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Sejuani Counters: Who Beats Sejuani

Updated for patch 26.22. Ability details come from Riot’s official game data for this patch.

Sejuani counters are junglers who out-duel her before her tank items arrive, shrug off her stuns with Tenacity or cleanses, or simply refuse to stand still for Permafrost. She’s a 150 range tank whose damage comes from her team: Arctic Assault knocks a target up, Winter’s Wrath stacks Frost, and Permafrost freezes anyone at maximum stacks. The picks below take that setup apart.

Five junglers follow, each with the abilities that matter against her and nothing borrowed from a win-rate chart. Pick one of them and her gank gets a lot harder.

Sejuani counters: Sejuani, Fury of the North, splash art

Why is Sejuani hard to counter?

  • Fury of the North (passive): after a spell out of combat she gains Frost Armor, which adds Armor and Magic Resist and makes her immune to slows. It lingers briefly after she takes damage, and she can shatter a stunned enemy for massive magic damage.
  • Arctic Assault (Q): a charge that knocks enemies into the air and stops at the first champion hit. Cooldown 18/16.5/15/13.5/12.
  • Winter’s Wrath (W): two mace swings that damage, slow and apply Frost stacks. Cooldown 9/8/7/6/5.
  • Permafrost (E): freezes and stuns a champion at maximum Frost stacks. Cooldown 1.5.
  • Glacial Prison (R): a bola that freezes and stuns the first champion it hits, then leaves an ice storm that slows everyone else. Cooldown 120/105/90.

Her gank is a chain. Arctic Assault lifts the target, Winter’s Wrath lands the Frost stacks, Permafrost freezes, and the laner cleans up. Then the passive takes over: a stunned enemy can be shattered for massive magic damage, which is the part people forget. Glacial Prison turns a teamfight the same way, one champion frozen and four slowed. The catch is that none of it works alone. Permafrost needs maximum Frost stacks first, Arctic Assault stops on the first champion it touches, and her Q sits on an 18 second cooldown at rank 1.

Which champions are the best Sejuani counters?

Graves

Graves wins the early duel, and Sejuani can’t afford to lose it. End of the Line (Q) fires a shell that detonates after 1 second or when it hits terrain, Quickdraw (E) dashes him forward with an Armor and Magic Resist boost, and New Destiny (passive) fires four bullets per attack. That’s a lot of damage into a tank with no items yet. Smoke Screen (W) drops a cloud that cuts sight range and slows enemies caught in the impact, so her Arctic Assault charge goes in blind. Honestly, if Graves finds her in the river before level 6, she loses the camp and probably the Flash. Collateral Damage (R) deals heavy damage to the first champion hit and explodes in a cone behind them.

Lee Sin

Sonic Wave (Q) finds her, Resonating Strike dashes in and hits for damage based on missing Health, and Dragon’s Rage (R) kicks her away from the laner she wanted to freeze. Why does that matter? Because her entire gank depends on standing next to the target for Winter’s Wrath stacks. Safeguard (W) rushes Lee to an ally with a shield, which is his escape from Glacial Prison, and Iron Will adds Omnivamp for the duel. Tempest (E) reveals enemies hit, and Cripple slows them. After each spell, Flurry (passive) gives him two faster attacks that return Energy. Lee Sin takes her camps early and kicks her out of fights later (and both halves hurt, especially the kick that lands after she has already burned Arctic Assault).

Kindred

Kindred shoots from 500 range, and that range grows with every four hunts completed through Mark of the Kindred (passive). Dance of Arrows (Q) is a tumble that fires up to three arrows, which is a dodge for Arctic Assault. Mounting Dread (E) slows a target, and two more attacks send Wolf pouncing for massive damage. Lamb’s Respite (R) is the real counter: inside the zone nothing can die until it ends, so Sejuani’s shatter-and-cleanup combo gets a target that survives and heals at the end. To be fair, a landed Glacial Prison still stuns Kindred. The ult is on 120 seconds at rank 1, though, and Dance of Arrows is on a short cooldown.

