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

Taliyah vs Janna

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

based on 1,222 Taliyah vs Janna matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League rounds each and every week. Within our dataset, Taliyah did battle with Janna 1222 times. With so many games with Taliyah versus Janna gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce actionable data and a solid build to smash your opposition. This pairing is somewhat rare. Taliyah fights Janna in only 2.9% of her matches.

Taliyah vs Janna Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah does a poor job of beating Janna. On average, she wins a lowly 47.7% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Taliyah versus Janna games, Taliyah’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood against Janna.

Best Taliyah vs Janna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeTear of the Goddess

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveRabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
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Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
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Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Janna as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Janna

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Advice to Win Against Janna

Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.

Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.

Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.

Taliyah vs Janna Counter Stats

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

How to Counter Janna with Taliyah in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several critical Taliyah versus Janna matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Taliyah often has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Janna. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taliyah and Janna

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Janna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Janna

Who is Better, Taliyah or Janna?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Taliyah makes a bad counter for Janna.

While Taliyah does have a lower win rate than Janna, when on opposite teams, Taliyah also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Taliyah into Janna.

Furthermore, Taliyah also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Taliyah is a terribly counter to Janna. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Taliyah against Janna.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Janna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Janna as Taliyah, 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 Janna as Taliyah 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 Taliyah in order to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah most often gets much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Taliyah versus Janna build include Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Taliyah incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Janna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Taliyah had an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Janna with this counter build.

To have the best chance of defeating Janna as Taliyah, Taliyah players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Taliyah vs Janna battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Janna as Taliyah are shown for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.