Lissandra vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Lissandra
based on 1,248 Lissandra vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Janna
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Lissandra against Janna counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Lissandra usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives more damage than Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Janna
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Janna?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when playing against Janna, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Lissandra does have a lower winrate than Janna, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Janna.
Moreover, Lissandra also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra 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 allied champions during team fights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lissandra against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra in order to counter Janna during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra most often racks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Lissandra versus Janna build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Janna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lissandra had an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Janna with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Janna as Lissandra, Lissandra players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Lissandra vs Janna fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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