Caitlyn vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Caitlyn
based on 8,918 Caitlyn vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Janna
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some significant Caitlyn vs. Janna counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Caitlyn usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Janna. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Janna
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Janna?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Janna, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Janna.
Furthermore, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn 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 team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Janna during both the early game 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 presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically racks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Janna build consist of Rapid Firecannon, Stormrazor, and The Collector. When Caitlyn bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Janna than with many other common item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 49.2% when countering Janna with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Janna as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Caitlyn vs Janna face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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