Janna vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Janna
based on 3,262 Janna vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Pyke
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 Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Janna vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Janna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some significant Janna against Pyke matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Pyke. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Janna usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Pyke. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Janna and Pyke
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Who is Better, Janna or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when trying to fight Pyke, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Janna makes a good counter to Pyke.
While Janna does have a higher winrate compared to Pyke, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Janna into Pykeas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Janna also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Pyke matchups, Janna is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Janna is a decent counter to Pyke. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Janna against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Janna in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna typically gets a similar amount of CS as Pyke. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well 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 exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Janna versus Pyke build consist of Redemption, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Janna included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Pyke than with most other common item sets. In fact, Janna boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when countering Pyke with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Pyke 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Janna vs Pyke LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Pyke as Janna are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.