?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Janna usually wins when facing off against Volibear, with a 54.1% win rate. Thus, Janna makes a great counter for Volibear.

While Janna does have a much higher winrate than Volibear, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Janna into Volibearas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Janna has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Volibear 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 allies during late stage team fights.

Janna is a great counter to Volibear. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Janna against Volibear.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Volibear Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Volibear as Janna, we analyzed 1,763 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 Volibear 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 to counter Volibear during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should 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 relative to Volibear. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Janna versus Volibear build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Redemption, and Dream Maker. When Janna used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Volibear than with many other common item sets. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 54.1% when playing against Volibear with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Volibear 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for Janna vs Volibear battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Volibear as Janna are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.