Evelynn vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Evelynn
based on 2,490 Evelynn vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Janna
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
Evelynn vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Evelynn in LoL
The stats shown here show some significant Evelynn vs. Janna matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Evelynn normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Janna. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Evelynn and Janna
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Janna?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Evelynn usually loses when facing off against Janna, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Evelynn makes a poor counter for Janna.
While Evelynn does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when facing one another, Evelynn also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Evelynn into Jannaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Evelynn has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Evelynn 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 are able to do that, you should hold your own as Evelynn against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Evelynn in order to counter Janna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn often picks up a similar amount of CS as Janna. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Evelynn versus Janna build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Evelynn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Janna than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Evelynn boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Janna with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Janna as Evelynn, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Evelynn vs Janna clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.
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