How to win lane as Alistar against Janna · 45.15% win rate over 2,051 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Janna | Level 1 Janna spacing and movespeed keep Alistar out of W-Q range while chipping his mana. |
| Level 2 | Janna | Level 2 Zephyr slow plus her range means Alistar still can't land a walk-up engage. |
| Level 3 | Janna | Level 3 Janna can hold Q to interrupt Alistar's committed W-Q before the knockup lands. |
| Levels 4-5 | Janna | First-item Janna disengages the all-in with W and shields through Trample. |
| Level 6 | Janna | Level 6 Monsoon directly counters and reverses Alistar's telegraphed engage. |
| First item | Janna | 2-item teamfights Janna's Monsoon and shields nullify his flank knockup. |
| Two+ items | Janna | Late game Janna out-peels and out-disengages Alistar's entire utility package. |
Janna dominates the level 1-2 walk-up: her passive movespeed and Zephyr slow let her kite Alistar so he can never close to point-blank W-Q range, and every step he takes forward burns his already thin mana. Alistar has no answer to being poked and spaced, so he loses the ranged war outright and just wants to survive to his item spikes.
The full Alistar vs Janna report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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