Sivir vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Sivir
based on 1,185 Sivir vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Janna
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Sivir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Sivir vs. Janna counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between the two. As an example, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Janna. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Sivir normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Janna
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Who is Better, Sivir or Janna?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sivir usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 46.2% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes a poor counter to Janna.
While Sivir does have a lower winrate than Janna, when they face off with one another, Sivir also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sivir into Janna.
Additionally, Sivir has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This 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 Sivir vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sivir is a terribly counter for Janna. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sivir against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sivir in order to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir on average racks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Sivir versus Janna build include Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Janna than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sivir boasted an average winrate of 46.2% when countering Janna with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Janna as Sivir, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Sivir vs Janna clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.2% win rate overall.
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