Janna vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Janna
based on 1,524 Janna vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Annie
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 Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Janna vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Janna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several influential Janna against Annie counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Annie. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Janna normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Annie. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Janna and Annie
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Who is Better, Janna or Annie?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Annie, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Janna makes an ok counter for Annie.
While Janna does have a lower winrate than Annie, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Annieas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Janna has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Janna is a somewhat poor counter for Annie. Focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Janna against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Janna to counter Annie during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Annie. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Janna versus Annie build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Annie than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 49.9% battling Annie with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Annie as Janna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Janna vs Annie clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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