Syndra vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Syndra
based on 2,329 Syndra vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Janna
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Syndra versus Janna matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra 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.
Syndra normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Janna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Janna
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Who is Better, Syndra or Janna?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Syndra usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes a bad counter for Janna.
While Syndra does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when they face off with one another, Syndra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Syndra into Jannaas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Syndra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra 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 team members during teamfights.
Syndra is a bad counter to Janna. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Syndra against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Syndra to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra typically picks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Syndra versus Janna build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Janna than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 47.1% battling Janna with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Janna as Syndra, Syndra players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Syndra vs Janna face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.1% win rate overall.
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