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

Janna vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Janna in LoLJanna is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rengar as Janna

based on 3,901 Janna vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
3.12
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Rengar as Janna came out of an analysis of 3901 ranked rounds where both champs opposed one another. This matchup is fairly uncommon. Janna encounters Rengar in only 4.1% of her rounds.

Janna vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Janna does a average job of countering Rengar. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.4% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Janna vs Rengar games, Janna’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Rengar.

Best Janna vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Mikael's BlessingRedemptionMoonstone RenewerSolstice 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
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Rengar as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Janna vs Rengar Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Rengar Image
1.4
< Kills >
7.9
5.1
< Deaths >
6.6
14.5
< Assists >
5.8
0.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
26
< Minions Killed >
42
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.35
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.4
970
< Physical Damage >
17,286
5,809
< Magic Damage >
1,253
365
< True Damage >
1,068
7,145
< Damage Dealt >
19,607
17,198
< Damage Taken >
33,109
8,214
< Gold Earned >
12,774
2.16
< Towers >
1.35
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
7,319
< Total Healing >
16,207
10,425
< Experience >
13,846
62
< Vision Score >
21
27
< Wards Placed >
5
170
< Time Dealing CC >
238

How to Counter Rengar with Janna in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several significant Janna versus Rengar counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Rengar. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Janna normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Rengar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Janna and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Rengar

Who is Better, Janna or Rengar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when playing against Rengar, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Janna makes an ok counter for Rengar.

While Janna does have a higher winrate compared to Rengar, when on opposite teams, Janna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Rengaras her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Janna has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rengar. 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Janna vs Rengar matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Janna is a decent counter to Rengar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Rengar.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Janna, we analyzed 3,901 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 Rengar 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 Rengar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna typically accumulates less CS as Rengar. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Janna versus Rengar build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Janna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Rengar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Rengar with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Rengar as Janna, Janna players should take 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 sets that we analyzed for Janna vs Rengar counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.

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