Zyra vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Zyra
based on 3,987 Zyra vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Janna
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Zyra against Janna counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna..
Zyra typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Janna
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Who is Better, Zyra or Janna?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Janna, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes a good counter for Janna.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate than Janna, when facing one another, Zyra also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zyra into Jannaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Janna matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Zyra is a decent counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zyra against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zyra in order to counter Janna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra usually accumulates more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Janna build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Janna than with most other common builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when countering Janna with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Janna as Zyra, Zyra players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Zyra vs Janna counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
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