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

Janna vs Kennen

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

based on 1,113 Janna vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
3.24
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Kennen as Janna came out of an analysis of 1113 ranked matches where both champions battled each other. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Janna is forced to battle against Kennen in only 1.2% of her rounds.

Janna vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Janna does a average job of beating Kennen. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.0% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Janna versus Kennen games, Janna’s side is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood against Kennen.

Best Janna vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmGlowing Mote

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

RedemptionArdent CenserImperial MandateShurelya'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
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Kennen as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Kennen

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 Kennen

Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.

Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.

Janna vs Kennen Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Kennen Image
1.4
< Kills >
5.9
4.9
< Deaths >
5.7
14.5
< Assists >
6.1
0.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
27
< Minions Killed >
163
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.47
954
< Physical Damage >
2,145
5,954
< Magic Damage >
20,355
396
< True Damage >
610
7,305
< Damage Dealt >
23,111
17,039
< Damage Taken >
21,178
8,264
< Gold Earned >
11,326
2.13
< Towers >
2.1
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,367
< Total Healing >
3,012
10,497
< Experience >
14,247
63
< Vision Score >
20
28
< Wards Placed >
9
177
< Time Dealing CC >
71

How to Counter Kennen with Janna in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several influential Janna against Kennen matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kennen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Janna normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kennen. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Janna and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Kennen

Who is Better, Janna or Kennen?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kennen, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Janna makes an ok counter to Kennen.

While Janna does have a higher winrate than Kennen, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Kennenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

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

Janna is a decent counter for Kennen. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Janna against Kennen.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Janna, we analyzed 1,113 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 Kennen 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Janna in order to counter Kennen during both the lane 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 displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Kennen. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Janna versus Kennen build include Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Kennen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when countering Kennen with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Kennen as Janna, Janna players should use 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 rune builds we have analyed for Janna vs Kennen battles, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.

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