Irelia vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Irelia
based on 2,532 Irelia vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Janna
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Irelia versus Janna counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Irelia typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Janna. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Janna
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Who is Better, Irelia or Janna?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually loses when trying to fight Janna, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a poor counter for Janna.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Janna.
Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Janna.
Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia
Additional Information for Irelia Players
How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Janna Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Irelia 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia often gets much more CS compared to Janna. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Irelia versus Janna build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Irelia included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Janna than with most other common builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when playing against Janna with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Janna as Irelia, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Irelia vs Janna counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Janna as Irelia are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.