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How to Win Leona vs Janna Counter MatchupLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona vs Janna

How to Beat Janna as Leona in LoLLeona is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Janna as Leona

based on 3,662 Leona vs Janna matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.5
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our database, Leona did battle with Janna in 3662 rounds. Having so many matchups for Leona vs Janna gives us faith in our ability to produce informative stats and a supported build to smash your opponent. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Leona fights Janna in only 2.6% of her rounds.

Leona vs Janna Matchup Summary

Leona does a average job of countering Janna. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.9% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Leona vs Janna rounds, Leona’s side is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Janna.

Best Leona vs Janna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceThornmailSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Frozen HeartTrailblazerForce of NatureBloodsong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
>
Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability HasteHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Leona's passive ability p
Leona's q ability q
Leona's w ability w
Leona's e ability e
Leona's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
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W
10
E
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R
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Janna as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Janna

Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.

Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.

You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.

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.

Leona vs Janna Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Janna Image
1.8
< Kills >
1.6
5.6
< Deaths >
5
12.2
< Assists >
14.9
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
0.28
32
< Minions Killed >
26
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.55
2,489
< Physical Damage >
1,055
6,008
< Magic Damage >
6,312
887
< True Damage >
496
9,385
< Damage Dealt >
7,865
21,948
< Damage Taken >
16,805
8,278
< Gold Earned >
8,285
1.58
< Towers >
2.19
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,578
< Total Healing >
7,613
10,110
< Experience >
10,413
57
< Vision Score >
61
24
< Wards Placed >
26
217
< Time Dealing CC >
192

How to Counter Janna with Leona in LoL

The stats provided here feature several strategic Leona against Janna counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Janna..

Leona usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Janna. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Leona and Janna

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Janna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Janna

Who is Better, Leona or Janna?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually fairs equally well when taking on Janna, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Leona makes an ok counter to Janna.

While Leona does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Leona into Janna.

Moreover, Leona also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Leona is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Janna.

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Janna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Janna as Leona, we analyzed 3,662 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 Janna as Leona 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona often racks up a similar amount of CS as Janna. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Leona versus Janna build include Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Janna than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Janna with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Janna as Leona, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Leona vs Janna counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.

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