Ahri vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Ahri
based on 2,561 Ahri vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Janna
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
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.
Ahri vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Ahri in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some strategic Ahri versus Janna counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Ahri normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Janna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ahri and Janna
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Who is Better, Ahri or Janna?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ahri usually fairs equally well when playing against Janna, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes an ok counter for Janna.
While Ahri does have a lower winrate than Janna, when facing one another, Ahri also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ahri into Janna.
Additionally, Ahri 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 fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Ahri is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ahri against Janna.
Other Champion Matchups Against Ahri
Additional Information for Ahri Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ahri to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri on average racks up much more CS as Janna. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Ahri versus Janna build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Janna than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 49.0% battling Janna with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Janna as Ahri, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Ahri vs Janna matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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