Matchup

Heavy shieldingHeavy CCHigh sustain

Build vs Janna

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Tear of the Goddess
1
Hextech Gunblade
2Mage
Lich Bane
3Mage

Standard

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
4CDR
Muramana
5

Summoner spells

421100%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Anti Tank

Shadowflame
5vs Tank
Void Staff
vs Tank
Stormsurge
vs Tank

DPS

Rabadon's Deathcap
Mage
Seraph's Embrace
Mage

Other options

Muramana
100.0% WR1 games
DominationDomination
ElectrocuteElectrocute
Sudden ImpactSudden Impact
Grisly MementosGrisly Mementos
Ultimate HunterUltimate Hunter
InspirationInspiration
Jack Of All TradesJack Of All Trades
Cash BackCash Back
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
EzrealEzreal
JannaJanna
Careful
Careful
Aggressive

Janna's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Tailwind (P)

Janna's allies gain Move Speed moving towards her.Janna deals a portion of bonus Move Speed as bonus magic damage on hit and with Zephyr.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
314s8s16s
614s8s16s2m10
914s7.5s16s2m10
1114s7s16s1m55
1614s6s14s1m40
1814s6s12s1m40

Playing against Janna

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Janna excels at disengage — don't make predictable engages, she cancels them all with Q or R.

2

Her R makes her vulnerable because she channels: interrupt it with CC (or flank to force her to R without value).

3

Janna is very squishy and weak in direct combat: if you catch her alone, she dies easily.

4

Multiple engages (two CCs back to back) are effective: she can cancel the first but not the second.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026