Janna vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Janna
based on 3,628 Janna vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Janna vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Janna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Janna versus Zed counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zed. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Janna often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Zed. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Janna and Zed
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Who is Better, Janna or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Janna usually wins when playing against Zed, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Janna makes a good counter to Zed.
While Janna does have a higher win rate than Zed, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Janna into Zedas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Janna has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Zed matchups, Janna is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Janna is a good counter for Zed. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Janna against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Janna to counter Zed 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 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 most often picks up a lot less CS as Zed. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Janna versus Zed build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Janna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Zed than with many other common item sets. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 53.0% when playing against Zed with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Zed as Janna, Janna players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Janna vs Zed counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.
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