Master Yi

Highlander (R) makes him immune to all slowing effects, which strips Winter’s Wrath and the Glacial Prison storm of half their value. Alpha Strike (Q) makes him untargetable mid-teleport. Time it right and the charge and the bola both miss. Wuju Style (E) puts bonus true damage on each basic attack, the kind of damage her Frost Armor can’t reduce. Meditate (W) restores Health and cuts incoming damage during a channel (useful after a shatter, less useful while frozen). Double Strike (passive) turns every few consecutive attacks into a double hit. The catch? Permafrost still stuns him, so he needs the stun baited before Highlander goes on, which usually means a teammate eats the freeze first.

Udyr

Udyr’s Blazing Stampede (E) speeds him up and stuns each target on his first attack against it; recast it and he becomes immune to immobilizing effects for a couple of seconds. Thing is, that immunity window is exactly when Sejuani wants to freeze him. Iron Mantle (W) shields him and heals on his next two attacks, with a bigger shield on recast, so her early damage does nothing. Wilding Claw (Q) brings Attack Speed and bonus physical damage on two attacks, and the recast calls lightning. Wingborne Storm (R) slows and damages everything around him. Bridge Between (passive) swaps stances and speeds up his attacks after each one. Udyr out-farms her, out-duels her and walks through her crowd control. Rough matchup.

How do you play against Sejuani?

  • Fight her before Frost Armor comes back. It needs time out of combat, and it fades shortly after she takes damage.
  • Don’t let her mace land twice. Winter’s Wrath is the Frost source, and without maximum stacks Permafrost does nothing.
  • Stand so Arctic Assault hits the wrong champion. The charge stops at the first one it touches.
  • Side-step the bola. Glacial Prison stuns only the first champion hit; the storm around it only slows.
  • Invade her early. Her Q cooldown is 18 seconds at rank 1, and she has no real duel damage without items.

Which items counter Sejuani?

Her threat is crowd control and shatter burst, not sustained damage, so Tenacity and cleanses matter more than resistances. Mercury’s Treads bring 30% Tenacity at a 1,250 gold price, cheap for what they remove. Quicksilver Sash removes all crowd control debuffs except Airborne, and marksmen can upgrade it into Mercurial Scimitar for 50 Attack Damage on top. Wit’s End adds 20% Tenacity with 50% Attack Speed for fighters who want to keep hitting her. For her magic damage shatter, Kaenic Rookern’s Magebane shield appears after 15 seconds without magic damage. Full numbers are in the LoL items database, and divers who need to break her Armor can start at Black Cleaver.

When is Sejuani at her weakest?

Before her second item. Her kit scales with Health and resistances, and a jungler with early damage wins every river fight until those show up. Her Q on 18 seconds, her ult on 120, and a passive that only works out of combat (funny enough, invading her camps keeps her in combat). Everything about her early game says: fight me now.

The second window is right after Permafrost whiffs. Frost stacks come from Winter’s Wrath and her team’s melee hits, and if the target walks out before reaching maximum stacks, she has an 9 second cooldown and no stun. Put simply, a Sejuani without a frozen target is a slow tank with a mace.

Which Sejuani counters you pick depends on your style, since her jungle job on the Rift (explained in our guide to LoL roles) is to set up kills, not to win duels, and the Sejuani skins page covers her cosmetics. Her Howling Abyss game is in the Sejuani ARAM guide. Long story short, Sejuani counters hit her early, carry Tenacity, and never give Winter’s Wrath a second swing.

FAQ

Who counters Sejuani the most?

Graves and Lee Sin, who beat her in early duels; Kindred, whose Lamb’s Respite stops her kill setup; Master Yi, who ignores slows during Highlander; and Udyr, who gains immunity to immobilizing effects on Blazing Stampede’s recast.

How does Permafrost work?

Permafrost freezes and stuns an enemy champion that has maximum Frost stacks. Frost stacks come from Winter’s Wrath, and the ability has a 1.5 second cooldown.

Does Sejuani’s passive make her immune to slows?

Yes, while Frost Armor is active. She gains it after being out of combat, and it persists for a short time after she takes damage.

Can Arctic Assault hit more than one champion?

No. The charge knocks enemies into the air but stops after hitting the first enemy champion.

How were these Sejuani counters chosen?

We read her patch 26.22 ability text next to each jungler’s kit and kept the five that break her setup. No win-rate statistics were involved.