Janna vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Janna
based on 2,235 Janna vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Soraka Counter Build
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Core Janna Items
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Janna vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Janna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Janna against Soraka matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Soraka..
Janna typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Janna and Soraka
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Janna or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Janna usually wins when playing against Soraka, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Janna makes a good counter to Soraka.
While Janna does have a higher win rate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Janna into Sorakaas her relative depth means 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Soraka 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 to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Janna against Soraka.
Other Champion Matchups Against Janna
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How We Calculated Our Janna vs Soraka Build and Stats
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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 Soraka during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Soraka. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Janna versus Soraka build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Janna used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better against Soraka than with most other typical builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Soraka as Janna, Janna players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, 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 Soraka face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.5% win rate overall.
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