Heimerdinger vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Heimerdinger
based on 1,181 Heimerdinger vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Janna
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several influential Heimerdinger vs. Janna matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Heimerdinger typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Janna
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Janna?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when trying to fight Janna, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter to Janna.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Jannaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, 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 Heimerdinger 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 teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually picks up much more CS as Janna. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Janna build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Janna than with most other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 48.6% battling Janna with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Janna as Heimerdinger, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Janna LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
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