Kalista vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Kalista
based on 947 Kalista vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Janna
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Advice to Win Against Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Kalista vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here feature some significant Kalista vs. Janna matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between these two champs. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Kalista usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Janna. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Janna
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Who is Better, Kalista or Janna?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Janna, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a bad counter for Janna.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate than Janna, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kalista into Jannaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kalista is a bad counter for Janna. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often picks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kalista versus Janna build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Janna than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 47.8% when playing against Janna with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Janna as Kalista, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Kalista vs Janna battles, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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