Aphelios vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Aphelios
based on 730 Aphelios vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Janna
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win 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.
Aphelios vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Aphelios against Janna matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Aphelios usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Janna
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Janna?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 44.4% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a poor counter to Janna.
While Aphelios does have a much lower winrate than Janna, when on opposite teams, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Aphelios into Jannaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a bad counter to Janna. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often racks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Janna build include Galeforce, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Aphelios used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Janna than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 44.4% battling Janna with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Janna as Aphelios, Aphelios players should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Taste of Blood, and Ingenious Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Aphelios vs Janna battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.4% win rate overall.
If you need to see Aphelios x Janna tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and strategies shown are calculated using all matches with data with both champions.