Talon vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Talon
based on 2,377 Talon vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Janna
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some critical Talon vs. Janna counter stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Talon typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Janna. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Janna
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Who is Better, Talon or Janna?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Janna, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Talon makes an ok counter for Janna.
While Talon does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Jannaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has almost no 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often racks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Talon versus Janna build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Talon combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Janna than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Janna with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Janna as Talon, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Talon vs Janna counters, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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