Aatrox vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Aatrox
based on 5,502 Aatrox vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Janna
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
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.
Aatrox vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Aatrox in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several important Aatrox vs. Janna counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Aatrox often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Janna. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aatrox and Janna
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Janna?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Janna, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Aatrox makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Aatrox does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Aatrox also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Aatrox into Janna.
Moreover, Aatrox also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Aatrox is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aatrox against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aatrox in order to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox most often racks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Aatrox versus Janna build include Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Aatrox incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Janna than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Aatrox boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Janna with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Janna as Aatrox, Aatrox players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Aatrox vs Janna counter picks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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