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Janna Guide

the Storm's Fury

Support

Mage

Tier C Support

Janna, the Storm's Fury, is a support and mage champion that is demanding to master. Across our 785 analysed ranked games, Janna is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 49.7% win rate in that role: tier C among Support champions (#28 of 39, ranked by win rate). Janna's damage is mostly magic (77%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (49.4% to 50.0%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Averages measured over 785 Support games played with Janna, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Janna is a control and protection enchanter: her allies gain speed when moving toward her, and Eye Of The Storm protects an ally or a turret while raising their attack damage. Howling Gale knocks up enemies, Zephyr reduces an enemy's speed, and Monsoon pushes enemies back then heals allies.

Harassment

W › AA AA › Q

When: An enemy is within Zephyr range.

Zephyr deals damage and slows the enemy, your passive adds damage tied to your bonus movement speed, then recast Howling Gale.

Protection

E › W

When: Your carry is under threat.

Eye Of The Storm protects an allied champion or a turret from damage and raises their attack damage.

The defensive ultimate

R › Q › E

When: Enemies dive your team.

Monsoon pushes enemies far away; the last breezes heal nearby allies as long as the ability is active.

Laning phase

Howling Gale can be charged to grow in size: recast it to release the tornado. Zephyr passively gives you movement speed and lets you pass through units.

Common mistakes

• Casting Howling Gale without charging it when you can.
• Using the ultimate too early: its healing depends on its duration.
• Placing Eye Of The Storm on a target who is not fighting.

Riot's official tips for playing Janna

• Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.
• Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.
• Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Shurelya's Battlesong, Redemption, and Moonstone Renewer (40 games, 65.0% win rate).

Shurelya's Battlesong+Redemption+Moonstone Renewer

40 games · 65.0%

Redemption+Moonstone Renewer+Dawncore

39 games · 51.3%

Redemption+Mikael's Blessing+Moonstone Renewer

21 games · 76.2%

Summoner spells

Flash + Heal50.4% · 704 games

Exhaust + Flash43.5% · 46 games

Flash + Ignite39.3% · 28 games

Most-played runes

Summon Aery + Domination

51.6% · 366 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band98%

Celerity99%

Scorch90%

Secondary tree · Domination

Relentless Hunter99%

Cheap Shot70%

Shards

Adaptive force41%

Movement speed86%

Health64%

Summon Aery + Resolve

50.8% · 305 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band94%

Celerity94%

Gathering Storm81%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Revitalize99%

Font of Life86%

Shards

Adaptive force74%

Movement speed94%

Health scaling73%

Arcane Comet + Domination

46.0% · 50 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band92%

Celerity94%

Scorch86%

Secondary tree · Domination

Relentless Hunter92%

Cheap Shot46%

Shards

Adaptive force80%

Movement speed60%

Health scaling50%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Janna's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team53.8% · 212 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Moonstone Renewer 57.1% ▲

Redemption 56.7% ▲

Shurelya's Battlesong 60.6% ▲

Mikael's Blessing 58.1% ▲

Ardent Censer 48.0%

Staff of Flowing Water 50.0%

The item that stands out most is Mikael's Blessing: 58.1% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team46.6% · 223 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Moonstone Renewer 49.7% ▼

Redemption 51.1%

Shurelya's Battlesong 50.0% ▼

Mikael's Blessing 41.0% ▼

Ardent Censer 38.5% ▼

Dawncore 60.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team49.1% · 350 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Moonstone Renewer 52.0%

Redemption 51.1%

Shurelya's Battlesong 57.6%

Mikael's Blessing 58.9% ▲

Ardent Censer 52.4% ▲

Dawncore 38.1% ▼

The item that stands out most is Mikael's Blessing: 58.9% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Janna as Support

Nami Janna: 31.0%29 games

Nami has the edge in 69% of the 29 Support duels against Janna. See the Nami guide.

Leona Janna: 40.0%20 games

Leona has the edge in 60% of the 20 Support duels against Janna. See the Leona guide.

Pyke Janna: 40.0%15 games

Pyke has the edge in 60% of the 15 Support duels against Janna. See the Pyke guide.

Senna Janna: 47.1%17 games

Senna has the edge in 53% of the 17 Support duels against Janna. See the Senna guide.

Rell Janna: 47.1%17 games

Rell has the edge in 53% of the 17 Support duels against Janna. See the Rell guide.

Who Janna is strong against

Lulu64.5% · 31 games

Blitzcrank56.2% · 16 games

Bard55.6% · 27 games

Nautilus51.7% · 29 games

Thresh48.1% · 27 games

How to play against Janna

• 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.
• Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Janna's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveTailwind

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.

QHowling Gale

By creating a localized change in pressure and temperature, Janna is able to create a small storm that grows in size with time. She can activate the spell again to release the storm. On release this storm will fly towards the direction it was cast in, dealing damage and knocking away any enemies in its path.

WZephyr

Janna summons an air elemental that passively increases her Move Speed and enables her to pass through units. She may also activate this ability to deal damage and slow an enemy's Move Speed.

EEye Of The Storm

Janna conjures a defensive gale that shields an ally champion or turret from incoming damage and increases their Attack Damage.

RMonsoon

Janna surrounds herself in a magical storm, throwing enemies back. After the storm has settled, soothing winds heal nearby allies while the ability is active.

Frequently asked questions

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