Janna vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Janna
based on 1,181 Janna vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Heimerdinger
Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.
Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.
Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.
Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Janna vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Janna in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several vital Janna against Heimerdinger counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Janna normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Janna and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Janna or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Janna usually wins when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Janna makes a good counter for Heimerdinger.
While Janna does have a higher winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Janna also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Janna into Heimerdingeras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Janna has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Janna vs Heimerdinger matchups, Janna is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Janna is a decent counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Janna against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Janna to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna typically picks up a lot less CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Janna versus Heimerdinger build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Heimerdinger than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Janna had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Heimerdinger with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Janna, Janna players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Janna vs Heimerdinger counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.4% winrate overall.
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