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How to Win Janna vs Nilah Counter MatchupJanna is in the s tier of champions

Janna vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Janna in LoLJanna is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Janna

based on 1,496 Janna vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
52.2 %
K/D/A
3.57
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Nilah as Janna resulted from an examination of 1496 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Janna encounters Nilah in only 1.6% of her games.

Janna vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Janna does a good job of countering Nilah. Typically, she wins a fantastic 52.2% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Janna versus Nilah games, Janna’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Nilah.

Best Janna vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Ardent CenserRedemptionImperial MandateShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Janna to level upw
>
Second ability for Janna to level upe
>
Last skill for Janna to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandCelerityScorch
DominationEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Janna's passive ability p
Janna's q ability q
Janna's w ability w
Janna's e ability e
Janna's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Nilah as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Nilah

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.

Janna vs Nilah Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
52.2 %
VS
Win Rate
47.8 %
Nilah Image
1.5
< Kills >
6.7
4.6
< Deaths >
6.1
14.9
< Assists >
5.4
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
26
< Minions Killed >
174
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.5
1,100
< Physical Damage >
16,823
6,588
< Magic Damage >
195
467
< True Damage >
350
8,156
< Damage Dealt >
17,369
16,044
< Damage Taken >
23,094
8,231
< Gold Earned >
12,152
2.33
< Towers >
2.54
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
7,473
< Total Healing >
8,095
10,420
< Experience >
12,757
60
< Vision Score >
17
26
< Wards Placed >
8
190
< Time Dealing CC >
88

How to Counter Nilah with Janna in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several significant Janna vs. Nilah counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nilah. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Janna typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Nilah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Janna and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Nilah

Who is Better, Janna or Nilah?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when playing against Nilah, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Janna makes a good counter for Nilah.

While Janna does have a higher winrate than Nilah, when facing one another, Janna also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Janna into Nilahas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Janna has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Janna vs Nilah matchups, Janna is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Janna is an above average counter to Nilah. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Nilah.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Janna, we analyzed 1,496 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nilah as Janna comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Janna in order to counter Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna most often gets a lot less CS as Nilah. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Janna versus Nilah build include Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs Nilah than with many other typical builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 52.2% when playing against Nilah with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Nilah as Janna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Janna vs Nilah clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nilah as Janna are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.