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How to Win Lee Sin vs Janna Counter MatchupLee Sin is in the b tier of champions

Lee Sin vs Janna

How to Beat Janna as Lee Sin in LoLLee Sin is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Janna as Lee Sin

based on 3,262 Lee Sin vs Janna matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
2.51
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds every week. In our database, Lee Sin battled Janna 3262 times. Having so many games with Lee Sin versus Janna gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare informative statistics and a pro build to counter Janna. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Lee Sin has to counter Janna in only 2.8% of his matches.

Lee Sin vs Janna Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lee Sin has done a terrible job of beating Janna. On average, he wins a lowly 46.4% of matches the champs clash against each other in. In Lee Sin against Janna rounds, Lee Sin’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Janna.

Best Lee Sin vs Janna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Guardian AngelHubrisMaw of MalmortiusSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lee Sin to level upq
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Second ability for Lee Sin to level upw
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Last skill for Lee Sin to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Lee Sin's passive ability p
Lee Sin's q ability q
Lee Sin's w ability w
Lee Sin's e ability e
Lee Sin's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Janna as Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Janna

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

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.

Lee Sin vs Janna Counter Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
Janna Image
6.7
< Kills >
1.5
5.7
< Deaths >
4.8
7.6
< Assists >
14.6
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
0.27
34
< Minions Killed >
27
1.55
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.59
12,934
< Physical Damage >
992
2,566
< Magic Damage >
6,259
887
< True Damage >
448
16,387
< Damage Dealt >
7,700
34,399
< Damage Taken >
16,832
11,491
< Gold Earned >
8,283
1.4
< Towers >
2.29
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
16,687
< Total Healing >
7,601
12,914
< Experience >
10,354
25
< Vision Score >
64
12
< Wards Placed >
28
444
< Time Dealing CC >
179

How to Counter Janna with Lee Sin in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some important Lee Sin versus Janna counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Lee Sin typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Janna. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lee Sin and Janna

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Janna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lee Sin
Janna

Who is Better, Lee Sin or Janna?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when taking on Janna, with a 46.4% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Janna.

While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Janna.

Furthermore, Lee Sin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Lee Sin is a trash counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Janna.

Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin vs Janna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Janna as Lee Sin, we analyzed 3,262 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 Janna as Lee Sin 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lee Sin typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Janna. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Janna build consist of Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Janna than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 46.4% when playing against Janna with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Janna as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Lee Sin vs Janna battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.4% winrate overall.

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