Matchup

Heavy shieldingHeavy CCHigh sustain

Build vs Janna

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup
Health Potion

Core build

Stridebreaker
1Bruiser
Spear of Shojin
2Bruiser
Sterak's Gage
3Survival

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Titanic Hydra
5Bruiser

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Death's Dance
5vs AD
Guardian Angel
vs AD
Dead Man's Plate
vs AD

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Spirit Visage
5vs AP

Anti Tank

Black Cleaver
5vs Tank

DPS

Titanic Hydra
Bruiser

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
RekSaiRek'Sai
JannaJanna
Aggressive
Careful
Careful

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