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How to Win Seraphine vs Janna Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Janna

How to Beat Janna as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Janna as Seraphine

based on 4,239 Seraphine vs Janna matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
2.92
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends games every week. In our dataset, Seraphine faced off against Janna in 4239 games. Having so many games with Seraphine versus Janna gives us confidence in our ability to produce useful stats and a pro build to destroy Janna. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Seraphine encounters Janna in only 2.4% of her rounds.

Seraphine vs Janna Matchup Summary

Seraphine does a decent job of countering Janna. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.3% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Seraphine versus Janna matches, Seraphine’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Janna.

Best Seraphine vs Janna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessWorld Atlas

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceBloodsongStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

DawncoreMalignanceMoonstone RenewerRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
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Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
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Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Janna as Seraphine

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.

Seraphine vs Janna Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Janna Image
3
< Kills >
1.4
4.9
< Deaths >
4.8
11.3
< Assists >
13.7
0.67
< Killing Sprees >
0.24
111
< Minions Killed >
27
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.54
1,410
< Physical Damage >
888
11,799
< Magic Damage >
5,854
384
< True Damage >
396
13,593
< Damage Dealt >
7,139
15,835
< Damage Taken >
16,834
9,798
< Gold Earned >
8,134
2.36
< Towers >
2.08
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,144
< Total Healing >
7,293
11,517
< Experience >
10,239
40
< Vision Score >
62
18
< Wards Placed >
27
249
< Time Dealing CC >
178

How to Counter Janna with Seraphine in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several strategic Seraphine vs. Janna counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Janna..

Seraphine usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Janna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Seraphine and Janna

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Janna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Janna

Who is Better, Seraphine or Janna?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Seraphine usually wins when trying to fight Janna, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Seraphine makes a good counter to Janna.

While Seraphine does have a higher win rate than Janna, when they face off with one another, Seraphine also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Seraphine into Janna.

Additionally, Seraphine has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Janna matchups, Seraphine is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Seraphine is a decent counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Seraphine against Janna.

Other Champion Matchups Against Seraphine

Seraphine Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.5% winrateTrundleTrundle46% winrateBraumBraum46.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.8% winrate

Seraphine Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateK'SanteK'Sante55.5% winrateHweiHwei54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 55% 1555 GamesSennaSenna+ 55.7% 16060 GamesBardBard+ 56.6% 2216 GamesBraumBraum+ 58% 486 Games

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Janna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Janna as Seraphine, we analyzed 4,239 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Janna as Seraphine comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Seraphine Build Janna Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Seraphine in order to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine often racks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Seraphine versus Janna build include Seraph's Embrace, Bloodsong, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Seraphine combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Janna than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Seraphine boasted an average winrate of 51.3% battling Janna with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Janna as Seraphine, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Seraphine vs Janna counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.

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