Kayle vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Kayle
based on 2,716 Kayle vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Janna
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
Advice to Win Against Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Kayle vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Kayle against Janna matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kayle often has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Janna
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Who is Better, Kayle or Janna?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when playing against Janna, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Kayle makes a great counter to Janna.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate compared to Janna, when facing one another, Kayle also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kayle into Jannaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayle also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Janna matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kayle is a great counter to Janna. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle typically gets much more CS as Janna. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kayle versus Janna build consist of Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Kayle used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Janna than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 53.3% battling Janna with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Janna as Kayle, Kayle players should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Kayle vs Janna LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.3% win rate overall.
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