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

Janna vs Riven

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

based on 3,365 Janna vs Riven matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
3.18
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. In our dataset, Janna faced Riven 3365 times. Using so many games with Janna versus Riven provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare enlightening statistics and a recommended build to destroy your opposition. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Janna fights Riven in only 3.5% of her rounds.

Janna vs Riven Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Janna has done a below average job of beating Riven. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions face one another in. In Janna versus Riven games, Janna’s side is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood against Riven.

Best Janna vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmGlowing Mote

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongZaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Staff of Flowing WaterRedemptionArdent CenserSolstice Sleigh

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 BandCelerityGathering Storm
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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Riven as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Riven

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 Riven

All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.

Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.

Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.

Janna vs Riven Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
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1.5
< Kills >
6.5
5
< Deaths >
5.7
14.4
< Assists >
4.3
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.46
27
< Minions Killed >
183
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.45
977
< Physical Damage >
18,387
5,932
< Magic Damage >
54
415
< True Damage >
1,097
7,324
< Damage Dealt >
19,538
17,029
< Damage Taken >
24,183
8,235
< Gold Earned >
12,073
2.16
< Towers >
2.36
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,505
< Total Healing >
5,200
10,345
< Experience >
14,857
63
< Vision Score >
16
28
< Wards Placed >
8
174
< Time Dealing CC >
128

How to Counter Riven with Janna in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several strategic Janna versus Riven matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Janna often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Janna and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Riven

Who is Better, Janna or Riven?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually loses when taking on Riven, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Janna makes a bad counter for Riven.

While Janna does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Janna also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Rivenas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Janna also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Janna vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Janna is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Janna against Riven.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Riven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Riven as Janna, we analyzed 3,365 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 Riven 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 Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna usually gets a lot less CS as Riven. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Janna versus Riven build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Janna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Riven than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 48.7% battling Riven with this build.

To have the best chance of beating Riven as Janna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Janna vs Riven battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.

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