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How to Win Janna vs Karma Counter MatchupJanna is in the s tier of champions

Janna vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Janna in LoLJanna is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Janna

based on 2,947 Janna vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
3.23
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Karma as Janna came out of an analysis of 2947 ranked games where both champs battled one another. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Janna encounters Karma in only 3.1% of her rounds.

Janna vs Karma Matchup Summary

Janna does a decent job of beating Karma. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.5% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Janna against Karma matches, Janna’s side is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, indicating that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Karma.

Best Janna vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

RedemptionShurelya's BattlesongImperial MandateSolstice Sleigh

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

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandCelerityGathering Storm
DominationEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Karma as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Karma

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 Karma

Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.

Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.

Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.

Janna vs Karma Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Karma Image
1.4
< Kills >
2.7
4.8
< Deaths >
5.1
14.1
< Assists >
11.3
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
27
< Minions Killed >
66
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.54
955
< Physical Damage >
956
5,980
< Magic Damage >
13,597
419
< True Damage >
681
7,355
< Damage Dealt >
15,236
17,398
< Damage Taken >
18,222
8,218
< Gold Earned >
9,061
2.14
< Towers >
2.09
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,781
< Total Healing >
2,763
10,374
< Experience >
11,125
64
< Vision Score >
52
28
< Wards Placed >
22
173
< Time Dealing CC >
237

How to Counter Karma with Janna in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some important Janna vs. Karma counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Karma..

Janna normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Karma. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Janna and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Karma

Who is Better, Janna or Karma?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Janna usually wins when trying to fight Karma, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Janna makes a good counter for Karma.

While Janna does have a higher winrate than Karma, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Karmaas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Janna also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Karma matchups, Janna is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Janna is a decent counter for Karma. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Janna against Karma.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Janna, we analyzed 2,947 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Karma as Janna comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Janna in order to counter Karma during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna on average picks up less CS compared to Karma. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Janna versus Karma build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Janna incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Karma than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Karma with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Karma as Janna, Janna players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Janna vs Karma matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Karma as Janna are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.