How to Play Janna Top: Tips & Power Spikes (26.20)

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Janna Power Spikes (Patch 26.20)

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When Janna Top gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Janna wins most.

Lv 3
All three basic abilities at level 3
Janna's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
Lv 6
Ultimate rank 1 at level 6
The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Janna hits it.
Lv 11
Ultimate rank 2 at level 11
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Janna can start or win.
Lv 16
Ultimate rank 3 at level 16
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Janna can start or win.

Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.

Janna Mid and Late Game

What Janna does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.

Play to these strengths

Janna out-wards most champions (percentile 99): keep owning vision around the next objective.
Janna brings crowd control (percentile 77): start the fight or follow up on a teammate's engage.
Janna wins 9.5 points more in short games than long ones: group, take objectives and end before the enemy scales.

Mistakes to avoid

Janna is not a damage carry (3/100): don't take fights expecting Janna to win them alone.
Janna mitigates little damage (7/100): one bad position ends the fight, so stay behind your frontline.
Janna falls behind in CS (7/100): last-hit the waves you can, items still matter.

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.

Playing 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.

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How to Play Janna FAQ - Patch 26.20

When does Janna power spike?

Janna's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16.

How do you play Janna Top?

From this patch's ranked data, Janna wins by playing to these strengths: control vision; start fights with crowd control; end the game early.

Janna How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes