Xayah vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Xayah
based on 1,438 Xayah vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Janna Counter Build
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Core Xayah Items
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Guide to Countering Janna as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Janna
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some vital Xayah against Janna matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Xayah often has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Janna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Janna
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Who is Better, Xayah or Janna?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when taking on Janna, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a bad counter for Janna.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Xayah into Janna.
Additionally, Xayah also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Xayah is a terribly counter to Janna. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Janna.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Janna Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically picks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Janna build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Xayah used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Janna than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Janna with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Janna as Xayah, Xayah players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xayah vs Janna clashes, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Janna as Xayah are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.