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

Janna vs Ziggs

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

based on 1,221 Janna vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
3.46
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League rounds that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Ziggs as Janna came out of an analysis of 1221 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Janna encounters Ziggs in only 1.3% of her rounds.

Janna vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Janna does a good job of countering Ziggs. Normally, she wins a fantastic 52.3% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Janna vs Ziggs matches, Janna’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Janna vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

RedemptionImperial MandateStaff of Flowing WaterShurelya'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
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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 Ziggs as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Ziggs

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 Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Janna vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Ziggs Image
1.5
< Kills >
4.9
4.6
< Deaths >
5.3
14.4
< Assists >
7.1
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
28
< Minions Killed >
178
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.53
956
< Physical Damage >
803
6,000
< Magic Damage >
23,561
432
< True Damage >
288
7,388
< Damage Dealt >
24,652
17,875
< Damage Taken >
16,930
8,353
< Gold Earned >
11,489
2.1
< Towers >
2.91
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,182
< Total Healing >
1,530
10,712
< Experience >
13,343
63
< Vision Score >
20
27
< Wards Placed >
10
177
< Time Dealing CC >
251

How to Counter Ziggs with Janna in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some significant Janna versus Ziggs matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ziggs. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Janna often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Ziggs. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Janna and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Ziggs

Who is Better, Janna or Ziggs?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Janna usually wins when playing against Ziggs, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Janna makes a good counter for Ziggs.

While Janna does have a higher win rate than Ziggs, when facing one another, Janna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Janna into Ziggsas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Janna vs Ziggs 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 teamfights.

Janna is an above average counter to Ziggs. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Janna against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Janna, we analyzed 1,221 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 Ziggs 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 Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Ziggs. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Janna versus Ziggs build consist of Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Ziggs than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when playing against Ziggs with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Ziggs as Janna, Janna players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Janna vs Ziggs fights, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.

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