Janna vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Janna
based on 3,802 Janna vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Malphite
Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.
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.
Advice to Win Against Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Janna vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Janna in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some vital Janna versus Malphite matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malphite. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Janna typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Malphite. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Janna and Malphite
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Who is Better, Janna or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Malphite, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Janna makes an ok counter for Malphite.
While Janna does have a higher win rate than Malphite, when on opposite teams, Janna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Janna into Malphiteas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Janna has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Janna vs Malphite matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Janna is a decent counter to Malphite. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Janna in order to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna often gets a lot less CS compared to Malphite. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Janna versus Malphite build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Janna included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Malphite than with most other typical builds. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Malphite as Janna, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Janna vs Malphite counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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