Matchup

Heavy shieldingHeavy CCHigh sustain

You are stronger early — look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Janna

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Health Potion
x2

Core build

Tear of the Goddess
1
Blackfire Torch
2Mage
Echoes of Helia
3HP

Standard

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
4CDR
Seraph's Embrace
5Mage

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Zhonya's Hourglass
5vs AD

Anti Heal

Morellonomicon
6vs Heal

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

DPS

Seraph's Embrace
Mage
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Mage tank
Rabadon's Deathcap
Mage

Other options

Moonstone Renewer
HP
Dawncore

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
SeraphineSeraphine
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