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How to Synergize Janna with Karthus on the Same TeamJanna is in the s tier of champions

Janna with Karthus

How to Win With Janna and Karthus Paired TogetherJanna is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Janna and Karthus

based on 1,225 Janna with Karthus pairs
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
3.27
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each week. Janna has been on the same team as Karthus in 1225 recently played, ranked games. By gathering so much complete data from the makers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Janna play with Karthus. It is very rare for Janna to play alongside Karthus as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in about 1.3% of matches with Janna.

Janna Karthus Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Janna has done a poor job of playing alongside Karthus. Normally, she wins an acceptable 48.9% of games the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Janna when fighting on the same team as Karthus by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Janna vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

Imperial MandateMoonstone RenewerStaff 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

InspirationGlacial AugmentMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveFont of LifeRevitalize
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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
11
R
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E
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E
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Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Janna and Karthus

Tips for Playing as Janna with Karthus

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 Understand How Karthus Will Play

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

Janna Karthus Synergy Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Karthus Image
1.7
< Kills >
1.5
5.1
< Deaths >
4.9
15
< Assists >
14.5
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
28
< Minions Killed >
27
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.56
1,012
< Physical Damage >
979
6,304
< Magic Damage >
6,169
447
< True Damage >
437
7,764
< Damage Dealt >
7,585
18,259
< Damage Taken >
17,103
8,519
< Gold Earned >
8,267
2.09
< Towers >
2.18
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,223
< Total Healing >
7,693
11,002
< Experience >
10,468
65
< Vision Score >
62
28
< Wards Placed >
27
178
< Time Dealing CC >
180

How to Play with Karthus as Janna in LoL

The Janna Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Janna sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Karthus helps Janna perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Janna is paired with Karthus, she observes a little increase in her total damage output. This may demonstrate that Karthus provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Janna is played with Karthus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Karthus.

Moreover, when Janna plays with Karthus on the same side, she on average receives more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Janna during team fights.

Synergies between Janna and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Janna
Karthus

Is Janna better when played alongside Karthus?

There is no top ally for Janna that will 100% of the time be her best teammate. Yet, overall, Karthus is a not very good ally for Janna. By playing on the same side as Janna, he lowers their win rate by -2.1% to 48.9%. This proves that there is a negative strategic relationship between Janna and Karthus that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Karthus has a lower difficulty than Janna. That means Janna players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Karthus comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by grouping Janna and Karthus together, you probably will not be giving your team enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their abilities.

Regardless of your Karthus ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna Karthus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Janna and Karthus, we analyzed 1,225 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Janna with Karthus comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Janna in order to work well with Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to get in your Janna and Karthus synergy build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Janna combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Karthus than with most other common builds. In fact, Janna had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing alongside Karthus with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, Janna players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.

If you need to get Janna with Karthus cooperations tips and stats for a a particular division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are calculated using every game completed with these champs.