Janna vs Mel Counter Pick

Rebuttal reflects enemy projectiles back at the attacker and prevents Mel from taking damage while it holds, which reads as a hard answer to a poke support and partly is one — Howling Gale and Zephyr both feed it. The record still favours Janna at 59.9% across 277 games on patch 16.13.1.

The explanation is that her decisive tools are not projectiles. Monsoon surrounds Janna and throws enemies back before healing allies, and Eye Of The Storm shields a target and adds attack damage; neither can be reflected, and both undercut Searing Brilliance, which rewards Mel for stacking ability casts into an empowered attack of up to nine projectiles. Solar Snare roots at its centre and slows around it, making it the one ability Janna genuinely has to respect, since a rooted carry sitting inside Radiant Volley takes the barrage in full. Base statistics favour Mel on paper — 630 health to 570, then 2,313 by level 18 where Janna reaches 2,100 — while armor at level one reads 21 against 28 and both champions fight at 550 range, so neither disengages by walking. Difficulty ratings of 7 and 5 put the heavier execution burden on the champion who is nevertheless ahead. Golden Eclipse strikes every enemy carrying Overwhelm regardless of distance, so backing away does not erase marks Mel has already applied.