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

Janna vs Taliyah

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

based on 1,222 Janna vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
3.29
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Taliyah as Janna resulted from an examination of 1222 ranked rounds where both champs opposed one another. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Janna encounters Taliyah in only 1.3% of her games.

Janna vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Janna has done a good job of countering Taliyah. On average, she wins a terrific 52.3% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Janna against Taliyah games, Janna’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Janna vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBoots of Swiftness

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

Solstice SleighImperial MandateStaff of Flowing WaterShurelya'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
10
E
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R
12
E
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E
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Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Countering Taliyah as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Janna vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Taliyah Image
1.5
< Kills >
5.6
4.9
< Deaths >
6
14.6
< Assists >
8
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.31
27
< Minions Killed >
121
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.6
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.43
946
< Physical Damage >
767
6,195
< Magic Damage >
19,856
429
< True Damage >
1,069
7,571
< Damage Dealt >
21,693
16,914
< Damage Taken >
20,359
8,299
< Gold Earned >
11,832
2.14
< Towers >
1.71
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
7,592
< Total Healing >
4,357
10,393
< Experience >
13,844
63
< Vision Score >
23
28
< Wards Placed >
9
169
< Time Dealing CC >
542

How to Counter Taliyah with Janna in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some important Janna vs. Taliyah counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Taliyah. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Janna normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Taliyah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Janna and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Taliyah

Who is Better, Janna or Taliyah?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when taking on Taliyah, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Janna makes a good counter for Taliyah.

While Janna does have a higher win rate than Taliyah, when facing one another, Janna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Janna into Taliyahas 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 lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Janna vs Taliyah 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 teamfights.

Janna is an above average counter to Taliyah. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Janna against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Janna, we analyzed 1,222 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 Taliyah 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 truly master Janna to counter Taliyah during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna typically gets a lot less CS compared to Taliyah. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Janna versus Taliyah build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Janna included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Taliyah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Janna had an average winrate of 52.3% when countering Taliyah with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Taliyah 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. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Janna vs Taliyah matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.

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