Annie vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Annie
based on 1,524 Annie vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Janna
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several significant Annie against Janna matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Annie often has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Annie and Janna
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Who is Better, Annie or Janna?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when facing off against Janna, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Annie makes an ok counter for Janna.
While Annie does have a higher win rate than Janna, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Annie into Janna.
Additionally, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Janna matchups, Annie is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Annie is a decent counter for Janna. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Annie against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie often gets much more CS compared to Janna. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Annie versus Janna build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Annie bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Janna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Annie boasted an average win rate of 50.1% when playing against Janna with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Janna as Annie, Annie players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Annie vs Janna counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
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