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

Janna vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Janna in LoLJanna is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Janna

based on 3,221 Janna vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
54.2 %
K/D/A
3.37
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League matches that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Sylas as Janna resulted from an examination of 3221 ranked games where both champs battled one another. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Janna fights Sylas in only 3.4% of her games.

Janna vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Janna has done a great job of beating Sylas. On average, she wins a whopping 54.2% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Janna vs Sylas rounds, Janna’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood. This implies that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Sylas.

Best Janna vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDark Seal

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerMoonstone RenewerDawncore

Optional Items

Imperial MandateMikael's BlessingArdent CenserStaff of Flowing Water

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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
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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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 Sylas as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Janna vs Sylas Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
54.2 %
VS
Win Rate
45.8 %
Sylas Image
1.5
< Kills >
7.3
4.9
< Deaths >
7
15
< Assists >
6
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
26
< Minions Killed >
128
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,021
< Physical Damage >
606
6,418
< Magic Damage >
20,218
442
< True Damage >
735
7,881
< Damage Dealt >
21,560
16,570
< Damage Taken >
29,750
8,241
< Gold Earned >
11,085
2.22
< Towers >
1.52
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,399
< Total Healing >
8,168
10,356
< Experience >
13,160
61
< Vision Score >
20
27
< Wards Placed >
9
178
< Time Dealing CC >
278

How to Counter Sylas with Janna in LoL

The stats provided here feature several vital Janna vs. Sylas counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sylas. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Janna often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Sylas. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Janna and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Sylas

Who is Better, Janna or Sylas?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when playing against Sylas, with a 54.2% win rate. As a result, Janna makes a great counter for Sylas.

While Janna does have a much higher win rate than Sylas, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Janna into Sylasas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Janna also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Janna vs Sylas matchups, Janna is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Janna is a great counter to Sylas. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Janna against Sylas.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Janna, we analyzed 3,221 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 Sylas 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Janna in order to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna typically accumulates a lot less CS as Sylas. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Janna versus Sylas build include Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Janna combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Sylas than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 54.2% when playing against Sylas with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of beating Sylas as Janna, you should equip 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 used for Janna vs Sylas counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Sylas as Janna are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.