Matchup

Nautilus
Nautilus
40%
60%

vs

50.4%

over 2504 games

Janna
Janna
30%
70%
Heavy shieldingHeavy CCHigh sustain

Skill matchup

Build vs Janna

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Health Potion
x2

Core build

Bandlepipes
1vs Hybride
Knight's Vow
2vs AD
Locket of the Iron Solari
3HP

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Celestial Opposition
5HP

Summoner spells

41477%
4712%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Thornmail
5vs Hybride
Frozen Heart
vs AD
Randuin's Omen
vs AD
Dead Man's Plate
vs AD
Sunfire Aegis
vs AD
Unending Despair
vs AD

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Kaenic Rookern
5vs AP
Abyssal Mask
vs AP
Force of Nature
vs AP
Hollow Radiance
vs AP

DPS

Hextech Rocketbelt
Mage tank

Other options

Celestial Opposition
HP
Solstice Sleigh
HP
Protoplasm Harness
Survival
Bloodsong
HP
Zeke's Convergence
Tank
Heartsteel
Survival
Mikael's Blessing
HP
Oblivion Orb
Redemption
Rod of Ages
HP
Jak'Sho, The Protean
vs Hybride
Dark Seal
Dream Maker
HP
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike
HP
Shurelya's Battlesong
75.0% WR12 games
ResolveResolve
AftershockAftershock
Shield BashShield Bash
Bone PlatingBone Plating
UnflinchingUnflinching
InspirationInspiration
Biscuit DeliveryBiscuit Delivery
Cosmic InsightCosmic Insight
Ability HasteHealth ScalingHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
NautilusNautilus
JannaJanna
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral

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